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1989 film Beaches) and, a year later,
"From a Distance." But these melo-
dramatic ballads are hardly representa-
tive of her multifaceted musical career.
This, after all, is a singer whose
first hits were her exuberant versions
of Bobby Freeman's "Do You Want to
Dance?" and the Andrews Sisters'
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," both in
1973. The former is one of three
Midler-sung numbers prominently
featured in the Meryl Streep
One True Thing.
"Meryl is fabulous," said Midler,
whose ballad from the film My One
True Friend is also her new single.
"She has cancer in One True Thing.
And, of course, I have cancer in my
next movie (Isn't She Great, based on the
life of Jacqueline Susann and due out
next year). But I have to say that her
cancer is much better than mine. Mine
was much more 'show-business cancer."'
In 1974, the same year she won a
Best New Artist Grammy, Midler
scored a hit with her version of
Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" —
more than two decades before the
current neo-swing revival ignited.
Coincidentally, her new album fea-
tures a rousing collaboration by
Midler and Royal Crown Revue on
the Big Maybelle jump-blues classic
"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show."
Bathhouse Betty also features a
sassy, rap-styled declaration of self-
affirmation called "I'm Beautiful,"
which recalls "I Look Good," one of
Midler's most popular concert num-
bers. Other highlights on her new
album include deeply felt versions of
"Song of Bernadette" by Leonard
Cohen and "Lullaby in Blue" by
Cohen's son, Adam, and two jazz-
inflected songs, "I Sold My Heart to
the Junkman" and David Frishberg
and Bob Dorough's oh-so-sly "I'm
Hip" (sample lyric: I even call my
girlfriend "man").
Her fluid scat-singing on "I'm
Hip," like her svelte phrasing on
"Junkman," sound like heartfelt
homages to Ella Fitzgerald, the late,
fabled Queen of Scat.
"Well, I love her," Midler said of
Fitzgerald. "To me, Ella was the
greatest 'white' singer who ever lived.
I mean, I know she was black. But
her singing was so pristine and ele-
gant, and I loved her. Yes, I did. And
when I listen to her, I don't know
how she did it. She never hit a wrong
note, and she hit everything like a
piano that's just been freshly tuned
— right in the middle of the note —
and that is so unbelievable.
"But I listen to a lot of stuff. When
you hear Billie Holiday at the end of
her career, it was very rough. But that
doesn't matter to me, because it was so
moving. I always listen to female
singers. I like male singers, but not to
the degree I do females, I guess
because they're in my key."
Raised on the Hawaiian island of
Oahu (an unusual place to grow up
Jewish in those days), where her
father worked as a civilian painter for
the U.S. Navy, Midler had a bit role
as a missionary's wife in the 1965
film adaptation of the James Michen-
er book Hawaii.
A drama major at the University of
Hawaii for less than a year ("It was
hard!" she recalled), she used her
Hawaii film earnings to move to
New York. There, she worked in
Broadway chorus lines before gaining
attention as a cabaret singer, backed
by a budding young pianist named
Barry Manilow.
Now a married mother with an
11-year-old daughter, Sophie, Midler
spoke fondly of growing up on Oahu.
She warmly recalled the hula lessons
she took as a girl, her abortive
attempts at surfing ("I was scared,
and I wasn't a strong swimmer") and
her tenure as a teen-age employee at a
pineapple factory.
"Everyone thought I was Por-
tuguese, because no haole would ever
work a job like that," she recalled
with a giggle. "I was happy and had
fun. I started at 13, and I think
everyone should have a job at 13 and
learn how work works, and that there
are responsibilities and that if you do -
your job, you get paid."
Midler hopes to eventually do a
concert tour to promote her new
album, although nothing is planned
at this point.
As the interview drew to a close,
Midler was asked about her vocal
backing group, the Harlettes, which
in past decades has featured everyone
from Pia Zadora to future "Married
... With Children" TV star Kate)?
Sagal.
Midler exploded with laughter
when asked a two-pronged question:
Where is Zadora now, and could
Monica Lewinsky cut it as a
Harlette?
"I haven't seen or heard from Pia
in a long time, and I, too, am dying
to know what happened," Midler
said. "As for Monica Lewinsky, she
wouldn't dare! I don't think she has
any talent. And, sometimes, having
no talent is not enough." 1-11