Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of her promoters, today's Swag Tuesday booty is Jackpot: The Best Bette, a 19-track collection of Bette Midler's greatest hits which hits stores and online retailers nationwide today.

Rhino's new career-spanning compilation from the “Divine Miss M” features nineteen tracks including hits and favorites culled from her Atlantic, Warner Bros. and Columbia Records years. The disc also serves up one previously unreleased track, “Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me.” As the legendary Midler is delighting countless fans with her recently premiered Las Vegas revue, “The Showgirl Must Go On” (at Caesar's Palace), JACKPOT - THE BEST BETTE is the ideal way to explore the bonanza of great songs that have helped make her one of the world's best-loved entertainers.

The retrospective set opens with “In The Mood,” a hit from her 1973 self-titled second album, and it perfectly sets the scene. Several tracks reach all the way back to Midler's 1972 Top 10 debut LP, The Divine Miss M, including “Do You Want To Dance?,” a cover of John Prine's “Hello In There” and “Friends,” one of her signature songs. The disc's most recent cuts include “This Ole House” from her '03 album saluting the Rosemary Clooney songbook and the 2006 holiday number “Cool Yule.” Other highlights include her rendition of the Rolling Stones' “Beast Of Burden,” the Top 10 singles “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “From A Distance,” plus the GRAMMY® winning songs “The Rose” and “Wind Beneath My Wings,” which hit #3 and #1, respectively.

Visit Bette Midler's personal site for more information about the CD release and her Las Vegas extravaganza, The Showgirl Must Go On. I have three copies of Jackpot: The Best Bette to give away. You can have an advance listen at Midler's streaming site here. Enter to win by commenting on this post, entries close at midnight on Wednesday. Please remember to leave an email address you check frequently. Publicists: if you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.