“Optimistic Voices” (song)
Orbit magazine
Osbourne, Ozzy
Ostrow, Steve
“Otto Titsling” (song)
Outrageous Fortune (film)
“Oy Vegas”(song)
Pacific Sun
Palace Theater, New York City
Palm Beached (film)
Paper Moon Graphics, Los Angeles
“Paradise” (song)
Paradise Theater, Boston
parents. See Midler, Fred; Midler, Ruth
Paris, France
Park West, Chicago
Parker, Sarah Jessica
Parton, Dolly
Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles
Pearl (album)
The Pearl (biography)
People magazine
People’s Choice Awards
Peppermint Lounge, New York City
“Perfect Ain’t Easy” (song)
Peters, Bernadette
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philbin, Regis
Phoenix House
Piaf, Edith
Pine Knob, Detroit
Pink
“Pink Cadillac” (song)
Playgirl magazine
Plitt Century Plaza Theater, Los Angeles
Plotkin, Chuck
Pointer Sisters
Pomerantz, David
Porter, Cole
Porter, Marsha
Portland Opera
A Prayer for America
pregnancy
Presley, Elvis, impersonator of
“Pretty Legs and Great Big Knockers” (song)
privacy issues
Pryor, Richard
“P.S. I Love You” (song)
public service music videos
Purple Heart Cruise
racism
Radford High School, Hawaii
Radio City Music Hall, New York City
radio stations
“Rain” (song)
“Rainbow Sleeve” (song)
Rainforest Foundation
Raleigh, North Carolina
Randall, Tony
“The Ransom of Red Chief” (short story)
Rasche, David
ratings, Bette
Rawls, Lou
Raye, Martha
“Ready to Begin Again” (song)
record charts: Beaches
“In the Mood”
songs from No Frills
“Wind beneath My Wings”
Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Record World
Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver
“Red” (song)
Redd, Sharon
Reddy, Helen
Reed, Rex
Reiner, Carl
Reiner, Rob
Reiser, Paul
reviews and critiques
Thighs and Whispers
Art or Bust!
Beaches
Bette
Bette of Roses
Big Business
Broken Blossom
Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
Continental Baths appearances
Divine Madness
Divine Miss M album
“Divine Miss Millennium”
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Downstairs at the Upstairs
Drowning Mona
First Wives’ Club
For the Boys
Get Bruce
Get Shorty
Gypsy
Hocus Pocus
Isn’t She Great
Jinxed
Live at Last
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight!
Ol’ Red Hair Is Back
Outrageous Fortune
The Rose
Ruthless People
Scenes from a Mall
Songs for the New Depression
Stella
That Old Feeling
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
RIAA. See Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Richie, Lionel
Riegert, Peter
Rivera, Geraldo
Rivers, Joan
Rix, Luther
Roberts, Bruce
Robinson, Smokey
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
“Rock the Boat” (song)
Rogers & Hart
Rogers, Kenny
Rolling Stone: The Tenth Anniversary (TV special)
Rolling Stone magazine
Rolling Stones
Ronettes
Ronstadt, Linda
Rosanne
The Rose (album)
The Rose (film)
awards for
Coca-Cola incident with Russo
opening night party
Rydell’s view of Midler in
soundtrack from
world premiere of
“The Rose” (song)
on Broken Blossom
in De Jour
on Divine Madness
Grammy Award for
sung at Diva Las Vegas
rose theme
“Rose’s Turn” (song)
Ross, Diana
Rothchild, Paul A.
Roxy, Los Angeles
Ruby Award
Rundgren, Todd
Russo, Aaron
acting out resentment toward
comparison to character in The Rose
employees
gay-rights rally
Harlettes and
marriage proposal to Midler
Midler’s battles with
on Midler’s New Year’s Eve antics
on Midler’s personal life
on opening of The Divine Mr. J.
post-Midler life
reaction to Midler in lesbian scene
relationship portrayed in movie
release of
suicide attempt
Ruthless People (film)
Rydell, Mark
The Saga of Baby Divine (book)
Sagal, Katie
Sager, Carole Bayer
Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas
Sahl, Mort
Salvation (play)
“Samedie et Vendredi” (song)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Saturday Night Live (TV show)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” (song)
Save Our Human Rights Foundation (SOHR)
“Say Goodbye to Hollywood” (song)
Scenes from a Mall (film)
Scenes from a Marriage (film)
Schaffer Music Festival, New York City
Schuck, John
Schumer, Chuck
Screw magazine
Seattle Opera Company
Segal, George
Seinfeld, Jerry
Seinfeld (TV show)
self-evaluation
after 1973 tour
of appearance on Cher show
career progress
of Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
defense of films
as Disney star
on film making
knowledge of music business
married life
in Playgirl interview
post recording of No Frills
relationships
on seeing herself on screen
singing style
of Thighs and Whispers
“Sentimental Journey” (song)
September 11, 2001
Sesame Street
The Seven Deadly Sins (opera)
Sex and the City (TV show)
Sexual Perversity in Chicago (off-Broadway show)
“Sha-Boom Sha-Boom” (song)
Shaiman, Marc
Shepard, Cybill
“Shining Star” (song)
“Shiver Me Timbers” (song)
Showboat (Broadway show)
“Shy As a Violet” (song)
siblings
Sidewalk of Stars, Radio City Music Hall
Siegel, Don
The Si
g Sakowitz Show (talk show)
Sight and Sound
Simon & Schuster Publishers
Simon, Carly
Simon, Paul
Simpson, Valerie
The Simpsons (TV show)
Sinatra, Frank
“Since You Stayed Here” (song)
Sinderella
single mothers
Siskell, Gene
Sister Act (film)
“Skylark” (song)
Skynyrd, Lynyrd
Sledge, Percy
“Small World” (song)
Smith, Bessie
Snow, Phoebe
So Many Mammaries! (album)
Sobel, Curt
Soho Weekly News
“Sold My Soul to Rock n’ Roll” (song)
“Some People” (song)
Some People’s Lives (album)
“Someone That I Used to Love” (song)
“Something to Remember You By” (song)
Sondheim, Stephen
“Song of Bernadette” (song)
Songs for the New Depression (album)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
“Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
“Sound Factory Vox Mix” (song)
South, Margaret Jennings
South Pacific (Broadway show)
Spago’s, Hollywood
“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (song)
Springsteen, Bruce
Stallone, Sylvester
Stand Up Detective (comedy)
Stanwyck, Barbara
Staples Center, Los Angeles
“The Star Spangled Banner”
Star Spangled Night, Inc.
“Star Spangled Night for Rights” (rally)
“Stardust” (song)
Starr, Ringo
“Stay with Me” (song)
“The Steadfast Tin Soldier” (song)
Steinberg, David
Steinem, Gloria
Steinfeld, Jake
Stella Dallas (film)
Stella (film)
Stereo Review
Stewart, Rod
Still Crazy after All These Years (album)
Stiller, Ben
Stokowski, Leopold
“Storybook Children” (song)
“Strangers in the Night” (song)
Streep, Meryl
“Streets of Gold” (song)
Streisand, Barbra
Stuart, Hamish
“Stuff Like That There” (song)
Sunday New York Daily News
“Superstar” (song)
Supremes
“Surabaya Johnny” (song)
Susann, Jacqueline
Sylvester
talk shows
tape recordings
Tauber, Doris
Tauber, Mercer
Taylor, James
Taylor, Jonathan
teen years
television appearances
Bing Crosby special
Cher
Mike Douglas Show
Ol’ Red Hair Is Back
Rolling Stone: The Tenth Anniversary
Saturday Night Live
television specials
Templeman, Ted
“Ten Cents a Dance” (song)
That Old Feeling (comedy)
That Old Feeling (film)
“That’s How Heartaches Are Made” (song)
“That’s How Love Moves” (song)
“The Stripper” (song)
Thighs and Whispers (album)
Three of a Kind (film)
“The Thrill Is Gone” (song)
ThunderDome, St. Petersburg, Florida
ticket sales. See also box office sales
Time magazine
Tiny Tim
TNT Cable network
“To Comfort You” (song)
“To Deserve You” (song)
“Together, Wherever We Go” (song)
Tomei, Marisa
Tomlin, Lily
Tommy (rock opera)
The Tonight Show
Tonin’ (album)
Tony awards
“Too Busy Thinking about My Baby” (song)
Torn, Rip
Torrington, Connecticut, Register Citizen
Touchstone Pictures
“Tragedy” (song)
Travolta, John
Tribeca, New York City
Troubadour, Los Angeles
Trump, Ivana
Tucker, Sophie
Turner, Tina
TV Guide
TV Guide Awards
Twas the Night (TV special)
“Twisted” (song)
Two against Nature (album)
“Ukelele Lady” (song)
“Under the Boardwalk” (song)
Unforgettable (album)
Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles
United Artists
United Jewish Appeal
United We Stand: What More Can I Give? (concert)
Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles
University of Hawaii
upfront
Uprise (show)
“Uptown” (song)
US magazine
USA Today
“Vacation in Rio” (song)
Valley of the Dolls (book)
Valli, Frankie
Vandross, Luther
Vanity Fair magazine
Variety
Vaughn, Sarah
VH1 Honors celebration
Viacom Inc.
“The Vicki Eydie Show”
Video Movie Guide 2001
Video Movie Guide 2002
Vierra, Merideth
A View from a Broad (book)
The View (talk show)
Vilanch, Bruce
Village People
Village Voice
voice lessons
von Haselberg, Martin. See also Kipper, Harry
von Haselberg, Sophie Frederica Alohilani
Von Sydow, Max
Wahl, Ken
Waits, Tom
“Wall of Sound” (song)
Walsh, Brock
Walton, Tony
Warhol, Andy
Warner Brothers Records
Warwick, Dionne
Was, Don
Washington, Dinah
Washington Post
Waters, Ethel
“We Are Family” (song)
“We Are the World” (song)
websites
Webster, Paul Francis
Weill, Kurt
“Weird Peanuts” (story)
Welch, Raquel
Welk, Lawrence
“We’ll Be Together Again” (song)
West, Mae
Weyman, Andrew D.
“What A Difference a Day Makes” (song)
What Women Want (film)
“Wheel of Fortune” (song)
wheelchairs
“When a Man Loves a Woman” (song)
“When Your Life Was Low” (song)
White House, Washington, D.C.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV show)
“Whose Side Are You On?” (song)
“Why Bother?”
Wilde, Oscar
Williams, Esther
Williams, Robin
Wilson, Flip
Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles
“The Wind beneath My Wings” (song)
awards for
sung at 911 memorial service
sung at prayer gathering
sung in Diva Las Vegas
Winfrey, Oprah
Winnie: My Life in the Institution
“Winter Wonderland” (song)
The Wiz (Broadway show)
The Wizard of Oz (Broadway show)
WKTU radio station
Wlosczyna, Susan
WMAQ-TV
Wogan (TV show)
Wonder, Stevie
Wood, Natalie
work ethic
Working (Broadway show)
world concert tours
World Trade Center
Worth, Marvin
Would Anyone Please Kill My Wife? (film)
WWOR-TV
“Wynken, Blynken and Nod” (song)
Yakety Yak: Take It Back (video)
“Yakety Yak (Don’t Talk Back)” (song)
Yankee Stadurn, New York
Yanni, Nick
“Yellow Beach Umbrella” (song)
York, Don
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (song)
“You Do Something to Me” (song)
“You Don’t Know Me” (song)
“You Don’t Own Me” (song)
“You Got to Have Friends” (song)
“You’ll Never Get Away from Me” (song)
“Young Americans” (song)
Young, Neil
“You’re Moving Out Today” (song)
Yugo Car Company
Ziegfeld Theater, New York City
Zsigmond, Vilmos
Zucker, David
Zucker, Jerry
ZZ Top
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Bego is the author of several best-selling books on rock & roll and show business. With forty books published and over ten million books in print, he is acknowledged as the best-selling biographer in the rock and pop music field. His biographies have included the life stories of some of the biggest stars of rock, soul, pop, and country. His first Top Ten New York Times best-seller was Michael! about Michael Jackson (1984). Since that time, he has written about the lives of Cher! (2001), Rock Hudson: Public & Private (1986), Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul (1989), Bonnie Raitt: Just in the Nick of Time (1996), Jewel (1998), and Madonna: Blonde Ambition (2000).
In the 1990s Bego has branched out into country music books, writing Country Hunks (1994), Country Gals (1995), I Fall to Pieces: The Music and the Life of Patsy Cline (1995), Alan Jackson: Gone Country (1996), George Strait: The Story of Country’s Living Legend (1997), LeAnn Rimes (1998), and Vince Gill (2000).
Bego has coauthored books with several rock stars, including Martha Reeves: Dancing in the Street, Confessions of a Motown Diva, which spent five weeks on the Chicago Tribune Best-Seller list in 1994. He worked with Micky Dolenz of the Monkees (I’m a Believer, 1993), Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night (One Is the Loneliest Number, 1991), and Mary Wilson (Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme, 2000 edition).
His writing has also been featured in several record albums and compact discs. In 1982 he wrote the interior notes to the Columbia House five-record boxed set The Motown Collection. His liner notes can also be found in the CD Mary Wilson, Walk the Line (1992).
In 1998 Mark wrote books about three of the hottest leading men in late ’90s cinema. His Leonardo DiCaprio: Romantic Hero spent six weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. He followed it up with Matt Damon: Chasing a Dream and Will Smith: The Freshest Prince.
In 1998 Melitta Coffee launched Mark Bego: Romantic Hero blend coffee as part of its Celebrity Series. He is currently developing his book Rock and Roll Almanac (1995) into a television series and writing a novel called Motor City. Mark divides his time among New York City, Los Angeles, and Tucson, Arizona.
Visit his website: www.markbego.com.