It was first released by Roger Whittaker on his 1982 LP Wind Beneath My Wings and then everyone from Lou Rawls to Gladys Knight and the Pips tackled it.

Other favorites included a version of “Wind Beneath My Wings” (1982); and “New World in the Morning” (1971). Whittaker retired in 2012, according to The Guardian.

Whittaker is remembered for hits like ‘Wind Beneath My Wings.” “Durham Town (The Leavin’),” “New World in the Morning,” and “The Last Farewell.” ...

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Bette Midler had no idea 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' the theme song from her 1988 movie 'Beaches,' would be a smash hit. "We didn't know what we had," she tells PEOPLE.

Heather Gray joins Stephanie Shonekan during this episode to discuss the Bette Midler and Eddie and Gerald Levert versions of “Wind Beneath My Wings,” a song about love, death and what it does to ...