This 19-track Best Of gathers together Betteâs key tracks from 1972-2006 and features the previously unreleased bonus track, Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me.
A three time Grammy winning music icon as well as a two-time Oscar-nominated film star, Bette Midler first rose to fame  in the early â70s when her first two albums for Atlantic Records soared to the Top 10 in Billboard. Decades of success later, the Divine Miss M is as popular as ever, with her sensational new Las Vegas revue - The Showgirl Must Go On at Caesarâs Palace - adding to her global renown.Â
Midlerâs new Rhino retrospective The Best Bette, her most comprehensive single-disc anthology to date is an essential compilation of hits and favourites.  Itâs an ideal way to experience the divine, and features classics including the US Top 10 smashes Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and From A Distance plus the Grammy-winning songs The Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings. Also featured is Cool Yule, the title track from Betteâs most recent album, her first ever Christmas collection
Bette Midler is taking a break from her very successful Las Vegas show The Showgirl Must Go On to make a rare visit to the UK for promo in mid-September.Â
Flaunting plenty of girls and gags, Bette Midler's 90-minute extravaganza, which opened on February 20, 2008, features an enchanting repertoire complete with some of her favorite characters like Delores Delago - the wheelchair-bound mermaid - and Soph, the oldest living showgirl in Las Vegas. Amongst the backdrop of a glittering Broadway-style theatre, Midler and her entourage of talented performers light up the stage in an energetic, comical, and visually stunning spectacle.
Critics have hailed The Showgirl Must Go On as "a razzle dazzle spectacular," according to Daily Variety. The Los Angeles Times proclaimed, "Bette Midler is brash, funny, schmaltzy, surprising, poignant, charming, provocative, witty, bawdy and, of course, divine," and the New York Daily News says Miss Midler "hits the jackpot" with the biggest show of her career.