Bette Midler Divine Miss M," on Atlantic Records in December 1972. The album was co-produced by Barry Manilow, who was Bette's arranger and music conductor at the time. It reached Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured three hit singles—"Do You Wanna Dance?", "Friends", and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"—the third of which became Midler's first No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. "Bugle Boy" became a successful rock cover of the classic swing tune originally introduced and popularized in 1941 by the Andrews Sisters, to whom Midler has repeatedly referred
Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song) Eric Clapton. "Comin' Home" reached number 84 on the US pop singles chart, although it achieved a peak of sixteen on the UK Singles Chart. In August 1970, the live album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" by Joe Cocker was released, using performances of the song under the title "Superstar," recorded in March and June of that year. The "Mad Dogs" album became a hit, reaching number 2 on the "Billboard" pop albums chart and number 23 on the Billboard Black Albums chart. Bette Midler's recording of the song appeared on her 1972 debut album, "The Divine Miss M". In 1970,