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(Atlantic ATL 40453)
Photo by: Kenn Duncan Photo by: Kenn Duncan



Facts & Credits


Track Listing
1.
Do You Want To Dance?
(Bobby Freeman)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Rhythm Track
Ron Carter: Bass
Ray Lucas: Drums
Ralph MacDonald: Percussion
Cissy Houston, Renelle Broxton, Diedre Tuck, Beverly McKenzie: Background Vocals
Thom Bell: Horn And String Arrangement

(2:56)
2. Chapel Of Love
(Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)


Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Miller: Miss M's Choir

(2:25)
3. Superstar
(Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Miller: Miss M's Choir

(5:09)
4.
Daytime Hustler
(Jeff Kent)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Miller: Miss M's Choir

(3:29)

5. Am I Blue
(Grant Clark, Jarry Akst)

Bette Midler: Vocals
David Spinozza: Guitars
Barry Manilow: Piano
Ron Carter: Bass
Ray Lucas: Drums

(2:21)

 

1.
Friends
(Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart)


Bette Midler: Vocals
David Spinozza: Guitars
Barry Manilow: Piano & Rhythm Track
Ron Carter: Bass
Ray Lucas: Drums
Ralph MacDonald: Percussion

(2:49)
2. Hello In There
(John Prine)


Bette Midler: Vocals
Pat Rebillot: Piano
Gene Orloff, Emanuel Green: Violins
Selwart Clarke: Viola
Kermit Moore: Cello
William S. Fischer: String Arrangement

(4:15)

3. Leader Of The Pack
(Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, George Morton)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Miller: Miss M's Choir

(3:41)

4.
Delta Dawn
(Alex Harvey, Larry Collins)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Mille, Barry Manilow, Michael Federal: Miss M's Choir

(5:16)

5. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
(Don Raye, Hughie Prince)

Bette Midler: All Vocals
Don Arnone: Guitar
Dick Hyman: Piano
Milton Hinton: Bass
Ted Sommer: Drums 
Marty Nelson: Vocal Arranger
Arif Mardin: Arrangement

(2:26)

6. Friends
(Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart)

Bette Midler: Vocals
Barry Manilow: Piano & Arranger
Dickie Frank: Guitar
Michael Federal: Bass
Kevin Ellman: Drums
Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Merle Mille, Barry Manilow, Michael Federal: Miss M's Choir

(2:50)

= audio clip = lyrics

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GEMM (LP)



Released 1977


Produced by Joel Dorn, Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam and Ahmet Ertegun
Recording engineer: Lew Hahn
Remixed by: Geoffrey Haslam, Lew Hahn, Bob Liftin
Remixed at Regent Sound Studios and Atlantic Studios
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.
Photos: Kenn Duncan
  • This album was only released in Germany and features the same track listing as “The Divine Miss M.
  • This album is considered by many as one of the hardest to find.

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