Barry Manilow and subsequently as a producer on both her debut and sophomore record albums "The Divine Miss M" (1972) and "Bette Midler" (1973). as well as act as her musical director on the eventual tour mounted for the former. In 1973, Manilow was nominated for the Album Of The Year Grammy Award for his production role on 'The Divine Miss M'. Manilow worked with Midler from 1971 to 1975. After the Featherbed singles failed to impact on the music charts, in July 1973, Bell Records released the album, "Barry Manilow", which offered an eclectic mix of piano-driven pop and guitar-driven rock
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,