Little Blue Suitcase<p>45 years ago today, (Week Ending) March 29, 1980, Bette Midler debuted on the Billboard AC chart at #47 with "The Rose". She went on to spend five weeks at #1. Also, leaped up ten notches to #76 on the Hot 100 and eventually peaked at #3 for three weeks there. </p><p>I’ve collected many 45RPM singles over many years, but this is one from my mom's collection that I inherited. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetteMidler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetteMidler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheRose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Classic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legendary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legendary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Song</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/45RPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>45RPM</span></a></p>