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A new Piaf — the divine Miss M

Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 19 October 1972

SHE HAS never appeared outside New York. Her album is still unreleased. Her appearances on national television have sent viewers into shock. And yet Bette Midler is already an enormous star. She's New York's current big sensation, and neither she nor New York has got used to it yet.

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