While the original recordings all deserve praise and recognition, this list will highlight how Bette Midler brought a unique and seemingly better-suited styling to each tune. 1.

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.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: "The Rose" won an Academy Award nomination for Bette Midler in 1979. She played a rock star who struggled with success, drink, drugs and self-destructiveness.

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.

1979's 'The Rose' served as Bette Midler's breakthrough movie role. But here's why the film was almost given the very different title of 'Pearl.' by Robert Yaniz Jr. But it wasn’t until the ...

The 1979 version of The Rose was Bette Midler’s first film role, and it earned four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Midler and Best Supporting Actor for Frederic Forrest.

Cynthia Erivo and Bette Midler (inset) in original 1979 film, “The Rose.” According to Variety, Erivo is producing the project under her newly launched Edith’s Daughter banner.