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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis song is probably Politically Incorrect but, I don't give a happy hot damn. Posting it anyway.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I saw The Righteous Brothers perform once, but that was in the '80s after Bobby had lost his voice. He just couldn't hit those high notes anymore. Medley, if anything, had gotten even better. But what a great "blue-eyed soul" duo in their time!
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Sixties? Just listen to the girls screaming on this one ...
I think this was made in Germany and quality is not good but, at the start .... the girls ...really throughout the whole video ...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003.
Their emotive vocal stylings were sometimes dubbed "blue-eyed soul". Medley and Hatfield both possessed exceptional vocal talent, with range, control and tone that helped them create a strong and distinctive duet sound and also to perform as soloists. Medley sang the low parts with his deep, soulful baritone, with Hatfield taking the higher register vocals with his soaring tenor.
They adopted their name in 1962 while performing together in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called The Paramours, which featured John Wimber (a founder of the Vineyard Movement) on keyboards. At the end of one particular performance, a U.S. Marine in the audience shouted, "That was righteous, brothers!", prompting the pair to adopt the name when they embarked on a career as a duo.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Early Righteous Brothers, band members in the picture from left to right: Mike Rider, Sal Fasulo, Bill Medley, Don Fiduccia, released on MOONGLOW 214 in 1962.