Bette Midler (69 page)

Frog and the Nightgown, Raleigh, North Carolina

“From a Distance” (song)

“Funny” (song)

Gable, Clark

Garbo, Greta

Garland, Judy

Gautier, Benoit

gay population

AIDS and

courting of Midler

gay rights rally

Hollywood Bowl gay rights show

reaction to Midler.
See also
Continental Baths

“Gee Whiz” (song)

Geis, Bernard

Geldof, Bob

German Record Award

Gershwin, George

Gershwin, Ira

Get Bruce
(video)

Get Shorty
(film)

Gibson, Mel

Gifford, Kathie Lee

Gillespie, Ben

“The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish” (song)

“The Girl Is On to You” (song)

Giuliani, Rudolph

Gleason, Joanna

“The Glory of Love” (song)

“Glow Worm” (song)

“Go Help the Outcasts” (song)

“God Bless the Child” (song)

“God Give Me Strength” (song)

Gold Diggers of 1933
(film)

Gold, Julie

Goldberg, Whoopi

Golden Globe awards

Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr.

“Gone at Last” (song)

Good Morning America
(TV show)

Goodman, Benny

Gore, Leslie

Gotham

Grace of My Heart
(film)

Grammy awards

“Best New Artist”

Best Recording for Children

Midler’s attire for

for “The Rose”

for “The Wind beneath My Wings”

Gray, Diva

Grean, Robin

“Great Balls of Fire” (song)

Greatest Hits
(album)

“The Greatest Love of All” (song)

The Greatest Story Overtold
(film)

Greenwood, Charlotte

greeting cards

Guinness Book of World Records

Gypsy
(album)

Gypsy
(Broadway show)

Gypsy
(film)

Hackman, Gene

Hagar, Samuel

Halloween (1993)

Hampton, Lionel

“Hang On in There, Baby” (song)

“Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” (song)

“Happiness” (song)

Harlettes

1983 tour

auditions

copyright of name

dislike for Russo

firing of

initial selection process

listing of members

projects away from Midler

used by Manilow.
See also names of individual Harlettes

Hart, Linda

Harvard University

Hasty Pudding Award

Hauser, Tim

Hawaii
(book)

Hawaii
(film)

“Hawaiian War Chant” (song)

Hawn, Goldie

“He Was Too Good to Me” (song)

health: appendicitis

of Buzzy Linhart

exhaustion

nervous breakdown

Heard, John

“The Heart of Saturday Night” (song)

Hedwig, Ula

Heflin, Marta

Hefner, Hugh

“Hello in There” (song)

Hendrix, Jimmi

Hennessey, William

Hepburn, Katherine

Herb, Gary

“Here’s That Rainy Day” (song)

Herman, Pee Wee

“Hero” (song)

Hershey, Barbara

“Hey Bobby” (song)

high school

“Higher and Higher” (song)

Hiller, Arthur

Hilly’s, Greenwich Village

Hirsch, Janis

Hirschfeld, Al

Hocus Pocus
(film)

Hoffman, Dustin

“Hold That Tiger” (song)

Holden, Stephen

Holiday, Billie

Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Festival Orchestra

Hollywood, Midler’s views of

Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

Home Box Office television specials

Home to Myself
(album)

homosexuality.
See
gay population

“Honky Tonk Woman” (song)

Honolulu, Hawaii

“Hot Fun in the Summertime” (song)

Hot Streak
(film)

Houston, Whitney

“How High the Moon” (song)

Hues Corporation

Huey Lewis & the News

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(film)

Hunt, Helen

Hunter, Ross

“Hurricane” (song)

“I Believe in You” (song)

“I Could Write a Book” (song)

“I Don’t Want the Night to End” (song)

“I Go to Rio” (song)

“I Had to Resort to Beauty” (song)

“I Know This Town” (song)

“I Know You by Heart” (song)

“I Look Good” (song)

“I Never Talk to Strangers” (song)

“I Put a Spell on You” (song)

“I Remember You” (song)

“I Second That Emotion” (song)

“I Shall Be Released” (song)

“I Sold My Heart to the Junkman” (song)

“I think It’s Gonna Rain Today” (song)

“I Want a Horse” (song)

“I Will Survive” (song)

“I Wish You Love” (song)

Ian, Janis

“If Love Were All” (song)

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (song)

“I’m Beautiful” (song)

“I’m Hip” (song)

“I’m on My Way” (song)

Improvisation, New York City

In Harmony
(album)

“In the Mood” (song)

“In My Life” (song)

“In the Navy” (song)

“In These Shoes” (CD)

“In These Shoes” (song)

Inside
magazine

International Creative Management

Interview
magazine

Irwin, Bill

“Is It Love?” (song)

Isn’t She Great?
(film)

“Istanbul” (song)

It’s All in the Game
(film)

“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (song)

“It’s Gonna Take a Miracle” (song)

ITV network, England

“I’ve Got a Date with an Angel” (song)

“I’ve Still Got My Health” (song)

Jackie’s Back
(comedy)

Jackpot
(film)

Jackson, Jackie

Jackson, LaToya

Jackson, Marlon

Jackson, Michael

Jackson, Randy

Jackson, Tito

Jagger, Mick

James Dean
(film)

Jarreau, Al

Jazz Crusaders

“Jelly Man Kelly” (song)

Jennings, Will

Jerry Saved from Drowning
(film)

Jinxed
(film)

Joel, Billy

John, Elton

Jones, Quincy

Joplin, Janis

“Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” (song)

Katzenberg, Jeffrey

Kauai, Hawaii

Kauffman, Stanley

Kazan, Lanie

Keaton, Diane

“Keep on Rockin’ “ (song)

The Killers

Kinetic Playground

King, B. B.

King, Ben E.

King, Carole

King Kong

King, Stephen

Kipper, Harry.
See also
von Haselberg, Martin

Kirkland, Johanna

Klingman, Moogy

on “Friends”

opening act for Midler

publishing rights to “Friends”

release of Midler’s cut songs

role in third album

work with
Songs for the New Depression

Knight, Gladys

Koch, Ed

Ku Klux Klan

“La Vie en Rose” (song)

LA Weekly

“La-La Means I Love You” (song)

LaBelle, Patti

Ladd Company

Ladies Home Journal

“Lady Madonna” (song)

Lake, Ricki

Lamour, Dorothy

Lane, Jeffrey

Lansbury, Angela

“The Last Time” (song)

Late Show with David Letterman

Latifah, Queen

“Laughing Matters” (song)

lawsuits

Layton, Joe

“Leader of the Pack” (song)

Lee, Gypsy Rose

Lee, Rose

Leiber & Stoller

Leigh, Candy

Lenya, Lotte

Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide 2002

lesbians

“Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (song)

“Let Me Just Follow Behind” (song)

“Let’s Hang On” (song)

Levine, David

Lewis, Huey

Lewis, Jenifer

lighting schemes

“Like a Virgin” (song)

Lincoln Center, New York City

Linhart, Buzzy

Litman, Lynne

Little Me
(film)

“Little Ole Lady” (song)

Live at Last
(album)

Locklear, Heather

Loggins, Kenny

Lohan, Lindsay

London Daily Telegraph

London Evening News

London Palladium

London Times

Long Beach Veteran’s Memorial Stadium

“Long John Blues” (song)

Long, Shelley

Los Angeles, California, 1975 New Year’s Eve show

Los Angeles International Film Exposition

Los Angeles Times

Lost Horizon
(film)

“Love Hangover” (song)

“Love Potion No. 9” (song)

“Love Says It’s Waiting” (song)

“Love TKO” (song)

Lovitz, Jon

LP charts,
The Divine Miss M

Ludlam, Charles

“Lullaby in Blue” (song)

“Lullaby of Broadway” (song)

“MacArthur Park” (song)

McBroom, Amanda

MacDonald, Ralph

Mack and Mabel
(Broadway show)

MacLaine, Shirley

McWilliams, Paulette

Mad Dogs & Englishmen
(album)

Madison Square Garden, New York City

Madonna

Maggie
(book)

Magic Lady

Majestic Theater, New York City

“Make Yourself Comfortable” (song)

Mama Rose

managers.
See names of specific managers

Manchester, Melissa

Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas

Manhattan Transfer

Manilow, Barry

absence from third album

at birthday celebration

beginning with Midler

boot leg tape of Carnegie Hall show

career change

conflict in Midler’s 1973 tour

establishing own identify

future work with Midler

hits on record charts

on Midler’s first album cuts

on-stage relationship with Midler

payment for work

as producer of
Bette Midler
album

production style of

working relationship with

“Marahuana” (song)

Mardin, Arif

Margaret, Ann

marijuana

Marin, Cheech

Mark “Moogy” Klingman
(album)

marketing,
Beaches

“Married Men” (song)

Marshall, Garry

“Martha” (song)

Martin, Mick

Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan

Matlin, Leonard

Mazursky, Paul

mentally handicapped

Mercer, Johnny

Merman, Ethel

Merv Griffin
show

MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas

Miami Herald

Michael Powell Ensemble

Michener, Charles

Mickey Mouse

Midler, Danny

Midler, Fred

Bette’s relationship with

not attending performances

reaction to Bette’s movie roles

viewing of Bette’s performance

Midler, Judy

Midler, Ruth

on Bette’s performance

Bette’s relationship with

death

Midler, Susan

“Midnight in Memphis” (song)

Mike Douglas Show

Miller, Glenn

Miller, Merle

Mills Brothers

“Millwork” (song)

Minnelli, Liza

Minskoff Theater, New York City

“Miracle of 34th Street” (concert)

Misery
(film)

“Miss M Goes Motown” (album)

“Miss Otis Regrets” (song)

Mitchell, Joni

“Mondo Beyondo” (song)

Mondo Beyondo
(TV special)

Monroe, Marilyn

“Moon of Manakoora” (song)

“Moonlight in Vermont” (song)

Morgan, Helen

“Moses” (song)

mother.
See
Midler, Ruth

motherhood

Movieline

“Mr. Freedom and I” (song)

“Mr. Goldstone” (song)

Mr. Kelly’s, Chicago

“Mr. Rockefeller” (song)

MTV

Mud Will Be Flung Tonight!
(album)

Mulligan, Richard

Murder on the Orient Express
(film)

Murder of the Vanities
(film)

Murphy Brown
(TV series)

music festivals, Central Park

musician’s union contracts

“My Eye on You” (song)

“My Favorite Waste of Time” (song)

“My Forgotten Man” (song)

“My Knight in Black Leather” (song)

My Man Godfrey
(film)

“My Mother’s Eyes” (song)

“My One True Friend” (song)

“My Way” (song)

Najimy, Kathy

The Nanny
(comedy)

National Anthem

National Basketball Association

National Enquirer

National Observer

National Public Radio

NBC-TV

“Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl” (song)

Nelson, Willie

Neville, Aaron

New Republic

New West
magazine

New Year’s Eve shows

New York City Ballet

New York City Preservation Society

New York Daily News

New York
magazine

“New York, New York” (song)

New York Post

New York Restoration Project

New York Times

parent’s reaction to shows

payment in gold for world tour

review of 1972 New Year’s Eve show

review of
Art or Bust!

review of
Bette of Roses

review of
Clams on the Half-Shell Revue

review of
Divine Madness