No auto tune. no Pitch control. No earpiece. Live audience. Live orchestra and tiny little corded microphone that stretched across the nation and now the world!oh yeah no falsetto. He was a rare countertenor
This performance by Bobby Hatfield was from 1965, in the height of the Vietnam War. Imagine being on the battlefield or someone waiting at home for their loved on to come back and listening to this song. The words take on a whole new meaning!
Bobby Hatfield’s gentle lip bite, cute smile and little nod at the close of his perfect performance were the cherry on top of the world’s most delicious cake.
Hundreds of people have recorded this song. NOBODY sings it like the great Bobby Hatfield. This song will forever be his. The Righteous Brothers were 25 at the time of this show. Bobby passed away in 2003, a few weeks after The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame. RIP Bobby.
I always feel like this is one of the greatest love songs ever, and possibly even the best and most classic of all. It’s just totally timeless. I got into The Righteous Brothers a couple years ago, and they are a real class act.
Aww....the late Bobby Hatfield. I was in high school when I heard him sing this beautiful song on Andy Williams' show in 1965. Bobby owns this song! No auto tune, just pure raw talent! RIP Bobby, we miss hearing your voice. ❤
Written for a 1955 movie, "Unchained Melody" was 10 years old when this was recorded (live.) A site (which YT will not permit me to name) reports that there are 671 known cover versions of this song! This version by Bobby Hatfield (half of "The Righteous Brothers") is widely regarded as the best of them all.
Simply the best song along with the best voice. there is no other that can sing this song like bobby hatfield. Incredible voice control. perfect pitch, he was the man
This song orignated in 1955. When Bobby & Bill formed the Righteous Brothers, each had a list of songs that they could sing solo. This is Bobby singing Unchained Melody, live on the Andy Willaims show in 1965 TV show. I remember watching this as I grew up with these gentleman. You can hear the duo sing one of the most played & copied song, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling, live again in 1965 but in black & white. Elvis even commented that this was Bobby's song as his singing was impeccable. Sadly, Elvis sang this prior to his passing in the mid 1970s. Also, watch the movie Ghost (1991) where Bobby's studio version was used when Sam & Molly were playing with his clay modelling jar. Bobby's version is the best and will forever be his.
Bobby Hatfield was one of the greatest singers ever, this song is one of the best in music history. When he teams up with Bill Medley they belt out such very good songs as You lost that Lovin Feeling Soul and Inspiration Just once in my Life. They were on 🔥🔥🔥🔥 doing The Night Time is the Right Time and Little Latin Lupe Lu. Sadly Bob passed in 2003 Bill Medley is still performing at age 84 with Bucky Heard.
Bobby Hatfield was one of the most talented singers ever and the other half of the Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley, was an equally talented bass baritone. Together their harmony is unmatched to this day. So many great hits and so many live performances on Shindig which was a popular weekly TV Show of the 60s. They were regulars along with Glen Campbell, Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren. The best performances were on that show with Shindig's own band, backups and dancers. They knocked our socks off each week with songs like this but it was their tear the house down R&B that we looked forward to. Loved you reaction to this magnificent man and his amazing voice.
Nobody and mean NOBODY sang this song like Bobby Harfield. AND this was 25 years before auto-tune, pitch control or any of the voice enhancers were invented. Bobby had a phenomenal range, and his counter tenor was beyond compare.
this is Bobby's song his version is best , i am a big Elvis fan but understand when Elvis did this song in 1977 he was pretty sick and died about 2 or 3 months later, he probably should have been in a hospital instead of singing on tour but i still give the edge to Bobby
@@davidchase1439 They said what he wanted them to say. What's incredible is that we're even having this conversation. Step outside of your blind loyalty and acknowledge the truth. The same can be said about his "guitar playing" in which the instrument was merely a prop, as he could not even breathe the same air as Buddy Holly, who was a MASTER guitar player. End of conversation.
The first recording of this song was by Todd Duncan, an opera singer, for the film "Unchained" in 1955. The song has been recorded by literally hundreds of singers but, Bobby Hatfield's version, which you've just listened to, is the definitive version.
Great Reaction....... You might have heard this as the love theme in the 1990 Movie "Ghost" with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze....... Yes, Elvis Covered this Song...... Even this Righteous Brothers version was a Cover..... It was Originally Created/Recorded for a 1955 Movie "Unchained".......
IN JULY OF 1977 ELVIS "THE KING" BLASTED THIS SONG OUT OF THE STUDIO AND TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, ROUGHLY 6 WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED. MAY ELVIS AND BOBBY HATFIELD BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤
@doloreskrisky1670 SERIOUSLY ELVIS "THE KING" HIT A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN AND BLASTED IT OUT OF THE STUDIO AND TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS UNFORTUNATELY AND SADLY BOTH BOBBY HATFIELD AND ELVIS "THE KING" HAVE PASSED AWAY. MAY THEY BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN
The term "Blue-Eyed Soul" was invented to describe the vocal mastery of (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield - the pink-suited and tanned, living 'Ken' doll) the Righteous Brothers. The black community seems to accept them as legitimate representatives of authentic soul style
The singer was Bobby Hatfield. He sang this solo without his partner because his parents were in the audience and had never seen him perform live before.
Thanks, Sisters... this live performance is classic... as noted, Bobby sang this LIVE, with no autotune, etc. No straining or screaming.. just perfectly beautiful breath-control and range.. a fantastic vocalist.... (also, it was said that he was nervous to do this, b/c his MOM was in the audience... I'm sure she was proud.. lol) appreciate your reaction! (p.s. you may have heard the "album version" in the movie "Ghost".. lol)
My father once told Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley “You know, my wife and I fell in love with each other over your music.” To which they replied that they had both fallen in love with their respective wives over their own music as well!
Sisters There is a longer clip of this song showing Bobby Hatfield & his singing partner, Bill Medley talking to host of his show, Andy Williams aka Andy Williams Show (Andy is a crooner of his day meaning he is also a singer). During their conversation, Andy asks both of them who will sing this classic, and Bobby pointed at himself. Prior to question, Andy also asks them on how they gotten their name, Righteous Brothers. They stated that they were doing a live show, and audience stated, "that is so righteous brother!" Name fits for them. Righteous Brothers were nicknamed as Blue Eyes Soul. Interesting note is that Bobby was little nervous as he was singing this classic because his mother was in the audience.
This was the theme song in the 1955 movie Unchained. It about a man on prison struggling whether to serve our his term or try an escape. It has been covered by 1000 artist Bobby Hatfield owns it!
Hey girls, you've heard this performance and you've heard Elvis' performance, now it's time for a new performance from the last year in this song that combines both together at the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo by a singer you may not have heard before but you will definitely hear about her soon everywhere and she is none other than "Anglina Jordan" please listen to her performance of this song she was 17 years old at the time of this performance and today she is 18, thank you very much 👑🗣🎙🎷
Bobby had said he was "very comfortable" with Unchained Melody. I think that is why since he knew it so well he was able to go further and play with his vocals for us when he did this live version. I heard this as a Single release many times in my high school days. . . great memories to turn on the radio and hear this.
He did this with the tail end of a cold after a previous song with the other half of The Righteous Brothers and nervous because his mother was in the audience.
This song was actually written as part of the score of a prison movie. The singer was a prisoner asking his beloved to wait for his release and not move on to someone else. More than 600 singers have recorded Unchained Melody, but most folks agree that Bobby Hatfield's version was the best -- although he insisted he had a bad cold and wasn't sure he could do it justice on the night this was taped. If you haven't seen the Righteous Brothers, Bobby Hatfield was half of the duo and just happened to sing this song by himself.
Hello ladies, cool reaction, Bobby Hadfield one of the best vocals. A couple more to try: "Mr Lonely" by Bobby Vinton......"You'll never walk alone" by Gerry and the Pacemakers
Another great singer is Jay Black from Jay and the Americans You may want to do a reaction of him singing Cara Mia from the PBS 2001 concert. He has passed away like Bob Hatfield but he was simply known as the"VOICE"
Unchained Melody was written in 1951, I believe, and it was written for a forgettable prison movie called "Unchained". Many singers both before and after Bobby Hatfield cranked out what is now considered The Gold Standard for the song. The live version was performed on the October 25th, 1965, Andy Williams Show.; you should give a listen to several of Andy's hit songs. There is a longer version of this TV episode where Andy talks with Bobby & Bill, and Bobby is huffing & puffing like he had just ran up a flight of stairs. Actually, he was suffering from an upper respiratory infection, a bad cold, bronchitis? He also suffered from a severe case of stage fright, and he tossed his cookies every time he before he went on stage. If this wasn't bad enough, his mother was there hearing her 25-year-old son singing for the very first time and he was very afraid about disappointing her. I'm fairly sure that no one in the audience, or any of the 70 million folks out in TV Land, were disappointed. Check out another song of theirs called "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" you'll be glad that you did.
There are 2 guys and their not brothers. Only Bobby sings this song. But check out with both of them Bill is other guy. Other songs ' My Soul and Inspiration " & " Loving Feeling "
Originally performed by Todd Duncan in the 1955 prison film "Unchained," it was covered by many artists, Bobby Hatfield's 1965 live performance on the Andy Williams tv show being the best ever.
Another great cover of this song is by Lucy Thomas. Check out Lucy Thomas Music for many great songs especially the duets she does with her sister Martha.
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 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: Bobby Hatfield live performance of “Unchained Melody “ on the TV show “Shindig” th-cam.com/video/xIIvXYo5INo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OmBVdie7xz-GPuIh
You mentioned hearing Elvis’s version, and now Bobby Hatfield’s (tenor of the Righteous Brothers duet) version. Please also listen to a female version performed last year at the World Nobel Peace Prize Conference by the beautiful and super-talented vocal prodigy Angelina Jordan at age 17. It will blow your minds!
Big difference between Elvis`s rendition and this one by Bobby Hatfield. I saw Elvis sing this near the end of his career and he was also playing the piano. I like both but didn`t feel the emotion in the Elvis version.... someone said that the high notes is where the money is...
Elvis did do a good cover, but this one by the Righteous Brothers, specifically Bobby Hatfield, is the most iconic, known version......Elvis' came later
You missed out on the experience by all the interruptions. No like. No sub. your loss. Hope you can listen to it completely and feel it and cry as you will if you truly listen.
I love Elvis but on this song no one has ever come close to this performance. Please don’t watch the Elvis version because it hurts to see the King bested so badly.
I was 12 years old when this song came out and I'm 72 yrs old now that's how we fell in love in those days ❤️❤️😂
No auto tune. no Pitch control. No earpiece. Live audience. Live orchestra and tiny little corded microphone that stretched across the nation and now the world!oh yeah no falsetto. He was a rare countertenor
Technically, some of that was falsetto. He was just so good at blending it in that it seems like his natural voice.
This performance by Bobby Hatfield was from 1965, in the height of the Vietnam War. Imagine being on the battlefield or someone waiting at home for their loved on to come back and listening to this song. The words take on a whole new meaning!
Bobby Hatfield’s gentle lip bite, cute smile and little nod at the close of his perfect performance were the cherry on top of the world’s most delicious cake.
Hundreds of people have recorded this song. NOBODY sings it like the great Bobby Hatfield. This song will forever be his. The Righteous Brothers were 25 at the time of this show. Bobby passed away in 2003, a few weeks after The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame. RIP Bobby.
What a beautiful man with a beautiful voice. He is perfection. I love his voice.
Just raw, God-given talent. RIP, Bobby.
I always feel like this is one of the greatest love songs ever, and possibly even the best and most classic of all. It’s just totally timeless. I got into The Righteous Brothers a couple years ago, and they are a real class act.
Aww....the late Bobby Hatfield. I was in high school when I heard him sing this beautiful song on Andy Williams' show in 1965. Bobby owns this song! No auto tune, just pure raw talent! RIP Bobby, we miss hearing your voice. ❤
Bobby Hatfield owns this song. No one can do it like he did. Rip Bobby
That’s just pure talent! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Written for a 1955 movie, "Unchained Melody" was 10 years old when this was recorded (live.) A site (which YT will not permit me to name) reports that there are 671 known cover versions of this song! This version by Bobby Hatfield (half of "The Righteous Brothers") is widely regarded as the best of them all.
Amen to that!
Simply the best song along with the best voice. there is no other that can sing this song like bobby hatfield. Incredible voice control. perfect pitch, he was the man
Back when people had real talent. Another great reaction. 👌
This song orignated in 1955. When Bobby & Bill formed the Righteous Brothers, each had a list of songs that they could sing solo. This is Bobby singing Unchained Melody, live on the Andy Willaims show in 1965 TV show. I remember watching this as I grew up with these gentleman. You can hear the duo sing one of the most played & copied song, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling, live again in 1965 but in black & white. Elvis even commented that this was Bobby's song as his singing was impeccable. Sadly, Elvis sang this prior to his passing in the mid 1970s.
Also, watch the movie Ghost (1991) where Bobby's studio version was used when Sam & Molly were playing with his clay modelling jar.
Bobby's version is the best and will forever be his.
Bobby Hatfield was one of the greatest singers ever, this song is one of the best in music history. When he teams up with Bill Medley they belt out such very good songs as You lost that Lovin Feeling Soul and Inspiration Just once in my Life. They were on 🔥🔥🔥🔥 doing The Night Time is the Right Time and Little Latin Lupe Lu. Sadly Bob passed in 2003
Bill Medley is still performing at age 84 with Bucky Heard.
Great reaction! This song has been covered by many, but IMO this is the best version ever.
Bobby Hatfield was one of the most talented singers ever and the other half of the Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley, was an equally talented bass baritone. Together their harmony is unmatched to this day. So many great hits and so many live performances on Shindig which was a popular weekly TV Show of the 60s. They were regulars along with Glen Campbell, Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren. The best performances were on that show with Shindig's own band, backups and dancers. They knocked our socks off each week with songs like this but it was their tear the house down R&B that we looked forward to. Loved you reaction to this magnificent man and his amazing voice.
Nobody and mean NOBODY sang this song like Bobby Harfield. AND this was 25 years before auto-tune, pitch control or any of the voice enhancers were invented. Bobby had a phenomenal range, and his counter tenor was beyond compare.
I highly recommend a couple more of their hits
You've Lost that Lovin Feeling and Soul and Inspiration.
And Summertime
this is Bobby's song his version is best , i am a big Elvis fan but understand when Elvis did this song in 1977 he was pretty sick and died about 2 or 3 months later, he probably should have been in a hospital instead of singing on tour but i still give the edge to Bobby
Elvis could only dream about having a voice like Bobby Hatfield.
He did just was lower baritone
@@davidchase1439 Never had a truly great voice.
@michaelgoldberg7127 ask famousbopera singers they marveled at his voice saying greatest ever hears wanted to have a voice like his etc
@@davidchase1439 They said what he wanted them to say. What's incredible is that we're even having this conversation. Step outside of your blind loyalty and acknowledge the truth. The same can be said about his "guitar playing" in which the instrument was merely a prop, as he could not even breathe the same air as Buddy Holly, who was a MASTER guitar player. End of conversation.
@michaelgoldberg7127 he eas already long dead when they stated those things both had great voices just one classic baritone other higher octave
The first recording of this song was by Todd Duncan, an opera singer, for the film "Unchained" in 1955. The song has been recorded by literally hundreds of singers but, Bobby Hatfield's version, which you've just listened to, is the definitive version.
Imagine this is the first time your mom sees you sing publicly and is right there as well as live tv no retakes. No pressure
Elvis great lower register baritone this was much higher octave both fantastic
Great Reaction.......
You might have heard this as the love theme in the 1990 Movie "Ghost" with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.......
Yes, Elvis Covered this Song...... Even this Righteous Brothers version was a Cover..... It was Originally Created/Recorded for a 1955 Movie "Unchained".......
Elvis was the King, but Bobby Hatfield owns this song. It has brought more women ,doing reactions , to tears on You Tube, than anyone
IN JULY OF 1977 ELVIS "THE KING" BLASTED THIS SONG OUT OF THE STUDIO AND TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, ROUGHLY 6 WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED. MAY ELVIS AND BOBBY HATFIELD BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤
@@jamesshaeffer6716Bill and Bobby were good friends of Elvis. They opened for both the Beatles and Rollong Stones during their first American tours.
@@jamesshaeffer6716In a sweaty, poor performance.
Sorry, Elvis had a sweaty, poor perfomance when he sang this song.@@jamesshaeffer6716
@doloreskrisky1670 SERIOUSLY ELVIS "THE KING" HIT A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN AND BLASTED IT OUT OF THE STUDIO AND TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS UNFORTUNATELY AND SADLY BOTH BOBBY HATFIELD AND ELVIS "THE KING" HAVE PASSED AWAY. MAY THEY BOTH REST IN ETERNAL PEACE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN
The term "Blue-Eyed Soul" was invented to describe the vocal mastery of (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield - the pink-suited and tanned, living 'Ken' doll) the Righteous Brothers. The black community seems to accept them as legitimate representatives of authentic soul style
The singer was Bobby Hatfield. He sang this solo without his partner because his parents were in the audience and had never seen him perform live before.
And he had a cold and his Mom was in the audience. True artistry.
Thanks, Sisters... this live performance is classic... as noted, Bobby sang this LIVE, with no autotune, etc. No straining or screaming.. just perfectly beautiful breath-control and range.. a fantastic vocalist.... (also, it was said that he was nervous to do this, b/c his MOM was in the audience... I'm sure she was proud.. lol) appreciate your reaction! (p.s. you may have heard the "album version" in the movie "Ghost".. lol)
This song Elvis couldnt compete with Bobby
True that!
My father once told Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley “You know, my wife and I fell in love with each other over your music.” To which they replied that they had both fallen in love with their respective wives over their own music as well!
Sisters
There is a longer clip of this song showing Bobby Hatfield & his singing partner, Bill Medley talking to host of his show, Andy Williams aka Andy Williams Show (Andy is a crooner of his day meaning he is also a singer). During their conversation, Andy asks both of them who will sing this classic, and Bobby pointed at himself. Prior to question, Andy also asks them on how they gotten their name, Righteous Brothers. They stated that they were doing a live show, and audience stated, "that is so righteous brother!" Name fits for them. Righteous Brothers were nicknamed as Blue Eyes Soul.
Interesting note is that Bobby was little nervous as he was singing this classic because his mother was in the audience.
This is live with a live orchestra. No autotune.
This was the theme song in the 1955 movie Unchained. It about a man on prison struggling whether to serve our his term or try an escape. It has been covered by 1000 artist
Bobby Hatfield owns it!
Hey girls, you've heard this performance and you've heard Elvis' performance, now it's time for a new performance from the last year in this song that combines both together at the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo by a singer you may not have heard before but you will definitely hear about her soon everywhere and she is none other than "Anglina Jordan" please listen to her performance of this song she was 17 years old at the time of this performance and today she is 18, thank you very much 👑🗣🎙🎷
This was a song that guys wanted when they wanted to slow dance with their girls. It is romantic and soulful.
Check out their live performance on the Ed Sullivan show in November 1965 singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone “ outstanding duet and Harmony!!💝
This is the best version of the song! The maestro at work
Bobby had said he was "very comfortable" with Unchained Melody. I think that is why since he knew it so well he was able to go further and play with his vocals for us when he did this live version. I heard this as a Single release many times in my high school days. . . great memories to turn on the radio and hear this.
It was the last song that Elvis sing on stage (June 21 1977) before is death on August 16 1977. You can find that performance on youtube.
This song was written for a prison movie Unchained in 1955. Bobby covered it in 1965. Song has been covered over 1500 times in multiple languages.
He did this with the tail end of a cold after a previous song with the other half of The Righteous Brothers and nervous because his mother was in the audience.
Elvis doesnt come close to this mans abilities
This song was actually written as part of the score of a prison movie. The singer was a prisoner asking his beloved to wait for his release and not move on to someone else. More than 600 singers have recorded Unchained Melody, but most folks agree that Bobby Hatfield's version was the best -- although he insisted he had a bad cold and wasn't sure he could do it justice on the night this was taped. If you haven't seen the Righteous Brothers, Bobby Hatfield was half of the duo and just happened to sing this song by himself.
And he is not using auto tune!! That is his voice!!!😱😱😱
Steve Perry Oh Sherrie and Moody Blues Night's in White Satin
No one could do this song like Bobby did
Hello ladies, cool reaction, Bobby Hadfield one of the best vocals. A couple more to try: "Mr Lonely" by Bobby Vinton......"You'll never walk alone" by Gerry and the Pacemakers
It was written as a man in prison about to get out. He sings it to his woman.
Top shelf blue eyed soul.
Check also summertime and you lost that loving feeling
You REALLY need to hear both "brothers" singing You'll Never Walk Alone. Bill Medley adds an equally excellent baritone voice to the mix.
It was his song he made it what it is
First time here. I enjoyed it. Good reaction.
"Sprooching out" is a new one for me, but I like it.
This was in the movie Ghost also.
See the movie Ghost
Righteous Brothers are original of Unchanged Melody and song in Ghost movie too.
I heard a guy in Santa Monica hit all of those notes when he skate-boarded over a handrail. Awesome reaction, Ladies. You're fun.
Another great singer is Jay Black from Jay and the Americans You may want to do a reaction of him singing Cara Mia from the PBS 2001 concert. He has passed away like Bob Hatfield but he was simply known as the"VOICE"
Unchained Melody was written in 1951, I believe, and it was written for a forgettable prison movie called "Unchained". Many singers both before and after Bobby Hatfield cranked out what is now considered The Gold Standard for the song.
The live version was performed on the October 25th, 1965, Andy Williams Show.; you should give a listen to several of Andy's hit songs.
There is a longer version of this TV episode where Andy talks with Bobby & Bill, and Bobby is huffing & puffing like he had just ran up a flight of stairs. Actually, he was suffering from an upper respiratory infection, a bad cold, bronchitis? He also suffered from a severe case of stage fright, and he tossed his cookies every time he before he went on stage.
If this wasn't bad enough, his mother was there hearing her 25-year-old son singing for the very first time and he was very afraid about disappointing her.
I'm fairly sure that no one in the audience, or any of the 70 million folks out in TV Land, were disappointed.
Check out another song of theirs called "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" you'll be glad that you did.
There are 2 guys and their not brothers. Only Bobby sings this song. But check out with both of them Bill is other guy. Other songs ' My Soul and Inspiration " & " Loving Feeling "
Originally performed by Todd Duncan in the 1955 prison film "Unchained," it was covered by many artists, Bobby Hatfield's 1965 live performance on the Andy Williams tv show being the best ever.
Another great cover of this song is by Lucy Thomas. Check out Lucy Thomas Music for many great songs especially the duets she does with her sister Martha.
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 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:
Bobby Hatfield live performance of “Unchained Melody “ on the TV show “Shindig”
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The cover that comes closest to rivaling this is by Vanny Vabiola from Indonesia. But Bobby is eternally #1.
great reaction both of you, have good day!
You mentioned hearing Elvis’s version, and now Bobby Hatfield’s (tenor of the Righteous Brothers duet) version. Please also listen to a female version performed last year at the World Nobel Peace Prize Conference by the beautiful and super-talented vocal prodigy Angelina Jordan at age 17. It will blow your minds!
Bobby Hatfield sang the solo. Bill Medley didn't think it would be a hit, so he let Bobby sing it.
Babymaker!
Great reaction.
Big difference between Elvis`s rendition and this one by Bobby Hatfield. I saw Elvis sing this near the end of his career and he was also playing the piano. I like both but didn`t feel the emotion in the Elvis version.... someone said that the high notes is where the money is...
Queen love of my life
You heard it from the movie ghost Elvis did it but nobody did it like Bobby Hatfield. It’s his song.
Loved watching your reaction ... ❤❤❤ no ring on the finger either ... a romantic gem you are, for sure, for some lucky man
Now I need to watch Ghost again
Elvis was pretty good friends with Bobby.
Elvis did do a good cover, but this one by the Righteous Brothers, specifically Bobby Hatfield, is the most iconic, known version......Elvis' came later
It's cool to sing in the bathroom😊
If we could ask Elvis, I bet he would concede that this man did this song better than he could. (Other songs, prolly not ; )
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HEY ......ITS ORIGINAL...WE GOT ALL NEW ARTIST SINGING THIS SONG FROM THIS. EVEN ELVIS GOT THE NEWS AND THOUGHT OF SINGING...
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If my boyfriend sang this to me, believe me, I would still be his, like duh!
No autotune back then.
Original
Elvis sit Down!
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You missed out on the experience by all the interruptions. No like. No sub. your loss. Hope you can listen to it completely and feel it and cry as you will if you truly listen.
watch the movie "ghost"
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Não entendi porque o vídeo ficou translúcido 😕🤦🏻♂️
Better than Elvis
I love Elvis but on this song no one has ever come close to this performance. Please don’t watch the Elvis version because it hurts to see the King bested so badly.
elvis, as much as i like him did a poor cover of this.
Yeah babes, Elvis could never hit those notes.
Why do you have the rainfall?? now you have lost another. and if it was about the artist would they not be in the forefront.
Todd Duncan is the original singer in year 1955 followed by harry in 1956 and Paula thereafter