by Mark Bego
Farrell, Will
fashion industry party
“Fat As I Am” (song)
father. See Midler, Fred
“Favorite Waste of Time” (song)
Featherbed
Federal, Michael
“Feliz Navidad” (song)
Festival Theater, New York City
Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway show)
Field, Sally
filmography
“Fire Down Below” (song)
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (song)
First Wives Club (film)
Flack, Roberta
Flock
“Flying Home” (song)
Fonda, Henry
“For All We Know” (song)
For the Boys (film)
For the Boys (soundtrack)
“For Free” (song)
For Our Children (album)
Ford Motor Company
Foreign Press Association
Formerly of the Harlettes
Forrest, Frederic
The Fortune (film)
Foster, David
Fox, Michael J.
Franklin, Aretha
Frederick’s of Hollywood
Freeman, Bobby
Friedman, Bud
“Friends” (song)
omitted from Divine Madness album
as opening at Carnegie Hall
as opening for Schaffer Music Festival
production style of
on song charts
sung at hospital
sung at “Star Spangled Night for Rights”
“Friendship Theme” (song)
Frog and the Nightgown, Raleigh, North Carolina
“From a Distance” (song)
“Funny” (song)
Gable, Clark
Garbo, Greta
Garland, Judy
Gautier, Benoit
gay population
AIDS and
courting of Midler
gay rights rally
Hollywood Bowl gay rights show
reaction to Midler. See also Continental Baths
“Gee Whiz” (song)
Geis, Bernard
Geldof, Bob
German Record Award
Gershwin, George
Gershwin, Ira
Get Bruce (video)
Get Shorty (film)
Gibson, Mel
Gifford, Kathie Lee
Gillespie, Ben
“The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish” (song)
“The Girl Is On to You” (song)
Giuliani, Rudolph
Gleason, Joanna
“The Glory of Love” (song)
“Glow Worm” (song)
“Go Help the Outcasts” (song)
“God Bless the Child” (song)
“God Give Me Strength” (song)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (film)
Gold, Julie
Goldberg, Whoopi
Golden Globe awards
Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr.
“Gone at Last” (song)
Good Morning America (TV show)
Goodman, Benny
Gore, Leslie
Gotham
Grace of My Heart (film)
Grammy awards
“Best New Artist”
Best Recording for Children
Midler’s attire for
for “The Rose”
for “The Wind beneath My Wings”
Gray, Diva
Grean, Robin
“Great Balls of Fire” (song)
Greatest Hits (album)
“The Greatest Love of All” (song)
The Greatest Story Overtold (film)
Greenwood, Charlotte
greeting cards
Guinness Book of World Records
Gypsy (album)
Gypsy (Broadway show)
Gypsy (film)
Hackman, Gene
Hagar, Samuel
Halloween (1993)
Hampton, Lionel
“Hang On in There, Baby” (song)
“Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” (song)
“Happiness” (song)
Harlettes
1983 tour
auditions
copyright of name
dislike for Russo
firing of
initial selection process
listing of members
projects away from Midler
used by Manilow. See also names of individual Harlettes
Hart, Linda
Harvard University
Hasty Pudding Award
Hauser, Tim
Hawaii (book)
Hawaii (film)
“Hawaiian War Chant” (song)
Hawn, Goldie
“He Was Too Good to Me” (song)
health: appendicitis
of Buzzy Linhart
exhaustion
nervous breakdown
Heard, John
“The Heart of Saturday Night” (song)
Hedwig, Ula
Heflin, Marta
Hefner, Hugh
“Hello in There” (song)
Hendrix, Jimmi
Hennessey, William
Hepburn, Katherine
Herb, Gary
“Here’s That Rainy Day” (song)
Herman, Pee Wee
“Hero” (song)
Hershey, Barbara
“Hey Bobby” (song)
high school
“Higher and Higher” (song)
Hiller, Arthur
Hilly’s, Greenwich Village
Hirsch, Janis
Hirschfeld, Al
Hocus Pocus (film)
Hoffman, Dustin
“Hold That Tiger” (song)
Holden, Stephen
Holiday, Billie
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Festival Orchestra
Hollywood, Midler’s views of
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Home Box Office television specials
Home to Myself (album)
homosexuality. See gay population
“Honky Tonk Woman” (song)
Honolulu, Hawaii
“Hot Fun in the Summertime” (song)
Hot Streak (film)
Houston, Whitney
“How High the Moon” (song)
Hues Corporation
Huey Lewis & the News
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (film)
Hunt, Helen
Hunter, Ross
“Hurricane” (song)
“I Believe in You” (song)
“I Could Write a Book” (song)
“I Don’t Want the Night to End” (song)
“I Go to Rio” (song)
“I Had to Resort to Beauty” (song)
“I Know This Town” (song)
“I Know You by Heart” (song)
“I Look Good” (song)
“I Never Talk to Strangers” (song)
“I Put a Spell on You” (song)
“I Remember You” (song)
“I Second That Emotion” (song)
“I Shall Be Released” (song)
“I Sold My Heart to the Junkman” (song)
“I think It’s Gonna Rain Today” (song)
“I Want a Horse” (song)
“I Will Survive” (song)
“I Wish You Love” (song)
Ian, Janis
“If Love Were All” (song)
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (song)
“I’m Beautiful” (song)
“I’m Hip” (song)
“I’m on My Way” (song)
Improvisation, New York City
In Harmony (album)
“In the Mood” (song)
“In My Life” (song)
“In the Navy” (song)
“In These Shoes” (CD)
“In These
Shoes” (song)
Inside magazine
International Creative Management
Interview magazine
Irwin, Bill
“Is It Love?” (song)
Isn’t She Great? (film)
“Istanbul” (song)
It’s All in the Game (film)
“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (song)
“It’s Gonna Take a Miracle” (song)
ITV network, England
“I’ve Got a Date with an Angel” (song)
“I’ve Still Got My Health” (song)
Jackie’s Back (comedy)
Jackpot (film)
Jackson, Jackie
Jackson, LaToya
Jackson, Marlon
Jackson, Michael
Jackson, Randy
Jackson, Tito
Jagger, Mick
James Dean (film)
Jarreau, Al
Jazz Crusaders
“Jelly Man Kelly” (song)
Jennings, Will
Jerry Saved from Drowning (film)
Jinxed (film)
Joel, Billy
John, Elton
Jones, Quincy
Joplin, Janis
“Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” (song)
Katzenberg, Jeffrey
Kauai, Hawaii
Kauffman, Stanley
Kazan, Lanie
Keaton, Diane
“Keep on Rockin’ “ (song)
The Killers
Kinetic Playground
King, B. B.
King, Ben E.
King, Carole
King Kong
King, Stephen
Kipper, Harry. See also von Haselberg, Martin
Kirkland, Johanna
Klingman, Moogy
on “Friends”
opening act for Midler
publishing rights to “Friends”
release of Midler’s cut songs
role in third album
work with Songs for the New Depression
Knight, Gladys
Koch, Ed
Ku Klux Klan
“La Vie en Rose” (song)
LA Weekly
“La-La Means I Love You” (song)
LaBelle, Patti
Ladd Company
Ladies Home Journal
“Lady Madonna” (song)
Lake, Ricki
Lamour, Dorothy
Lane, Jeffrey
Lansbury, Angela
“The Last Time” (song)
Late Show with David Letterman
Latifah, Queen
“Laughing Matters” (song)
lawsuits
Layton, Joe
“Leader of the Pack” (song)
Lee, Gypsy Rose
Lee, Rose
Leiber & Stoller
Leigh, Candy
Lenya, Lotte
Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide 2002
lesbians
“Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (song)
“Let Me Just Follow Behind” (song)
“Let’s Hang On” (song)
Levine, David
Lewis, Huey
Lewis, Jenifer
lighting schemes
“Like a Virgin” (song)
Lincoln Center, New York City
Linhart, Buzzy
Litman, Lynne
Little Me (film)
“Little Ole Lady” (song)
Live at Last (album)
Locklear, Heather
Loggins, Kenny
Lohan, Lindsay
London Daily Telegraph
London Evening News
London Palladium
London Times
Long Beach Veteran’s Memorial Stadium
“Long John Blues” (song)
Long, Shelley
Los Angeles, California, 1975 New Year’s Eve show
Los Angeles International Film Exposition
Los Angeles Times
Lost Horizon (film)
“Love Hangover” (song)
“Love Potion No. 9” (song)
“Love Says It’s Waiting” (song)
“Love TKO” (song)
Lovitz, Jon
LP charts, The Divine Miss M
Ludlam, Charles
“Lullaby in Blue” (song)
“Lullaby of Broadway” (song)
“MacArthur Park” (song)
McBroom, Amanda
MacDonald, Ralph
Mack and Mabel (Broadway show)
MacLaine, Shirley
McWilliams, Paulette
Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)
Madison Square Garden, New York City
Madonna
Maggie (book)
Magic Lady
Majestic Theater, New York City
“Make Yourself Comfortable” (song)
Mama Rose
managers. See names of specific managers
Manchester, Melissa
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas
Manhattan Transfer
Manilow, Barry
absence from third album
at birthday celebration
beginning with Midler
boot leg tape of Carnegie Hall show
career change
conflict in Midler’s 1973 tour
establishing own identify
future work with Midler
hits on record charts
on Midler’s first album cuts
on-stage relationship with Midler
payment for work
as producer of Bette Midler album
production style of
working relationship with
“Marahuana” (song)
Mardin, Arif
Margaret, Ann
marijuana
Marin, Cheech
Mark “Moogy” Klingman (album)
marketing, Beaches
“Married Men” (song)
Marshall, Garry
“Martha” (song)
Martin, Mick
Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan
Matlin, Leonard
Mazursky, Paul
mentally handicapped
Mercer, Johnny
Merman, Ethel
Merv Griffin show
MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas
Miami Herald
Michael Powell Ensemble
Michener, Charles
Mickey Mouse
Midler, Danny
Midler, Fred
Bette’s relationship with
not attending performances
reaction to Bette’s movie roles
viewing of Bette’s performance
Midler, Judy
Midler, Ruth
on Bette’s performance
Bette’s relationship with
death
Midler, Susan
“Midnight in Memphis” (song)
Mike Douglas Show
Miller, Glenn
Miller, Merle
Mills Brothers
“Millwork” (song)
Minnelli, Liza
Minskoff Theater, New York City
“Miracle of 34th Street” (concert)
Misery (film)
“Miss M Goes Motown” (album)
“Miss Otis Regrets” (song)
Mitchell, Joni
“Mondo Beyondo” (song)
Mondo Beyondo (TV special)
Monroe, Marilyn
“Moon of Manakoora” (song)
“Moonlight in Vermont” (song)
Morgan, Helen
“Moses” (song)
mother. See Midler, Ruth
motherhood
Movieline
“Mr. Freedom and I” (song)
“Mr. Goldstone” (song)
Mr. Kelly’s, Chicago
“Mr. Rockefeller” (song)
MTV
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! (album)
Mulligan, Richard
Murder on the Orient Express (film)
Murder of the Vanities (film)
Murphy Brown (TV series)
music festivals, Central Park
musician’s union contracts
“My Eye on You” (song)
“My Favorite Waste of Time” (song)
“My Forgotten Man” (song)
“My Knight in Black Leather” (song)
My Man Godfrey (film)
“My Mother’s Eyes” (song)
“My One True Friend” (song)
“My Way” (song)
Najimy, Kathy
The Nanny (comedy)
National Anthem
National Basketball Association
National Enquirer
National Observer
National Public Radio
NBC-TV
“Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl” (song)
Nelson, Willie
Neville, Aaron
New Republic
New West magazine
New Year’s Eve shows
New York City Ballet
New York City Preservation Society
New York Daily News
New York magazine
“New York, New York” (song)
New York Post
New York Restoration Project
New York Times
parent’s reaction to shows
payment in gold for world tour
review of 1972 New Year’s Eve show
review of Art or Bust!
review of Bette of Roses
review of Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
review of Divine Madness
review of Downstairs at the Upstairs gig
review of Get Bruce
review of Get Shorty
review of Isn’t She Great?
review of Jinxed
review of Ol’ Red Hair Is Back
review of That Old Feeling
Newark International Airport, New Jersey
Newman, Paul
News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina
Newsweek
Newton-John, Olivia
Nicholson, Jack
nightclub tours
No Frills (album)
“No Jestering” (song)
“Nobody Else but You” (song)
Nolte, Nick
Norma Rae (film)
Nyro, Laura
O magazine
Oates, John
O’Donnell, Rosie
“Oh Industry” (song)
“Oh Jerusalem” (song)
“Oh My My” (song)
Oklahoma! (Broadway show)
Ol’ Red Hair Is Back (TV special)
“Old Cape Cod” (song)
Oliver & Company (film)
On Golden Pond (film)
“One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show” (song)
“One More Cheer” (song)
“One More Round” (song)
“One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” (song)
One True Thing (film)
“Only in Miami” (song)
onstage antics
Academy Awards telecast
in Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
Continental Baths
Diva Las Vegas
Divine Madness
Mondo Beyondo
New Year’s Eve show (1982)
Ol’ Red Hair Is Back
Schaffer Music Festival
Stella
stripping for charity
Tommy
wheelchair use
when receiving Hasty Pudding Award
opening acts