This is Bobby out of control but totally in control. The man was master of his voice and there may never be another to equal his capabilities. Both Bill and Bobby were way ahead of their time in skill but I get to enjoy them again through your eyes. Your reaction was so priceless that I'm going to watch it again. You are adorable.
Now you know why they are known as "Blue Eyed Soul" and why it rules! A soul has no color. Good Evening young lady. And thank you. I really, really do appreciate hearing somebody who can really sung. And he can. Good Evening. Adios. PS: Keep up the good work girl. You got it going on. Goodnight.
Yeah that was the greatest best singer Bobby Hatfield and his friend Bill Medley not Brothers. He was the best in our time and then this time too but in my time past I'm 89 years old. I've listened to some other singing this song and I thought they could do it but he's still the top one. And you had a great reaction to it like I thought you would I'm glad you did enjoy it.
This song is from the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. Bobby could sure sing anything. You might want to listen to the version from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Classically wonderful.
Here is a link to them singing with The Blossoms. It is from a popular tv show called Shindig! ruclips.net/video/7wRA9tfEwLs/видео.html. But you can't let Bobbie sing Summertime without listening to Bill sing I Just Want To Make Love To You. There is no video. It was too spicy to play on tv. ruclips.net/video/Udyqprq46b0/видео.html Enjoy!💕
Check out Bill Medley singing Brown Eyed Woman. The song was about "forbidden love" back in the day. At the time Bill did this song, he was dating one of the Blossoms, and they sing back up on this song.
A very summertime reaction ⛱🩱🩳👒🐦🐝 🏄♂🏄♀🌻🏖☀🌞! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to The Righteous Brothers before: You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Live and Unchained Melody Live. Summertime was an unreleased song from The Righteous Brothers' 1965 album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. The song was written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. The song was produced by Bill Medley. The song, a solo effort by Bobby Hatfield, wasn't released as a single so it wasn't eligible for the music charts. This live Bobby Hatfield performance is from 1967 on television show "Something Special". That was a very funny introduction by Bill Medley 😭😭😭. These two brothers are the definition of "the human soul having no color" just a pure spiritual connection. The song: "Summertime", is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 Opera: Porgy And Bess. The song soon became a popular and much-recorded Jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... George Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of Jazz and the song styles of blacks in the Southeast United States from the early twentieth century". The song was recorded for the first time by Abbie Mitchell on July 19, 1935. The 1959 movie version of the musical: Porgy And Bess, featured Loulie Jean Norman singing the song. That rendition finished at #52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. It's summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumping and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking Hush little baby Don't you cry Hmmmm One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing You spread your wings and take to off to the sky But ´til that morning nothing is gonna harm you Hush little baby Dont cry, dont cry, dont cry...I believe there´s somebody I say yea, dont cry The Righteous Brothers Info 📰: The Righteous Brothers are a musical duo originally formed by William "Bill" Thomas Medley and Robert "Bobby" Lee Hatfield in 1962-63, but now, in 2023, the group is comprised of Bill Medley and Bucky Heard. William "Bill" Thomas Medley was born on September 19, 1940 in Santa Ana, California .He attended Santa Ana High School, graduating in 1958. He sang in the church choir while growing up and his parents had a Swing band. He became interested in R&B music through listening to black-oriented radio stations. An early influence he has cited is Little Richard, who he first heard when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and later Ray Charles, Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. King. Bill Medley first formed a singing duo called "The Romancers" with his friend Don Fiduccia, who also played the guitar. He began to write songs and record multi-track recordings in his own living room. At 19, he had two songs: "Womaling" and "Chimes Of My Heart," recorded by vocal group "The Diamonds". Bill Medley and Don Fiduccia then formed a group called "The Paramours" in 1960, with Sal Fasulo and Nick Tuturro, later joined by Bobby Hatfield, Mike Rider and Barry Rillera. The band had its first paying gig at Little Italy restaurant in Anaheim, California. "The Paramours" were signed to Mercury Records' subsidiary label Smash Records, releasing such songs including: "That's The Way We Love" and "Miss Social Climber", in 1961. Robert "Bobby" Lee Hatfield was born on August 10, 1940 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin but grew up in Anaheim, California. He attended Anaheim High School, where he played football and baseball, and was co-captain of the basketball team. He was student body president in the 1957-1958 school year, graduating in 1958. He briefly considered signing as a professional ballplayer, but his passion for music led him to pursue a singing career while still attending high school. He attended Fullerton College. He eventually encountered his singing partner, Bill Medley, while attending California State University, Long Beach. He is an alumnus of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He passed away on November 5, 2003 in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the age of 63. Bill Medley formed the group with Bobby Hatfield in 1963. They had first performed together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called "The Paramours", and adopted the name The Righteous Brothers when they became a duo. They were often told that they sounded like African-American Gospel singers and chose the group name after some black Marines remarked of their singing: "that's righteous, brothers", and called them, "righteous brothers". Their most active recording period was in the 1960s and 1970s, and, after several years inactive as a duo, Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley reunited in 1981 and continued to perform until Bobby Hatfield's death in 2003. The music they performed is sometimes dubbed "Blue-Eyed Soul". Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley had contrasting vocal ranges, which helped them create a distinctive sound as a duet. They each had the vocal talent to perform as soloists. Bill Medley sang the low parts with his bass-baritone voice, with Bobby Hatfield taking the higher-register vocals with his tenor. His voice reached the register of a countertenor. Following a year and a half of Top 40 non-entries on Billboard's Hot 100, the duo hit big with the late-1964 release of what would become their signature record: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", a transatlantic number one hit song produced by Phil Spector, often considered one of his finest works and a landmark recording in popular music. Other notable hits include three US 1965 Top Tens - "Just Once In My Life" and covers of "Unchained Melody" (also a huge hit in 1990 after being featured in the film Ghost) and "Ebb Tide" - and the massive US 1966 number one "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration", plus the 1974 comeback hit "Rock And Roll Heaven". Both Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley split up in February 1968, a breakup that would last for more than six years, when Bill Medley left to pursue a solo career. Bill Medley recorded a few solo recordings on several different record labels, while Bobby Hatfield teamed up with singer Jimmy Walker (from The Knickerbockers) using The Righteous Brothers name on the MGM Records record label releasing the album: Re-Birth, in 1969. In 1972, Bill Medley was nominated for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist in the 1972 Grammy Awards for his recording of the song: "Freedom And Fear", a track from Michel Colombier's album: Wings. Bill Medley has released 14 solo albums between 1968 and 2007. While Bobby Hatfield released one solo album in 1971. **CONTINUE BELOW**
In 1974, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield announced their reunion at an appearance on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour television show. They signed with Haven Records, and within a few weeks of reforming, they recorded their comeback song: "Rock And Roll Heaven", a paean to several deceased Rock singers which became a hit, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Several more minor hits on Haven Records followed. After 1975, however, The Righteous Brothers would not appear on music charts except for re-releases of older songs and compilation albums, some of which were re-recordings of earlier works. Between 1976 and 1981, Hatfield and Medley stopped performing as a duo after the death of Medley's first wife, as he wanted time off to look after his son. They reunited for an anniversary special on American Bandstand in 1981 to perform an updated version of the song: "Rock And Roll Heaven". They resumed touring intermittently, and they recorded a 21st Anniversary Celebration concert in 1983 at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, which was later released on video and was also aired on television. In the late 1970s, Bill Medley once again began to record as a solo artist and had some success in the 1980s. In 1984, he scored country hits with the songs: "Till Your Memory's Gone" and "I Still Do", the latter also an Adult-Contemporary music chart crossover hit. In late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes: "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life", which appeared on the soundtrack for the 1987 film: Dirty Dancing, topped the Billboard Hot 100. It won them a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. In 1990, Bobby Hatfield's original recording of the song: "Unchained Melody", was featured in the popular 1990 film: Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. It triggered an avalanche of requests to Top 40 radio stations by fans who had seen the movie to play the 1965 Righteous Brothers' song recording. This motivated Polygram records to re-release the song to Top 40 radio. It became a major hit for a second time, reaching No. 13 on the Hot 100 in 1990. It also became their second No. 1 in the UK. The duo quickly re-recorded another version of the song: "Unchained Melody", for Curb Records. The re-recorded version of the song: "Unchained Melody", hit No. 19 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). They also re-recorded other songs for a 1990 compilation album: The Best Of The Righteous Brothers, released by Curb Records. Bill Medley would later describe the re-recordings as "artistically, a stupid idea; financially, a wonderfully idea". The album sold very well and received a double platinum certification from the RIAA. A greatest hits album collection of the original recordings called: The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers...Unchained Melody, was released later in 1990 by Polydor Records. This compilation album also became their first entry in the UK album chart. They began to tour extensively all through the 1990s and early 2000s and performed for about 12 weeks a year in Las Vegas. Bobby Hatfield 🙏 was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on November 5, 2003. He was found in the hotel room by Bill Medley and The Righteous Brothers' road manager Dusty Hanvey shortly after he missed a scheduled performance with Bill Medley at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium. The autopsy report attributed his death to heart failure brought on by cocaine usage and advanced coronary disease. Bill Medley continued to perform as a solo artist for some time after Bobby Hatfield's passing, occasionally singing with a screen projection of old film footage of Bobby Hatfield. In 2016, Bill Medley re-formed The Righteous Brothers with Bucky Heard (born on July 14, 1965 in Dadeville, Alabama), an Auburn University graduate and established entertainer/performer. They performed at Las Vegas's Harrah's Showroom for more than 40 shows from March 23, 2016, to November 8, 2016. Bucky Heard has since communicated that he knows he can never replace Bobby Hatfield, nor will he attempt to do so and that he intends to sing like Hatfield rather than sound like him. They would later release an album called: The Righteous Brothers, in 2016, featuring several of The Righteous Brothers' hit singles sung by Bill Medley and Bucky Heard. In 2020, former group member Jimmy Walker 🙏passed away at his home in California at the age of 79. No cause of death has been reported. The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked them no. 16 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. The Righteous Brothers still perform their music live on stage in 2023. The Righteous Brothers Group Members (*Original Member) 👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤: Current Members *Bill Medley (1962-1968, 1974-1976, 1981-2003, 2016-present) Bucky Heard (2016-present) Former Members *Bobby Hatfield (1962-1971, 1974-1976, 1981-2003; passed away in 2003) Jimmy Walker (1968-1971; passed away in 2020) The Righteous Brothers Albums 📀: Right Now! (1963) Some Blue-Eyed Soul (1964) This Is New! (1965) You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (1965) Just Once In My Life.. (1965) Back To Back (1965) Soul & Inspiration (1966) Go Ahead And Cry (1966) Sayin' Something (1967) Souled Out (1967) One For The Road (1968) Re-Birth as Bobby Hatfield & Jimmy Walker (1969) Give It To The People (1974) Sons Of Mrs Righteous (1975) The Righteous Brothers as Bill Medley & Bucky Heard (2016) Bobby Hatfield Albums 📀: Messin' In Muscle Shoals (1971) Jimmy Walker Albums (w/ The Knickerbockers) 📀: Lloyd Thaxton Presents The Knickerbockers (1965) Lies (1966) Jerk & Twine Time (1966) The Great Lost Knickerbockers Album (1989) Bill Medley Albums 📀: Bill Medley 100% (1968) Soft And Soulful (1969) Gone (1970) Someone Is Standing Outside (1970) A Song For You (1971) Smile (1973) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me (1978) Sweet Thunder (1981) Right Here And Now (1982) I Still Do (1983) Still Hung Up On You (1985) The Best Of Bill Medley (1988) Going Home (1993) Damn Near Righteous (2007) Some good songs by The Righteous Brothers 🎶: Just Once In My Life, Rock And Roll Heaven, This Little Girl Of Mine, Po' Folks, A Man Without A Dream, Ebb Tide, Hung On You, Little Latin Lupe Lu, If You're Lying You'll Be Crying, He, The White Cliffs Of Dover, (You're My) Soul And Inspiration, On This Side Of Goodbye, I Just Want To Make Love To You, My Babe, Ko Ko Joe, Stranded In The Middle Of No Place, Go Ahead And Cry, See That Girl, Try To Find Another Man, Hang Ups, Bring Your Love To Me, You Can Have Her, Love Or Magic, Justine, Georgia On My Mind, Melancholy Music Man, Brown Eyed Woman, Hot Tamales, I Can't Make It Alone, He Will Break Your Heart, For Sentimental Reasons, Let It Be Me, Give It To The People, The Angels Listened In, Dream On, You Are My Sunshine, Late Late Night, I Just Wanna Be Me, There She Goes (She's Walking Away), Gotta Tell You How I Feel, The Blues, I Need A Girl, Fannie Mae, Sick And Tired, Hey Girl, Rat Race, In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', I'm So Lonely, There's A Woman, Good N' Nuff, High Blood Pressure, I Who Have Nothing, Been So Nice, Fee-Fi-Fidily-I-O, B-Flat Blues, I Still Love You, My Tears Will Go Away, Island In The Sun, Bring Your Love To Me, Things Didn't Go Your Way, Over And Over, Along Came Jones, Stand By, Let The Good Times Roll, What'd I Say, Old Man River, She's Mine All Mine, What Now My Love, Oo-Poo-Pah-Do, Jimmy's Blues, Don't Give Up On Me, Love Is Not A Dirty Word, And The Party Goes On, Sticks And Stones, Woman Man Needs Ya, God Bless The Child, Big Boy Pete, So Many Lonely Nights Ahead, Burn On Love, The Great Pretender, Big Time Ben, Dr Rock And Roll, Hallelujah I Love Her So, Baby What You Want Me To Do, Cryin' Blues, You'll Never Walk Alone, I Believe, Night Owl, Change Is Goin' To Come, Together Again, If I Ruled The World, Substitute, Guess Who?, Turn On Your Love Lights, Bring It On Home, Something's Got A Hold On Me, Stagger Lee, Come Rain Or Come Shine, I've Got The Beat, Harlem Shuffle, Look At Me, Love Keeps Callin' My Name, Soul City, Put A Little Love In Your Heart, Young Blood, Soulville, Along Came Jones, Lighten Up, Fare Ye Well, Nobody's Gonna Take Me (To This Feelin'), Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Born On The Bayou, Let Me Make The Music, That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day), One Summer Night, Hold On (To What You Got), Cherry Pie, Earth Angel and Save The Last Dance For Me. Fun Fact 🕵♂: According Bill Medley, both him and Bobby Hatfield had agreed to do one solo song each per album. The song: Summertime, is Bobby Hatfield's solo song from The Righteous Brothers' 1965 album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Chuckii Booker- Turned Away (OlsKool Jamz YT channel), Steve Miller Band- Fly Like An Eagle (Warmer Music Video YT channel) or DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince- Brand New Funk.
You mirrored my reaction when I first heard this song a few months ago. My jaw dropped at that point near the end too. I was blown away. Damn
This is Bobby out of control but totally in control. The man was master of his voice and there may never be another to equal his capabilities. Both Bill and Bobby were way ahead of their time in skill but I get to enjoy them again through your eyes. Your reaction was so priceless that I'm going to watch it again. You are adorable.
Great song, great reaction. Lord, I was 6 when this came out. I'm 64 now.
Mouth open and eyes wide! You’re too darn cute!!🤣👏💕
Bobby always sings his lungs out and just when you think you've heard his limit, he pulls out more!
Now you know why they are known as "Blue Eyed Soul" and why it rules! A soul has no color. Good Evening young lady. And thank you. I really, really do appreciate hearing somebody who can really sung. And he can. Good Evening. Adios. PS: Keep up the good work girl. You got it going on. Goodnight.
Blue eyed soul bro who could evoke the soul in all of us. Wait till you see his dance moves. Miss you so much Bobby Lee Hatfield RIP 1940-2003
Bobby is the greatest!!
Love your reaction… Bobby was an amazing singer.
Super, super, super❤❤❤
bobby hatfield created a couple of new notes in this song LOL
Definitely in the conversation for best vocalist ever
Yeah that was the greatest best singer Bobby Hatfield and his friend Bill Medley not Brothers. He was the best in our time and then this time too but in my time past I'm 89 years old. I've listened to some other singing this song and I thought they could do it but he's still the top one. And you had a great reaction to it like I thought you would I'm glad you did enjoy it.
Blue-eyed soul at its best!
Good reaction. So glad he is being rediscovered and appreciated so much!
Now, it's time for both of the Righteous Brothers singing "Soul and Inspiration"...one of their best!!
This song is from the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. Bobby could sure sing anything. You might want to listen to the version from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Classically wonderful.
Great reaction! He was amazing!
Here is a link to them singing with The Blossoms. It is from a popular tv show called Shindig! ruclips.net/video/7wRA9tfEwLs/видео.html. But you can't let Bobbie sing Summertime without listening to Bill sing I Just Want To Make Love To You. There is no video. It was too spicy to play on tv. ruclips.net/video/Udyqprq46b0/видео.html Enjoy!💕
Check out Bill Medley singing Brown Eyed Woman. The song was about "forbidden love" back in the day. At the time Bill did this song, he was dating one of the Blossoms, and they sing back up on this song.
Goods genuine reaction
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A very summertime reaction ⛱🩱🩳👒🐦🐝 🏄♂🏄♀🌻🏖☀🌞! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to The Righteous Brothers before: You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Live and Unchained Melody Live. Summertime was an unreleased song from The Righteous Brothers' 1965 album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. The song was written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. The song was produced by Bill Medley. The song, a solo effort by Bobby Hatfield, wasn't released as a single so it wasn't eligible for the music charts. This live Bobby Hatfield performance is from 1967 on television show "Something Special". That was a very funny introduction by Bill Medley 😭😭😭. These two brothers are the definition of "the human soul having no color" just a pure spiritual connection.
The song: "Summertime", is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 Opera: Porgy And Bess. The song soon became a popular and much-recorded Jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... George Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of Jazz and the song styles of blacks in the Southeast United States from the early twentieth century". The song was recorded for the first time by Abbie Mitchell on July 19, 1935. The 1959 movie version of the musical: Porgy And Bess, featured Loulie Jean Norman singing the song. That rendition finished at #52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
It's summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Hush little baby
Don't you cry
Hmmmm
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
You spread your wings and take to off to the sky
But ´til that morning nothing is gonna harm you
Hush little baby
Dont cry, dont cry, dont cry...I believe there´s somebody
I say yea, dont cry
The Righteous Brothers Info 📰:
The Righteous Brothers are a musical duo originally formed by William "Bill" Thomas Medley and Robert "Bobby" Lee Hatfield in 1962-63, but now, in 2023, the group is comprised of Bill Medley and Bucky Heard.
William "Bill" Thomas Medley was born on September 19, 1940 in Santa Ana, California .He attended Santa Ana High School, graduating in 1958. He sang in the church choir while growing up and his parents had a Swing band. He became interested in R&B music through listening to black-oriented radio stations. An early influence he has cited is Little Richard, who he first heard when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and later Ray Charles, Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. King.
Bill Medley first formed a singing duo called "The Romancers" with his friend Don Fiduccia, who also played the guitar. He began to write songs and record multi-track recordings in his own living room. At 19, he had two songs: "Womaling" and "Chimes Of My Heart," recorded by vocal group "The Diamonds". Bill Medley and Don Fiduccia then formed a group called "The Paramours" in 1960, with Sal Fasulo and Nick Tuturro, later joined by Bobby Hatfield, Mike Rider and Barry Rillera. The band had its first paying gig at Little Italy restaurant in Anaheim, California. "The Paramours" were signed to Mercury Records' subsidiary label Smash Records, releasing such songs including: "That's The Way We Love" and "Miss Social Climber", in 1961.
Robert "Bobby" Lee Hatfield was born on August 10, 1940 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin but grew up in Anaheim, California. He attended Anaheim High School, where he played football and baseball, and was co-captain of the basketball team. He was student body president in the 1957-1958 school year, graduating in 1958. He briefly considered signing as a professional ballplayer, but his passion for music led him to pursue a singing career while still attending high school. He attended Fullerton College. He eventually encountered his singing partner, Bill Medley, while attending California State University, Long Beach. He is an alumnus of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He passed away on November 5, 2003 in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the age of 63.
Bill Medley formed the group with Bobby Hatfield in 1963. They had first performed together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called "The Paramours", and adopted the name The Righteous Brothers when they became a duo. They were often told that they sounded like African-American Gospel singers and chose the group name after some black Marines remarked of their singing: "that's righteous, brothers", and called them, "righteous brothers". Their most active recording period was in the 1960s and 1970s, and, after several years inactive as a duo, Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley reunited in 1981 and continued to perform until Bobby Hatfield's death in 2003. The music they performed is sometimes dubbed "Blue-Eyed Soul".
Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley had contrasting vocal ranges, which helped them create a distinctive sound as a duet. They each had the vocal talent to perform as soloists. Bill Medley sang the low parts with his bass-baritone voice, with Bobby Hatfield taking the higher-register vocals with his tenor. His voice reached the register of a countertenor.
Following a year and a half of Top 40 non-entries on Billboard's Hot 100, the duo hit big with the late-1964 release of what would become their signature record: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", a transatlantic number one hit song produced by Phil Spector, often considered one of his finest works and a landmark recording in popular music. Other notable hits include three US 1965 Top Tens - "Just Once In My Life" and covers of "Unchained Melody" (also a huge hit in 1990 after being featured in the film Ghost) and "Ebb Tide" - and the massive US 1966 number one "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration", plus the 1974 comeback hit "Rock And Roll Heaven".
Both Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley split up in February 1968, a breakup that would last for more than six years, when Bill Medley left to pursue a solo career. Bill Medley recorded a few solo recordings on several different record labels, while Bobby Hatfield teamed up with singer Jimmy Walker (from The Knickerbockers) using The Righteous Brothers name on the MGM Records record label releasing the album: Re-Birth, in 1969. In 1972, Bill Medley was nominated for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist in the 1972 Grammy Awards for his recording of the song: "Freedom And Fear", a track from Michel Colombier's album: Wings. Bill Medley has released 14 solo albums between 1968 and 2007. While Bobby Hatfield released one solo album in 1971.
**CONTINUE BELOW**
In 1974, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield announced their reunion at an appearance on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour television show. They signed with Haven Records, and within a few weeks of reforming, they recorded their comeback song: "Rock And Roll Heaven", a paean to several deceased Rock singers which became a hit, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Several more minor hits on Haven Records followed. After 1975, however, The Righteous Brothers would not appear on music charts except for re-releases of older songs and compilation albums, some of which were re-recordings of earlier works.
Between 1976 and 1981, Hatfield and Medley stopped performing as a duo after the death of Medley's first wife, as he wanted time off to look after his son. They reunited for an anniversary special on American Bandstand in 1981 to perform an updated version of the song: "Rock And Roll Heaven". They resumed touring intermittently, and they recorded a 21st Anniversary Celebration concert in 1983 at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, which was later released on video and was also aired on television.
In the late 1970s, Bill Medley once again began to record as a solo artist and had some success in the 1980s. In 1984, he scored country hits with the songs: "Till Your Memory's Gone" and "I Still Do", the latter also an Adult-Contemporary music chart crossover hit. In late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes: "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life", which appeared on the soundtrack for the 1987 film: Dirty Dancing, topped the Billboard Hot 100. It won them a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
In 1990, Bobby Hatfield's original recording of the song: "Unchained Melody", was featured in the popular 1990 film: Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. It triggered an avalanche of requests to Top 40 radio stations by fans who had seen the movie to play the 1965 Righteous Brothers' song recording. This motivated Polygram records to re-release the song to Top 40 radio. It became a major hit for a second time, reaching No. 13 on the Hot 100 in 1990. It also became their second No. 1 in the UK. The duo quickly re-recorded another version of the song: "Unchained Melody", for Curb Records. The re-recorded version of the song: "Unchained Melody", hit No. 19 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
They also re-recorded other songs for a 1990 compilation album: The Best Of The Righteous Brothers, released by Curb Records. Bill Medley would later describe the re-recordings as "artistically, a stupid idea; financially, a wonderfully idea". The album sold very well and received a double platinum certification from the RIAA. A greatest hits album collection of the original recordings called: The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers...Unchained Melody, was released later in 1990 by Polydor Records. This compilation album also became their first entry in the UK album chart. They began to tour extensively all through the 1990s and early 2000s and performed for about 12 weeks a year in Las Vegas.
Bobby Hatfield 🙏 was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on November 5, 2003. He was found in the hotel room by Bill Medley and The Righteous Brothers' road manager Dusty Hanvey shortly after he missed a scheduled performance with Bill Medley at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium. The autopsy report attributed his death to heart failure brought on by cocaine usage and advanced coronary disease. Bill Medley continued to perform as a solo artist for some time after Bobby Hatfield's passing, occasionally singing with a screen projection of old film footage of Bobby Hatfield.
In 2016, Bill Medley re-formed The Righteous Brothers with Bucky Heard (born on July 14, 1965 in Dadeville, Alabama), an Auburn University graduate and established entertainer/performer. They performed at Las Vegas's Harrah's Showroom for more than 40 shows from March 23, 2016, to November 8, 2016. Bucky Heard has since communicated that he knows he can never replace Bobby Hatfield, nor will he attempt to do so and that he intends to sing like Hatfield rather than sound like him. They would later release an album called: The Righteous Brothers, in 2016, featuring several of The Righteous Brothers' hit singles sung by Bill Medley and Bucky Heard.
In 2020, former group member Jimmy Walker 🙏passed away at his home in California at the age of 79. No cause of death has been reported.
The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked them no. 16 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. The Righteous Brothers still perform their music live on stage in 2023.
The Righteous Brothers Group Members (*Original Member) 👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤👨🎤:
Current Members
*Bill Medley (1962-1968, 1974-1976, 1981-2003, 2016-present)
Bucky Heard (2016-present)
Former Members
*Bobby Hatfield (1962-1971, 1974-1976, 1981-2003; passed away in 2003)
Jimmy Walker (1968-1971; passed away in 2020)
The Righteous Brothers Albums 📀:
Right Now! (1963)
Some Blue-Eyed Soul (1964)
This Is New! (1965)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (1965)
Just Once In My Life.. (1965)
Back To Back (1965)
Soul & Inspiration (1966)
Go Ahead And Cry (1966)
Sayin' Something (1967)
Souled Out (1967)
One For The Road (1968)
Re-Birth as Bobby Hatfield & Jimmy Walker (1969)
Give It To The People (1974)
Sons Of Mrs Righteous (1975)
The Righteous Brothers as Bill Medley & Bucky Heard (2016)
Bobby Hatfield Albums 📀:
Messin' In Muscle Shoals (1971)
Jimmy Walker Albums (w/ The Knickerbockers) 📀:
Lloyd Thaxton Presents The Knickerbockers (1965)
Lies (1966)
Jerk & Twine Time (1966)
The Great Lost Knickerbockers Album (1989)
Bill Medley Albums 📀:
Bill Medley 100% (1968)
Soft And Soulful (1969)
Gone (1970)
Someone Is Standing Outside (1970)
A Song For You (1971)
Smile (1973)
Lay A Little Lovin' On Me (1978)
Sweet Thunder (1981)
Right Here And Now (1982)
I Still Do (1983)
Still Hung Up On You (1985)
The Best Of Bill Medley (1988)
Going Home (1993)
Damn Near Righteous (2007)
Some good songs by The Righteous Brothers 🎶: Just Once In My Life, Rock And Roll Heaven, This Little Girl Of Mine, Po' Folks, A Man Without A Dream, Ebb Tide, Hung On You, Little Latin Lupe Lu, If You're Lying You'll Be Crying, He, The White Cliffs Of Dover, (You're My) Soul And Inspiration, On This Side Of Goodbye, I Just Want To Make Love To You, My Babe, Ko Ko Joe, Stranded In The Middle Of No Place, Go Ahead And Cry, See That Girl, Try To Find Another Man, Hang Ups, Bring Your Love To Me, You Can Have Her, Love Or Magic, Justine, Georgia On My Mind, Melancholy Music Man, Brown Eyed Woman, Hot Tamales, I Can't Make It Alone, He Will Break Your Heart, For Sentimental Reasons, Let It Be Me, Give It To The People, The Angels Listened In, Dream On, You Are My Sunshine, Late Late Night, I Just Wanna Be Me, There She Goes (She's Walking Away), Gotta Tell You How I Feel, The Blues, I Need A Girl, Fannie Mae, Sick And Tired, Hey Girl, Rat Race, In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', I'm So Lonely, There's A Woman, Good N' Nuff, High Blood Pressure, I Who Have Nothing, Been So Nice, Fee-Fi-Fidily-I-O, B-Flat Blues, I Still Love You, My Tears Will Go Away, Island In The Sun, Bring Your Love To Me, Things Didn't Go Your Way, Over And Over, Along Came Jones, Stand By, Let The Good Times Roll, What'd I Say, Old Man River, She's Mine All Mine, What Now My Love, Oo-Poo-Pah-Do, Jimmy's Blues, Don't Give Up On Me, Love Is Not A Dirty Word, And The Party Goes On, Sticks And Stones, Woman Man Needs Ya, God Bless The Child, Big Boy Pete, So Many Lonely Nights Ahead, Burn On Love, The Great Pretender, Big Time Ben, Dr Rock And Roll, Hallelujah I Love Her So, Baby What You Want Me To Do, Cryin' Blues, You'll Never Walk Alone, I Believe, Night Owl, Change Is Goin' To Come, Together Again, If I Ruled The World, Substitute, Guess Who?, Turn On Your Love Lights, Bring It On Home, Something's Got A Hold On Me, Stagger Lee, Come Rain Or Come Shine, I've Got The Beat, Harlem Shuffle, Look At Me, Love Keeps Callin' My Name, Soul City, Put A Little Love In Your Heart, Young Blood, Soulville, Along Came Jones, Lighten Up, Fare Ye Well, Nobody's Gonna Take Me (To This Feelin'), Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Born On The Bayou, Let Me Make The Music, That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day), One Summer Night, Hold On (To What You Got), Cherry Pie, Earth Angel and Save The Last Dance For Me.
Fun Fact 🕵♂: According Bill Medley, both him and Bobby Hatfield had agreed to do one solo song each per album. The song: Summertime, is Bobby Hatfield's solo song from The Righteous Brothers' 1965 album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
Linda Ronstadt anything really but you might start with Blue Bayou
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Chuckii Booker- Turned Away (OlsKool Jamz YT channel), Steve Miller Band- Fly Like An Eagle (Warmer Music Video YT channel) or DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince- Brand New Funk.
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you would also like Luke Combs cover of Tracey Chapman's song "Fast car"
i still waiting eric b and rakim - lyrics of fury
Hope you got the chance to listen to Tracy Chapman I try to catch most of your videos keep up the good work just give me a reason and fast cars❤
Billy Stewart's version of this song is WAY BETTER!!!, you should check it out