"Arthur's Theme" Wins Original Song: 1982 Oscars 

I didn't realize he helped write this too!!! Such a talent RIP

I forget Peter Allen was once married to Liza Minelli.

Fun fact: His name is actually Christopher Geppert. "Christopher Cross" was the name he gave his band.

I loved him, too. He sadly had to sell his Oscar. Fell on hard times, I guess. What a talent.

I just saw him in concert a few months ago. It was super great to still see him out there. ❤️

@@emmalancaster2013 I can say from personal experience the Oscar sits on the living room shelf nestled among the 5 Grammies

@@markcasselman453 so he still has it? What a relief. Just mean rumors I guess. I still remember his pink house -wasn’t too far from my in laws’ home in Texas

when the Oscars were still fun to watch....

ditto

I THINK PETER DIED FROM AIDS..HE DIED SOOOO YOUNG..SHORT LIFE OF TALENTED COMPOSER SINGER ARTIST. HES A CLOSETED GAYMAN & MARRIED LIZA MINELLI. THEIR MARRIAGE LAST FOR 2 DAYS.

She stole the show!

She's coked out!

lol!

Whatever....@@pjangels609

SHAK YA BUDDA SHAK YA ASS. is what talent today is........er......yah.

Ela escreveu a letra. Quem escreveu a MÚSICA foi o genial BACHARACH.

start demanding it instead of being overrun with garbage

Mitchell C I have no idea what that means in the context of my comment.

Cole Son Music and Films It’s a decline/dumbing down of society.

every year they are more boring

I’m from the future. Will Smith will give spontaneity a new meaning. 👋

Totally agree! The Oscar presentations have become so stiff and boring lately. They need to get back to presenters and hosts with actual personality like back then.

Check out Bette presenting Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Grammys almost a decade earlier. It was her FIRST smash as a presenter at an awards show! No one can "work the room" like Miss M!

He did so much, 'Behind the scenes' drumming, he deserves even more credit than he gets.

They haven't done that since the early 70s.

The Academy Awards were concocted for publicity since day one. If you were to review a list of films from any given year you would be amazed at just how seldom, how very seldom, the awards went to the real "bests" of any given year.

@@CaptainSpalding72 Yet the 80s as the most memorable songs other than the Shaft theme from the 70s.

@@blackguyofthesouth2161 70s

and when it was still fun to watch.....

BETTE IS GOOD BUT ITS VERY OBVIOUS OVER-REHEARSED ON THE MIRROR. WHOOPIE GOLDBERG MUCH BETTER IMPROMPTU WITHOUT READING THE SCRIPT

I’ve always loved Bette’s movies and songs, however, she doesn’t care for me. I’m a southerner. And according to her, I don’t know what’s best for me and mine. 🤷🏼‍♀️

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION PETER ALLEN

She has spoken highly of Peter.

jwelch5742 *any song.

and For Your Eyes Only is better too

So great ❤

Thirty years this year since "the boy from oz" left this world.

He came up with the line “if you get caught between the moon and New York City.” A brilliant lyric!

@@emmalancaster2013 The line that made this song just six words long.

Damned right, James! I remember seeing this Oscar telecast and I never forgot it. Talk about original! Hilarious!!

I think that Bette just might be a genius,Her brain works in such a delightful way.

Right

the Bette you see here is not the same Bette I was with , she is a different person even her voice is different . And she was more Chubby ...

Ah yes, I was so happy to see this happen for Peter. He did some fantastic songs. Let's not forget Don't Cry Out Loud, Bi-Costal, Borderline, etc. Shame he didn't get much attention for his own work done by himself.

Chris watch miss m at the continental baths. Natural and amazing singing under Barry’s direction. Nothing compares to the first 2 albums, and her stint at the palace. From then on it was performance. Over produced, over costumed, over written by Bruce vilanch. God, the beginning of her career was legend. A drag performance put together by bill Hennessy, manilow and Jerry Blatt. So saddened when she became Bette Midler and tossed the divine miss m in the trash.

I was 20 good days

26 for me. I miss it too!!!

I wish I could have lived during that era. I honestly believe I would have been happier if I was born 20 years earlier. It feels like my soul belongs to the earlier decades - to be precise, the late 80s and 90s. The world was getting more liberal and modern but it had still style - and also harmless joking was allowed. I’m soon 27 and while the modern world has its perks I don’t quite embrace it as a whole. I miss the old music and movies (luckily we still have them), the warmer atmosphere and just a simpler world. It’s weird, I know. Maybe I’m just nuts. This is the reason I don’t really have friends my age. Not that I’m talking about these things, god no. 😂It’s just that it doesn’t feel right. I enjoy way more talking with people who are quite a bit older than me.

I saw Bette Midler in concert in 2005 and one of the last songs she performed that night was "Tenterfield Saddler", as a tribute to Peter Allen.

Bette can get in contact with the people so well and avoid any threshoald fear.

don't forget Steve Gordon, the director of Arthur, the only movie that he directed as he passed away in 1982, a big promise that we lost very soon

@@abrahamlupis9354 OK -- Steve, too!

Burt Bacharach, also, wrote "I Ran(So Far Away)", performed by A Flock of Seagulls, also, 1982, ergo, Burt Bacharan (so far away)

I've always loved his songs. They form part of my life's soundtrack.