Apr 23rd, 2008 · Actress Helen Hunt directed the new film Then She Found Me. She helped adapt the film from an autobiographical novel by Elinor Lipman. Hunt also stars in the film as April Epner alongside Bette Midler, who plays her mother.
Dec 21st, 2007 · Record producer Joel Dorn worked with Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Max Roach, Herbie Mann, the Allman Brothers and many more. He worked as an in-house producer at Atlantic Records before going out on his own, and in the late 1980s he repackaged back catalogs for the major record labels. He founded or co-founded several independent labels. He died Monday at age 65, of a heart attack. Fresh Air remembers him with this archival interview from April of 1991.
Jul 24th, 2007 · Fresh Air's resident rock historian remembers soul singer Lorraine Ellison, who recorded a handful of albums and dozens of singles in the '60s and '70s; though she charted a few R&B hits, she never quite broke through to stardom. Her biggest success was with the string-saturated ballad "Stay With Me," which topped out at No. 11 on the R&B charts and has since been covered by everyone from Bette Midler to teenybopper idol Rex Smith.
Dec 19th, 2005 · Legendary music producer Arif Mardin talks about his four-decade career. He's produced albums for artists such as the Bee Gees, Phil Collins, Bette Midler, Dusty Springfield, and more recently, Norah Jones. Mardin tells tales from recording sessions with Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan.