Time goes by “so slowly” when you’re in prison. Unchained Melody: Bobby Hatfield live performance. {The Andy Williams Show}- Episode #4.5 Episode aired: Monday, Oct 25, 1965: Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher countertenor voice ( in this performance his range is an incredible: D3 to G5 sharp) to Bill Medley’s, William Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) baritone, sang lead on this track. It was his idea to record it, since Medley and Hatfield each sang a song as a solo vocalist on their albums. As Medley tells it, Hatfield knew the song well, and was a big fan of the Roy Hamilton and Al Hibbler versions of the song. Sadly, on Nov. 5, 2003 Hatfield died of a heart attack in a Michigan hotel room just prior to a Righteous Brothers performance, apparently in his sleep at age 63. The Righteous Brothers version was , oddly enough a huge hit because it was recorded merely as a filler song for their fourth album, not for release as a single. Philles Records owner/producer Phil Spector considered it album filler and released it as a B-side. The single had "Unchained Melody," with no producer credit on the label, as the flip B-side to writers Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Hung on You," but many DJs preferred "Unchained Melody" and played that one instead. This infuriated Spector, who subsequently left no doubt (actually calling DJs telling them to play “Hung On You” not “Unchained Melody “) as to which side of his Philles single was the A-side. The famous climax of this song where Bobby Hatfield sings the high "I need your love" line wasn't how the song was written. In an interview with Bill Medley, he explained that Hatfield did two takes of the song, then left. He would often reconsider his performance and come back later to change it, and that's what he did on this track, returning to ask Medley to make an edit. This was no easy task, since with a maximum of four tracks to work with, you had to record over part of the original take, but Medley accommodated and Hatfield delivered that soaring vocal line. Said Medley: "I punched that in and before he left he said, 'No, I can do it better. ’And I said, 'No, you can't!’ [Medley Laughs] And I think it's a big part of that song." This was released on Philles Records, Phil Spector's label. Spector, known for his "Wall Of Sound" technique, did not produce this - Bill Medley did! In a 2007 statement to the Forgotten Hits newsletter, Medley said: "You have to remember that I was producing our stuff before Phil Spector... I mean I produced 'Little Latin Lupe Lu,' 'My Babe' and all that stuff. Then when we went with Phil, Phil asked me if I would produce the albums because it was too time consuming and costly for him to produce the entire albums. So he was going to do the singles and I would do the album. And so that's how that happened and that's how I produced 'Unchained Melody,' which Phil Spector apparently now takes credit for. He can have the credit. And I'm not a producer. I know how to produce. But it's obviously not a Spector production. 'Unchained Melody' was never intended to be the single... it was produced to be on the album. It was put on the B-side of a Phil Spector single 'Hung On You' but the minute it was released 'Unchained Melody' just went through the roof." Hatfield’s rendition of “Unchained Melody” although not the original, is the ‘gold standard’. Also: The Andy Williams Show performance was a family oriented show whereas the Shindig performance (below) was geared towards teenagers, much like the TV show “American Bandstand”(without the dancing) Bobby Hatfield live performance of “Unchained Melody “ on the TV show “Shindig” ruclips.net/video/xIIvXYo5INo/видео.htmlsi=OmBVdie7xz-GPuIh
This was a song from a prison movie long ago. The prisoner was singing to his long lost love, and when he said...."time goes by so slowly", well, it does for prisoners. Thanks for the review.
The song was written for a prison movie. It has an inmate singing this song, in reference to getting back to the woman he loves. Hence the term, time goes by so slowly
@@Renegade15 The song is about a man in prison hoping his girl will still be waiting. Many men were in Vietnam at the time in the 60s and were hoping their girls were waiting for them Plus hoping not to get shot.
Adult lullaby. Nice wordsmithing. The reason time was going by too slowly is that the song is written from the perspective of a prison inmate. It was originally part of a movie soundtrack. Bobby Hatfield is the reason I am not a singer. He did everything I would want to do and couldn't. Rest in peace righteous brother.
I was a janitor working late at night, I was tired, hungry, sweaty. I was vacuuming about 10 feet away from where I plugged it in. I was mad so I yanked as hard as I could and the plug flew and hit me in the forehead so hard. It cut me, blood everywhere. What an idiot!! 😂
When I was 4 years old I got addicted to the sensation of falling and jumped from higher and higher places until by the time I was 5-6 I was secretly climbing onto the roof and jumping off as far as I could from the lowest part where the gutter was. I would mark how far I got with a stick then try to beat my mark (this was in the early 80's when children were left to their own devices and made to stay outside unsupervised until mealtimes). I got bored with only jumping from 12ft one day and went to the peak of the house which was another 8ft higher and leapt for all I was worth and kneed myself in the forehead so hard I knocked myself out when I landed. I had an egg on my forehead that took over a year to go away so I looked deformed through most of kindergarten and part of first grade lol.
Hard to believe from watching this that Bobby threw up before these performances from stage fright. Sadly Bobby cocaine contributed to Bobby death but he always managed to pull himself together to perform for us
This was written in 1955 for a prison film. The inmate is waiting to get out and wondering if the girl will be waiting. Time goes by slowly in prison I would imagine.
Blues suggestion 180 degrees from this great classic of the Righteous Brothers Steve Marriott Live 1985 Five Long Years or Black Coffee when he fronted Humble Pie
young lady - for great love songs- Try John Denver singing the song "for You"-- and this song is for you. He wrote this for his second wife. His first wife song he wrote is also a love song called "Annie's song. react to his live Proformance is his "wildlife concert" tape shortly before his death. thank from an old vet that grew-up in the 60's and on. great music back then.
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Beautiful reaction from a beautiful woman WOW
The best live performance of a lifetime simple as its just perfection rip Bobby ❤
No doubt about it. At the end the Great Andy Williams says: “beautiful”. I don’t think he could believe what he was hearing.
Time goes by “so slowly” when
you’re in prison.
Unchained Melody:
Bobby Hatfield live performance.
{The Andy Williams Show}-
Episode #4.5
Episode aired: Monday, Oct 25, 1965:
Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher countertenor voice ( in this performance his range is an incredible: D3 to G5 sharp) to Bill Medley’s, William Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) baritone, sang lead on this track. It was his idea to record it, since Medley and Hatfield each sang a song as a solo vocalist on their albums.
As Medley tells it, Hatfield knew the song well, and was a big fan of the Roy Hamilton and Al Hibbler versions of the song.
Sadly, on Nov. 5, 2003 Hatfield died of a heart attack in a Michigan hotel room just prior to a Righteous Brothers performance, apparently in his sleep at age 63.
The Righteous Brothers version was , oddly enough a huge hit because it was recorded merely as a filler song for their fourth album, not for release as a single. Philles Records owner/producer Phil Spector considered it album filler and released it as a B-side. The single had "Unchained Melody," with no producer credit on the label, as the flip B-side to writers Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Hung on You," but many DJs preferred "Unchained Melody" and played that one instead. This infuriated Spector, who subsequently left no doubt (actually calling DJs telling them to play “Hung On You” not “Unchained Melody “) as to which side of his Philles single was the A-side.
The famous climax of this song where Bobby Hatfield sings the high "I need your love" line wasn't how the song was written. In an interview with Bill Medley, he explained that Hatfield did two takes of the song, then left. He would often reconsider his performance and come back later to change it, and that's what he did on this track, returning to ask Medley to make an edit. This was no easy task, since with a maximum of four tracks to work with, you had to record over part of the original take, but Medley accommodated and Hatfield delivered that soaring vocal line. Said Medley: "I punched that in and before he left he said, 'No, I can do it better.
’And I said, 'No, you can't!’ [Medley Laughs] And I think it's a big part of that song."
This was released on Philles Records, Phil Spector's label. Spector, known for his "Wall Of Sound" technique, did not produce this - Bill Medley did! In a 2007 statement to the Forgotten Hits newsletter, Medley said: "You have to remember that I was producing our stuff before Phil Spector... I mean I produced 'Little Latin Lupe Lu,' 'My Babe' and all that stuff. Then when we went with Phil, Phil asked me if I would produce the albums because it was too time consuming and costly for him to produce the entire albums. So he was going to do the singles and I would do the album. And so that's how that happened and that's how I produced 'Unchained Melody,'
which Phil Spector apparently now takes credit for. He can have the credit. And I'm not a producer.
I know how to produce. But it's obviously not a Spector production. 'Unchained Melody' was never intended to be the single... it was produced to be on the album. It was put on the B-side of a Phil Spector single 'Hung On You' but the minute it was released 'Unchained Melody' just went through the roof."
Hatfield’s rendition of “Unchained Melody” although not the original, is the ‘gold standard’.
Also:
The Andy Williams Show performance was a family oriented show whereas the Shindig performance (below)
was geared towards teenagers, much like the TV show “American Bandstand”(without the dancing)
Bobby Hatfield live performance of “Unchained Melody “ on the TV show “Shindig”
ruclips.net/video/xIIvXYo5INo/видео.htmlsi=OmBVdie7xz-GPuIh
Unchained Melody...It's about a man in prison longing for time he's back with his Love and time for him is going by slowly. XX
Great reaction and what a fantastic song. Thanks for making my day!
And. . . Another pretty lady bites the dust.
YEP!!
Pretty???
How could this be your first time ever listening to this song if you can sing along with it??!
Exactly.
This was a song from a prison movie long ago. The prisoner was singing to his long lost love, and when he said...."time goes by so slowly", well, it does for prisoners. Thanks for the review.
I’m sure you screened the song first, but it’s one of the best of all time.
The song was written for a prison movie. It has an inmate singing this song, in reference to getting back to the woman he loves. Hence the term, time goes by so slowly
When you're in prison hoping your girl is still waiting for you, time does go slowly!
@@Renegade15 The song is about a man in prison hoping his girl will still be waiting. Many men were in Vietnam at the time in the 60s and were hoping their girls were waiting for them Plus hoping not to get shot.
@@Renegade15who the hell is that?
Many have covered this song but it considered their song.
Adult lullaby. Nice wordsmithing. The reason time was going by too slowly is that the song is written from the perspective of a prison inmate. It was originally part of a movie soundtrack. Bobby Hatfield is the reason I am not a singer. He did everything I would want to do and couldn't. Rest in peace righteous brother.
I was a janitor working late at night, I was tired, hungry, sweaty. I was vacuuming about 10 feet away from where I plugged it in. I was mad so I yanked as hard as I could and the plug flew and hit me in the forehead so hard. It cut me, blood everywhere. What an idiot!! 😂
When I was 4 years old I got addicted to the sensation of falling and jumped from higher and higher places until by the time I was 5-6 I was secretly climbing onto the roof and jumping off as far as I could from the lowest part where the gutter was. I would mark how far I got with a stick then try to beat my mark (this was in the early 80's when children were left to their own devices and made to stay outside unsupervised until mealtimes). I got bored with only jumping from 12ft one day and went to the peak of the house which was another 8ft higher and leapt for all I was worth and kneed myself in the forehead so hard I knocked myself out when I landed. I had an egg on my forehead that took over a year to go away so I looked deformed through most of kindergarten and part of first grade lol.
Looking at you and hearing him in the back ground !!! DAAAAAMMMMMM don’t get any better than this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
A great song to slow dance to. I just stood up and twisted my ankle, age?
SEEING YOU, NOW I NEED ICED COFFEE, I GOT HURT MORE TIMES FALLING UP THE STAIRS, THAT'S RIGHT UP.
BEEN THERE. TOOK A TRIP AND NEVER LEFT THE FARM!!
BEAUTIFUL
Hard to believe from watching this that Bobby threw up before these performances from stage fright. Sadly Bobby cocaine contributed to Bobby death but he always managed to pull himself together to perform for us
Damn I would love to be dancing with you to this song
Cuz I NEED your love.....God speed your love.....To Me!!!!!
1965 was during the Vietnam War. A lot of lovers were separated.
This was written in 1955 for a prison film. The inmate is waiting to get out and wondering if the girl will be waiting. Time goes by slowly in prison I would imagine.
You’re the perfect woman sweetheart…😘😘😘Bobby sounds great!
CAN'T BE 1ST TIME HEARING AND YOUR SINGING ALONG AFTER 15 SECONDS. NICE SHIRT THOUGH.
Blues suggestion 180 degrees from this great classic of the Righteous Brothers
Steve Marriott Live 1985
Five Long Years or Black Coffee when he fronted Humble Pie
I personally like hot chocolate.
young lady - for great love songs- Try John Denver singing the song "for You"-- and this song is for you. He wrote this for his second wife. His first wife song he wrote is also a love song called "Annie's song. react to his live Proformance is his "wildlife concert" tape shortly before his death.
thank from an old vet that grew-up in the 60's and on. great music back then.
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