By Patrick Luce Sep 12, 2008, 13:14 GMT
Bette Midler fans can get ready to enjoy 19 of her career with the release of ‘Jackpot – The Best of Bette’ on Sept. 23rd from Rhino Records.
Rhino presents Bette Midler’s Jackpot: The Best of Bette CD available on September 23rd!! Rhino's 19-Song Retrospective Spans the Acclaimed Artist's Divine Career and Features Her Biggest Hits with an Unreleased Demo.
The album will span Midler’s entire career and feature some of her biggest hits mixed with unreleased demo.
From a press release:
Bette Midler is an artist of stunning versatility who can leave you in tears with a funny story or a sad song. A gifted actress and natural comedian, Midler is best known as an exceptional interpreter of song, winning four Grammy" Awards since her 1972 debut with Atlantic Records.
As Midler continues to charm Sin City with her ongoing concert show at Caesars Palace, The Showgirl Must Go On, Rhino pays tribute to the Divine Miss M with a career-spanning collection of her biggest hits and an unreleased demo.
The 19-song retrospective paints a vibrant portrait of Midler's uncanny ability to inhabit any style of music and make it her own. Taken from nine studio albums, this eclectic selection touches on girl group ("Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"), Top 40 ("Friends"), soul ("When A Man Loves A Woman"), standards ("This Ole House"), holiday ("Cool Yule") and rock ("Beast Of Burden").
‘Jackpot’ also spotlights two of Midler's most important musical milestones. The first is "Wind Beneath My Wings," her first #1 hit and winner of the 1989 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The second is "From A Distance," winner of the 1990 Grammy for Song of the Year and a #2 hit for Midler from her platinum-certified album Some People's Lives.
Alongside the familiar melodies on ‘Jackpot’ is "Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me," an unreleased demo Midler recorded in the summer of 1984 with renowned songwriters Robert Kraft and Barry Reynolds.
Kraft recalls cutting the track at Atlantic Studios: "I always thought there was some magic in those sessions, because the songs seemed to acquire a haunting, almost bittersweet quality as we laid down the tracks. Roberta Flack recorded this song several years later, but I have always been a fan of Bette's original vocal on this version."
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