Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook is an album by the American singer Bette Midler. It was produced by Barry Manilow and marked the first time that Midler had worked with Manilow in more than twenty years. It was also Midler's first album for Columbia Records after nearly 30 years recording for Warner Music Group (being signed at times to both Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records). Columbia Records is owned by Sony Music Entertainment. After the death of singer Rosemary Clooney in the summer of 2002, Manilow claims to have had
Friends (Bette Midler song) for an audition for a Broadway show called "Mirror Cracked", Linhart sang to Midler a song that he and his songwriting partner Mark "Moogy" Klingman had just written, called "Friends". After hearing the song, Midler asked Linhart if she could sing "Friends" during a show that she was performing in at the Continental Baths in New York. Klingman and Linhart attended the show and were impressed with the performance. Soon after, Midler recorded the song on her debut album "The Divine Miss M", which was a nickname she always wanted to be known as having personified. The song "Friends" can