Bette Midler - rare British interview (1973)
Channel: slydogmania
Date: 13/02/2023

Hays off to presenter Whispering Bob Harris for another excellent interview from 50 years ago with then-unknown star 27-year-old Bette Midler. Having recorded her debut album The Divine Miss M just weeks before, she'd hit the charts with the Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and never look back. Bette, all class from the get-go, talks about her recent rise to fame from theatre to a gay NY bath-house