Andrew Gold, Bette Midler, Carlos Vega, David Lasley, Dean Parks, Gary Coleman, Michael Boddicker, Mike Landau, Neil Stubenhaus, Robbie Buchanan, Tom Kelly, Ula Hedwig
Some People’s Lives is the seventh studio album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the Atlantic Records label in 1990. It contains one of her biggest hits, “From a Distance”, which won the songwriter Julie Gold a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991.
The Some People’s Lives album became one of the biggest commercial successes of Midler’s musical career, peaking at number 6 in the US and number 5 in the UK and it was later awarded double platinum by the RIAA for sales of over two million copies in the US alone. It has sold 7 million copies worldwide.
Tracks
1 One More Round (Jessica Harper, Daniel Sembello, Allee Willis) 02:04
2 Some People’s Lives (Rhonda Fleming, Janis Ian) 03:29
3 Miss Otis Regrets (Cole Porter) 02:51
4 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) 05:30
5 Night And Day (Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman) 05:30
6 The Girl Is On To You (Jude Johnstone) 04:10
7 From A Distance (Julie Gold) 04:37
8 Moonlight Dancing (Diane Warren) 04:39
9 He Was Too Good To Me / Since You Stayed Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Peter Larson, Josh Rubins) 04:12
10 All Of A Sudden (Nathalie Archangel, Scott Wilk) 04:33
11 The Gift Of Love (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Susanna Hoffs) 04:01
Musicians
1 One More Round
Keyboards |
Joe Mardin |
Percussion |
Steve Kroon |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
2 Some People’s Lives
Piano |
Marc Shaiman |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
3 Miss Otis Regrets
Bass |
Ron Carter |
Drums |
Grady Tate |
Guitar |
Gene Bertoncini |
Piano |
Bernie Layton |
Clarinet |
Phil Bodner |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
4 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Sax |
Nino Tempo |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
5 Night And Day
Keyboards |
Joe Mardin |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
6 The Girl Is On To You
Bass |
Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums |
Carlos Vega |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Guitar |
Mike Landau |
Keyboards |
Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer |
Michael Boddicker |
Sax |
Andy Snitzer |
Percussion |
Gary Coleman |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
7 From A Distance
Bass |
Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums |
Carlos Vega |
Guitar |
Mike Landau |
Keyboards |
Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals |
Charlotte Crossley |
Background Vocals |
Cissy Houston |
Background Vocals |
David Lasley |
Background Vocals |
Eugene van Buren |
Background Vocals |
Joann Harris |
Background Vocals |
John West |
Background Vocals |
Myrna Smith |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
8 Moonlight Dancing
Synthesizer |
Joe Mardin |
Programming |
Guy Roche |
Programming |
Robbie Buchanan |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
9 He Was Too Good To Me / Since You Stayed Here
Bass |
Jay Leonhart |
Piano |
Marc Shaiman |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
10 All Of A Sudden
Guitar |
John McCurry |
Keyboards |
Joe Mardin |
Background Vocals |
George Merrill |
Background Vocals |
Joe Mardin |
Background Vocals |
Ula Hedwig |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
11 The Gift Of Love
Bass |
Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums |
Carlos Vega |
Guitar |
Andrew Gold |
Guitar |
Dean Parks |
Keyboards |
Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer |
Michael Boddicker |
Background Vocals |
Tom Kelly |
Background Vocals |
Maria Vidal |
Vocals |
Bette Milder |
Liner Notes
Producer – Arif Mardin
Co-producer – Marc Shaiman
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Jack Joseph Puig
Recorded By – Jack Joseph Puig
Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Photography – Greg Gorman
Mixed At Electric Lady Studios
Mixed At Studio 55, Los Angeles
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
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