{"id":147352,"date":"2014-10-24T22:11:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2014\/10\/24\/bette-midler-ready-with-new-album\/"},"modified":"2014-10-24T22:11:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T22:11:40","slug":"bette-midler-ready-with-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2014\/10\/24\/bette-midler-ready-with-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler ready with new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/ZVMKEUKHLUCZYOAQORKY.jpg>Bette Midler is now readying a new album, her first since 2006. Titled \u201cIt\u2019s the Girls\u201d, the upcoming record will feature the singer\u2019s covers of songs by famous girl groups including TLC\u2019s classic \u201cWaterfalls\u201d. <br \/>\nMidler shared her cover of the trio\u2019s hit single on Thursday (October 23) via The Advocate. The new version finds the 68-year-old star slowing down the tempo and singing the lyrics over a piano and a soft drum beat. <br \/>\n\u201cWaterfalls was a heartbreaker, especially if you were a mom, and it had a big effect on me,\u201d Midler recently told Billboard of her decision to cover the song. \u201cI never thought I would have the nerve to sing it, but we had an idea for it that works, and I am so glad I took the chance.\u201d <br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s the Girls\u201d is due out on November 4 via Warner Bros. Records. In addition to TLC, the record produced by Midler\u2019s longtime collaborator Marc Shaiman will include covers of songs by The Boswell Sisters and The Andrews Sisters. <br \/>\n\u201cA long time ago I fell in love with voices in harmony,\u201d Midler explained the new album in a press release. \u201cThere were so many great girl groups in those days, I still listen as avidly as I ever did. This record is a small attempt to honor them for all the joy they brought to me and the world.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bette Midler is now readying a new album, her first since 2006. Titled \u201cIt\u2019s the Girls\u201d, the upcoming record will feature the singer\u2019s covers of songs by famous girl groups including TLC\u2019s classic \u201cWaterfalls\u201d. Midler shared her cover of the trio\u2019s hit single on Thursday (October 23) via The Advocate. The new version finds the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}