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The title of the album, Bathhouse Betty, refers to Midler's early career when she performed her cabaret shows at gay bathhouses like the Continental Baths in New York which led to her becoming a gay icon with a loyal LGBT following ever since.
Jay Berliner (born May 24, 1940) is an American guitarist who has worked with Harry Belafonte, Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, and Van Morrison, among others.
Their careers were born in New York’s gay bathhouses. Bette Midler came to be known as “Bathhouse Betty,” a sobriquet she would wear with pride. She even made an album called “Bathhouse Betty.” It was the dawn of the gay liberation movement and gay Americans were emerging from the shadows.
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Bathhouse Betty was Midler's debut album for Warner Bros. Records, after having parted ways with sister label Atlantic Records in 1995 following the moderate commercial success of her later-platinum certified album Bette of Roses.
The Lincoln Street Bath House is arguably the most architecturally interesting of these baths, inspired by the architecture of ancient Roman monuments. Chicago Park District took over operation of the city-owned bath houses in the 1970s.
For the uninitiated, BATHHOUSE BETTY is likely to be mystifying but oddly irresistible, while Midler's longtime fans will find this album to be a comeback of sorts, a return to the uninhibited...
