Great reaction. Well done. I am pleased to subscribe today. Bobby Harfield was magical. His talent has never been surpassed, before or after. He died way too soon. Bill Medley's baritone was as magnificent as Bobby's Tenor (with a range all the way up to the high counter tenor. Bill is still living.
REALLY??? ELVIS PRESLEY THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL RECORDED IT IN JULY OF 1977 ROUGHLY 6 WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED AND JUST LIKE BOBBY HE HIT A HOME RUN 😊 AND BELTED IT OUT OF THE STUDIO!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY BOTH WERE AND ARE AWESOME, MAY THEY BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY ❤
His beautiful sound was known in the 60's as "blue-eyed soul". His voice draws out emotions now, almost 60 years later, as much as it did then. Your reaction is priceless!!!
I wonder what Alex North - composer and Hy North - lyricist thought when they heard their song sung by Bobby Hatfield. I wonder if they thought his performance was heavenly just like so many of us have and do.
Apparently, they loved it. I read somewhere they both saw this performance and spoke the next day about. A number of years later Bobby met Alex North; there is a photo of that meeting floating around the Internet.
Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher counter tenor voice 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 were each allowed to choose a song to sing 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. In 2003 Hatfield died of a heart attack at age 63. The Righteous Brothers version was a huge hit, but it was recorded with far more modest expectations. 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 to 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 as to which side of a 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 if he could 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 he left. He said, 'No, I can do it better.' And I said, 'No, you can't.' [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 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' and 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’.
o hi the world have all time but do we have time in this world and the childrean the light of this world were is the love the world call for love as the song say be safe love
Very nice reaction.
I wonder if Bobby realised at the time that he just performed possibly the greatest live performance of all time.
Going by his smile and the bite of the lip when he finished, I'd say that he was pleased with his performance.
Nobody can never sing this song
Like Bobby.
You awsome voice lives on.
R.I.P. bobby😢
Great reaction. Well done. I am pleased to subscribe today. Bobby Harfield was magical. His talent has never been surpassed, before or after. He died way too soon. Bill Medley's baritone was as magnificent as Bobby's Tenor (with a range all the way up to the high counter tenor. Bill is still living.
LOVED YOUR REACTION! ❤🎉
One of the greatest beutifull smooth soothing soulful anjelic heartfelt 😊
Excellent job. Always live or Video 50s threw 80s 😊
Rock on!
Absolute perfection
This man has and awesome voice so glad i was around when all these great singers were around
I loved this reaction
Great review, and the same reaction we all still have even these sixty years later! R.I.P. Bobby🙏
Well said
Beautiful reaction
Bobby OWNS this song...NO-ONE else can even touch it like he does!
REALLY??? ELVIS PRESLEY THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL RECORDED IT IN JULY OF 1977 ROUGHLY 6 WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED AND JUST LIKE BOBBY HE HIT A HOME RUN 😊 AND BELTED IT OUT OF THE STUDIO!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY BOTH WERE AND ARE AWESOME, MAY THEY BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY ❤
There is no one better than bobby hatfield in unchained melody and many other solos he did. He had the purest, countertenor voice I have ever heard.
You looked so beautiful listening to this song. Keep making videos!
First time I heard this song was watching this TV show in 1965. I was 14.
His beautiful sound was known in the 60's as "blue-eyed soul". His voice draws out emotions now, almost 60 years later, as much as it did then. Your reaction is priceless!!!
The gentleman chatting with them is Andy Williams who was another fantastic singer well worth reacting to ❤️❤️❤️
Wonderful review❣️You are a sweet soul.
The beautiful,talented,soulful and romantic Bobby Hatfield. He never disappoints and always gives us a knock your socks off moment.
You have such a kind gentle face.
I wonder what Alex North - composer and Hy North - lyricist thought when they heard their song sung by Bobby Hatfield.
I wonder if they thought his performance was heavenly just like so many of us have and do.
Apparently, they loved it. I read somewhere they both saw this performance and spoke the next day about. A number of years later Bobby met Alex North; there is a photo of that meeting floating around the Internet.
@@Aurora-tp3dy Oh, thank you! wonderful to know. I'll look it up.
A masterpiece ❤
first time watching you. love your reaction. This video is timeless and Master Class.
From what I understand Bobby was very nervous singing this song because his mother was sitting behind him.
Plus he had a mild head cold and severe stage fright.
The greatest love song ever. This song removed more panties than any other song!
Loved watching your beautiful romantic heart melt ❤❤❤❤
Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher counter tenor voice 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 were each allowed to choose a song to sing 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.
In 2003 Hatfield died of a heart attack at age 63.
The Righteous Brothers version was a huge hit, but it was recorded with far more modest expectations. 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 to 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 as to which side of a 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 if he could 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 he left. He said, 'No, I can do it better.' And I said, 'No, you can't.' [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 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' and 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’.
Thanks for the extra history HG.
If you haven’t already, please check out the Righteous Brothers performing “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” (black & white video December 1964).
Listen to you've lost that.loving feeling
Janis Joplin's "Ball and Chain live at Monterrey Pop ". For real. It will leave you with your jaw on the floor. GUARANTEED.
Check out both "brothers" singing You'll Never Walk Alone.
Poetry in "vocal motion"
if you want to hear an other awesome song if i can dream by elvis its a song for Martin Luther King
o hi the world have all time but do we have time in this world and the childrean the light of this world were is the love the world call for love as the song say be safe love
Pleace react to the jackson 5 - ABC live
" Dancing Machine ".
He was joking when he said that.
Okay, TY for watching
does singing get any better??? NAHHH
You are right. It reminds me of the movie: " As Good as It Gets ".
Woman doing this video is beautiful 🤩❤️