Columbia Records Set to Release 'Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook' as Dualdisc & Traditional CD

Columbia Records Set to Release 'Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook' as Dualdisc & Traditional CD

Album Reunites Bette Midler & Producer Barry Manilow On New Tribute To Incomparable Pop-Jazz Legend

In Stores October 25

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records will release Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook, as both a traditional CD and as a DualDisc, on Tuesday, October 25.

Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook reunites Bette with producer Barry Manilow, her original piano accompanist and musical director. In 2003, Manilow -- who produced Midler's first two breakthrough albums, Divine Ms. M (1972) and Bette Midler (1973) -- helmed Bette's Grammy-nominated RIAA gold-certified Columbia Records debut, Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook, her highest-charting album of the SoundScan era.

Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook pays tribute to the enduring brilliance and fantastic range of one of the most alluring female jazz vocal stylists of all time, Miss Peggy Lee. Bette Midler conjures soulful interpretations of Peggy Lee's most memorable songs including the Grammy- winning signature tunes "Fever" and "Is That All There Is?" as well as "Alright, Okay, You Win," "I Love Being Here With You" (duet with Barry Manilow), "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe," "I'm A Woman," "He's A Tramp," "The Folks Who Live On The Hill," "Big Spender," and "Mr. Wonderful."

The DualDisc edition of Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook includes a DVD side with all ten album tracks in enhanced PCM stereo, five complete songs including a version of "Is That All There Is?" recorded live-in-the- studio, never-before-seen home movie footage of Peggy Lee, archival TV and film appearances by Peggy Lee, and interviews with Bette Midler and Peggy Lee's daughter, Nicki Lee Foster, and granddaughter, Holly Foster-Wells.

One of the world's best-loved and most versatile entertainers, Bette Midler has garnered accolades in all quarters of show business. She's earned four Grammy Awards including Song of the Year (1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings"; 1990: "From A Distance") and Record of the Year (1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings"); two Academy Award nominations, three Emmy Awards, one Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine American Comedy Awards.

Her SRO tours have placed historically in the Top 5 grossing concerts in a calendar year. Ms. Midler has sold more than 14 million albums over the course of her career and holds 25 gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA for her albums and singles including her most recent gold album, Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook.

Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook 1. FEVER Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1958

2. ALRIGHT, OKAY, YOU WIN Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1958

3. I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU (Duet with Barry Manilow) Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1960

4. HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE From the Musical "Cabin In The Sky" Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1947

5. IS THAT ALL THERE IS? Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1969

6. I'M A WOMAN Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1962

7. HE'S A TRAMP From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1954

8. THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1957

9. BIG SPENDER From the Musical "Sweet Charity" Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1965

10. MR. WONDERFUL From the Musical "Mr. Wonderful" Originally Recorded by Peggy Lee in 1956

Source: Columbia Records

CONTACT: Claire Mercuri, Columbia Records, Media, New York, +1-212-833-5121, or Claire.mercuri@sonybmg.com

Web site: http://www.columbiarecords.com/

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