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
Marc Shaiman 16 to start working in New York's theaters. He lives in both Los Angeles and Manhattan. Shaiman married Lieutenant Commander Louis Mirabal on March 26, 2016. Shaiman started his career as a theatre/cabaret musical director. He started working at SNL as an arranger/writer and also became vocal arranger for Bette Midler, eventually becoming her musical director and co-producer of many of her recordings, including "The Wind Beneath My Wings" and "From a Distance." He helped create the material for her performance on the penultimate "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". His work with both Bette Midler and Billy Crystal led