Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) Vinyl LP • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Catalog Number: SD-7238

Record Grading: Very Good (VG), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back); some surface abrasion on back. Inner-sleeve is original (Atlantic ads); two seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge with small split near top right and larger split near bottom center; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Do You Want To Dance?
• Chapel Of Love
• Superstar
• Daytime Hustler
• Am I Blue
• Friends
• Hello In There
• Leader Of The Pack
• Delta Dawn
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
• Friends

About The Record:

The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler's debut album reached Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured three hit singles, with Do You Wanna Dance?, Friends, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, which became Midler's first No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. Bugle Boy became a very successful rock cover of the classic swing tune originally introduced and popularized in 1941 by the famous Andrews Sisters, to whom Midler has repeatedly referred as her idols and inspiration, as far back as her first appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Midler told Carson in an interview that she always wanted to move like the sisters, and Patty Andrews once remembered, "When I first heard the introduction on the radio, I thought it was our old record. When Bette opened at the Amphitheater in Los Angeles, Maxene and I went backstage to see her. Her first words were, 'What else did you record?'" During another one of Midler's concerts, Maxene went on stage and presented her with an honorary bugle.