who sings the song wind beneath my wings
Gary Morris Sheena Easton Lou Rawls Gladys Knight & The Pips Roger Whittaker Bette Midler Lee Greenwood Colleen Hewett
title: Wind Beneath My Wings text: Wind Beneath My Wings "Wind Beneath My Wings" (sometimes titled "The Wind Beneath My Wings" and "Hero") is a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. The song was originally recorded by Roger Whittaker in 1982, as well as by Sheena Easton and Lee Greenwood. The song appeared very shortly thereafter in charted versions by Colleen Hewett (1982), Lou Rawls (1983), Gladys Knight & the Pips (1983), and Gary Morris (1983). The highest-charting version of the song to date was recorded in 1988 by singer and actress Bette Midler for the soundtrack to the film "Beaches". This title: Wind Beneath My Wings text: R&B chart. Rawls once performed a twelve minute live version of the song at a concert in Elgin, Illinois. "Wind Beneath My Wings" was recorded by country artist Gary Morris and reached the Top 10 of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. It was named Song of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. "Wind Beneath My Wings" was performed by Bette Midler for the soundtrack of the film "Beaches" and became a US number-one single. It was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of title: Wind Beneath My Wings text: Records in 1982. Hewitt's recording became the first version of the song to be issued as a single and to appear on a national chart, peaking at #52 on Australia's Kent Music Report chart. The first year "Wind Beneath My Wings" appeared on music industry trade publication charts in the United States was 1983. Singer Lou Rawls was the first to score a major hit with the song, as his version peaked at No. 10 on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart, No. 60 on the "Billboard" Hot Black Singles chart, and No. 65 on the main "Billboard" Hot 100 singles title: Wind Beneath My Wings text: of the "Vote for Love" album. In 1997 the song was recorded by British actor Steven Houghton, reaching no. 3 on the UK singles chart on 17 November 1997. Lou Rawls was the first to land the song on the chart in the US. The up-tempo version by Rawls was released in March 1983 on Epic 34-03758. It was backed with "Midnight Sunshine". It appeared on his album, "When the Night Comes". It spent six weeks on the "Billboard Hot" 100 chart and on April 16, 1983, it peaked at no. 65. It also got to no. 60 on the title: Wind Beneath My Wings text: chart.\ Gladys Knight & The Pips also released a recording of the song in 1983 under the title "Hero". Their version peaked at No. 64 on "Billboard"s Hot Black Singles chart while also reaching No. 23 on "Billboard"s Adult Contemporary chart. Singer Gary Morris released a country version of the song in 1983. Morris's version of the song peaked at No. 4 on "Billboard"s Hot Country Singles chart and later won both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association awards for Song of the Year. Kenny Rogers released his version of the song in 1996 as part