This day in music history.

November 17, 1979, The movie 'The Rose' premieres in New York. It was directed by Mark Rydell and the screenplay was written by Bill Kerby & Bo Goldman. The movie tells the story of the tragic life of a self destructive female rock star, modeled after Janis Joplin. The tagline for the movie was "She gave and gave, until she had nothing left to give." Bette Midler starred in the movie and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The soundtrack made it to #12 on the Billboard charts while the the cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman" made it to #35 and the title song made it to #3 as a single after Midler got her Oscar nomination
The Rose
Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give and the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose