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Cheryl Dilcher - Special Songs (1971)
Save The World 
Bette
first made her grooves on vinyl in 1971 when she provided background
vocals for Cheryl Dilcher on her album, “Special Songs.”
Bette backed Cheryl up on many of the songs, and can be heard
very distinctly on the song “Save The World.”
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Melissa
Manchester - Home To
Myself (1973)
unconfirmed
Be Happy Now
It has been rumored that Bette provided background vocals on this album for
former Harlette, Melissa Manchester.
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Here's Johnny: Magic
Moments From The Tonight Show (1974)
Lullaby Of Broadway / Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
This
record featured a snippet of Bette’s interview from her September 12,
1973 appearance on the Tonight Show.
Also included on the album is her performance of “Lullaby Of
Broadway” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”
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Various Artists:
Spectrum USA / Dialogue '74 (1974)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
This
was a radio broadcast record for military organizations, which featured
Bette Midler’s hit single “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” |
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Various Artists: The
Bitter End Years (1974)
Daytime Hustler
This was a compilation album of
various artists who had left lasting impressions
at the infamous New York night club, "The Bitter
End." Bette Midler's version of "Daytime
Hustler" from her album "The Divine Miss M" was included.
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Various Artists:
The Best Of The
Bitter End Years (1975)
Daytime Hustler
This was a special best of album from the above
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Miss M Goes Motown (1975)
unreleased
In 1975, Bette began recording several tracks with Motown producer Hal Davis (Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin) for her third album. The album however, rumored to be titled "Miss M Goes Motown," was never released. It's been said that Bette didn't like the songs she had recorded and didn't want to release them. However, many of the people at Atlantic in those days thought they were some of her best recordings. Aaron Russo, Bette's manager at the time, swore they would never see the light of day, and he sadly kept his word. The four songs recorded during the Motown session were called, "It Hurts So Nice," "I Hear Music In My Heart," "Do It Now," and "Love Has Never Changed Her Name."
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Gone At Last (1975)
unreleased
Also in 1975, Bette recorded a song with Paul Simon
entitled, Gone At Last, for his album "Still Crazy After All These
Years." When the album was released however, Bette's vocals
were nowhere to be found, subsequently being replaced by Phoebe
Snow's. "I don't remember how I met Paul", said Bette,
"but we hit it off very well, became friends, went out a few times
and he played me this song. He asked me to be on it with him; I said
that would be fine. Then, one day, the record came out but I
wasn't on it! To this day, I don't exactly know what
happened." Paul later said that, "I changed the concept
with Phoebe and tried a gospel approach because she was perfect for
it." However, a confidential source told author Mark Bego in
his latest book "Still Divine" that Bette and Paul had a very close
relationship, and when the relationship went sour, Paul took Bette off
the track out of spite.
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Songs From The New Depression (1976)
unreleased
During
the making of Bette's third album, "Songs For The New
Depression," a lot of bad decisions were made. The album was
originally intended to be a concept album, which was going to feature
many songs that Bette herself penned. Producer Moogy Klingman and
Bette worked for months recording songs for the album, however, Bette's
manager and Atlantic Records didn't think many of them were commercial,
and decided to cut most of them and take over control of the album.
The studio reworked the record, remixing and rerecording several of the
original songs, and adding old ones from previous album sessions.
The end result, which was far from the original plan, was an album of
complete disproportion.
The record in turn suffered critical and commercial
desolation, almost destroying the careers of Midler and Klingman.
The
studio, after destroying the album, handed all credit back to producer
Moogy Klingman and allowed him take the fall. The
original songs recorded for this album still sit in a vault to this day,
unheard by the public, and they have been unofficially become known as
the “songs from the new depression.”
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MISSING SONGS
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Live At Last: Specially
Edited For Air Play (1977)
This was a specially edited LP sent out to radio stations
for air play which featured edited and censored tracks from the
original double LP album "Live At Last"
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Ringo Star - Ringo The 4th
(1977)
Tango All Night
Bette provided background vocals on the song "Tango All Night," from Ringo Star's album "Ringo The 4th." Unfortunately, Bette's voice is practically impossible to hear with all the arrangements and other background singers.
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