If you are referring to the song "The Rose" sung by Bette Midler in the movie "The Rose" she sang it first but the writer Amanda McBroom also covered it the next year in 1980 on one of her own releases. So I have to say Bette is the original artist.
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In 1952 the song was recorded by Vera Lynn. The best-known version was recorded by Kay Starr in 1954 and charted that year
the original artist of this song is "chiqui pineda"
rolling stones-1965
Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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