#bill medley

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) solo; Taste - guitar and vocals Songs: "Shadow Play," "Moonchild" Propaganda: none

Bill Medley (1940-) The Righteous Brothers - vocals; solo Songs: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" Propaganda: none

[keefsteef]

Resuming Van-Halen Scheduling Soon, BUT 😩🤩🤣 having a Righteous Brothers Arc, don't mind me ✨️

It hasn't got to the point where I've started hoovering up facts and information about them for breakfast, but chances are it'll happen 💅🏽

[mthguy]

The connection between Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey is electric as they dance to “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” in the 1987 film, Dirty Dancing, which tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at a vacation resort. 

The song, recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, won a number of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

[shadowland]

~ ☆ ~ The Righteous Brothers

[ominous-synths-records]

I'm No Angel - Bill Medley

[boxwright]

The Righteous Brothers - Bobby Hatfield

[a-smol-bean]

@notmakos he's just getting jiggy, don't judge him

Why did sebastian do this

[weaversweek]

"The 'Unchained' melody" - Righteous Brothers

1965 Music: Alex North; lyric: Hy Zaret

Into the top twenty of Let's Do It, my part of a crowdsourced collection of singles from 1954-76. From here, I've thought carefully about the order.

Many films of the era have been completely forgotten, or are remembered only for their music. The 1954 prison flick Unchained lives on only through its theme tune, and the words set to it. Hy Zaret's lyric is written from the point of view of a prisoner, who hasn't seen his paramour in so very long.

Todd Duncan sang the song in the film: he was lying on a bed, plaintively calling as someone else strums their guitar. Nominated for the Best Movie Song at the oscars, and propelled to worldwide attention.

Back in the 1950s, the important thing was the song, not the particular performance. "The 'Unchained' melody" attracted lots of renditions, Harry Belafonte and Jimmy Young had excellent vocal versions, Liberace played all the right notes and lots of others on his piano, Les Baxter had his admirers, Reg Snipton's version is best forgotten.

A standard by 1965, the Righteous Brothers recorded their version in a bit of a hurry - it was going to be the B-side to "Hung on you". Bill Medley played a Wurlitzer piano while Bobby Hatfield sung and emoted. He took the song to new places, the soaring vocal in the final verse is all his work. Hatfield said he could do another take better; Medley replied, "No, you can't."

"The 'Unchained' melody" has become a standard: over 1500 recordings, from performers as talented as Perry Como, as young as Gareth Gates, as old as Elvis Presley, and as fivestar as Robson and Jerome. Modern-day impressario Simon Cowell loves the song, it is just the sort of emotion he can comprehend. But we cannot hold that against Medley and Hatfield's version.

(This song-and-performer combo is also eligible for #UncoolTwo50; the Righteous Brothers re-recorded the song in 1990 after it was used on the soundtrack to the movie Ghost. I won't be nominating it in the 1977-99 poll.)

[filosofablogger]

♫ You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' ♫

As I was writing my a.m. post (a bit of a rant, I must say) I was humming a song by The Supremes — “My World Is Empty Without You”.  I have no idea how I got from the Supremes to the Righteous Brothers in the course of a single hour, but somehow I did.  That’s what falling into a rabbit hole will do to you!  Anyway, I’ve only played this once before way back in 2020, so it’s fair game for a redux…

[edc-blog]

Video of the Week:

Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers Interview–The Life and Legacy of a Music Legend

[shadowland]

The Righteous Brothers, 1965 photographed by Chris Walter

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Right Here & Now - Bill Medley

Bill Medley was most famous with his brother as The Righteous Brothers, but had a hit on his own with his and Jennifer Warnes #1, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life