For her first movie vehicle, Midler understandably chose a music-related project. The Rose was originally supposed to be titled Pearl, as it was meant to be a retelling of the Janis Joplin story.

Midler wasn’t the only person to record “The Rose.” Conway Twitty sent his version to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1983, while Irish folk band The Dubliners had a hit ...

Ultimately, the song peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 list and went gold, selling more than 1 million copies. Midler earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in The Rose, and McBroom ...

It's difficult to imagine your typical Bette Midler fan sitting down to listen to Eminem's latest album. But as the singing sensation herself tweeted: "Yes, that is my version of “The Rose” on ...

Conway Twitty's 1983 No. 1 'The Rose" was already a No. 1 before Conway ever heard the song. It was a theme song for a Bette Midler movie with the same title, and in 1980, had scored a No. 3 hit ...

Bette Midler was honored with her own rose at the New York Restoration Project Gala. By Joe Lynch, Billboard Forty years ago, Bette Midler made her proper film debut in the Janis Joplin-inspired ...

Ms. McBroom is perhaps best known for her song, “The Rose,” which was famously recorded by Bette Midler for the film of the same name.

Starring Bette Midler, 1979’s “The Rose” follows a self-destructive rock star struggling to deal with the pressures of fame and her ruthless business manager in the 1960s.