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"The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom. Bette Midler made the song famous when she recorded it for her 1979 film The Rose , in which it plays during the closing credits. It has been recorded multiple times, including by Conway Twitty and Westlife who had US Country & Western and UK number one hits with the song, respectively.
Copperfield is a 1981 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, who were nominated for the 1981 Tony Award for Best Original Score. It is based on the classic 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. The Broadway production was directed and choreographed by Rob Iscove.
"The Rose Song" is an emotional piano ballad. [7] [8] USA Today described it as "sweet [and] uplifting". [3] The song is written solely by Rodrigo. [9] Composed in the key of F major, it has a moderate tempo of 142 beats per minute. [10] [11] During "The Rose Song", Rodrigo's vocal range spans from the low note of G 3 to the high note of G 5. [11]
Copperfield performed a much-shortened version of the illusion as the entrance in his sixteenth television special, The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires Of Passion, in 1993. The performance used a different background and music, in addition to burning spinning hoops.
The Rose soundtrack also included one song that since its original release has become a mainstay in Midler's live repertoire, Jerry Ragovoy's despairing blues ballad "Stay With Me". The Rose peaked at #12 on Billboard's album chart in the Spring of 1980, making it Midler's bestselling album since 1973's Bette Midler.
Her wedding would've turned into a media circus. See photos of Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland together: "Then, in the middle of that, I think she had the courage -- it wasn't what she wanted ...
The movie ends with a closing scene of Rose's parents and Mal at a garage, following a member of the press who is following Rose's tragic death. After taking pictures from Rose as a kid, and some clips she gathered from Billy Ray, Mal turns the lights off as they leave and the garage, along with Rose's memories and photographs, goes dark.
Copperfield was previously engaged to supermodel Claudia Schiffer for six years. He popped the question in January 1994, but they called things off in September 1999. In February 2010, he welcomed ...