Bette Midler to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in "Fiddler on the Roof" on Broadway. After "Fiddler", she joined the original cast of "Salvation" in 1969. She began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the Ansonia Hotel, in the summer of 1970. During this time, she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow, who produced her first album in 1972, "The Divine Miss M." It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album "Bathhouse Betty", Midler commented on her
Do You Want to Dance master. The song was first released in 1965 in mono on the band's album "Today!" with a stereo remix of the song being released in 2012 on the stereo remaster of that same album. Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski. A live version from March 1965 was released in 2015 for the archival "Live in Chicago 1965". Bette Midler included the song—with the original title restored, "Do You Want to Dance"—on her 1972 debut album "The Divine Miss M". In contrast to the Bobby Freeman, Cliff Richard, and Beach Boys versions,