The righteous brothers

The Righteous Brothers - a duet of Bill Medley ( born Bill Medley ) and Bobby Hatfield ( born Bobby Hatfield ). The musicians recorded new material from 1963 to 1975 and continued to perform until 2003.

The righteous brothers
Bobby Hatfield (left) and Bill Medley
basic information
Genres	pop music
Years	1962 - 1971 1974 - 2003 2016 —our days
A country	USA
City	Los Angeles
Where from
Language of songs	English
Labels	Parlophone Apple Capitol United artists Moonglow Philles records Verve Haven records Rhino Curb records
Composition	Bill medley Bucky Heard
Former the participants	Jimmy walker Bobby Hatfield †

The band found its name in 1962 when Bill and Bobby performed as part of the “The Paramours” quintet. ^[1] .

The duo's first major success was the song “ You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' ”, produced by Phil Spector . She is considered one of the examples of the well-known technique " Wall of Sound ", the author of which is Spector.

In the same year, The Righteous Brothers recorded several other successful singles: “ Just Once in My Life ”, “ Ebb Tide ” and “ Unchained Melody ” (originally the second side for “Hung on You” ^[2] ).

However, the musicians did not get along with Phil, and their contract was terminated. Despite this, the band's next single, “ (You're My) Soul and Inspiration ” (1966), also managed to rise to the first line of American charts.

After the release of several songs that had already reached only the top 40, the duo's popularity began to decline, and they were inactive for seven years.

In 1974, the musicians returned to working together and recorded " Rock and Roll Heaven ", a kind of musical panegyric shortly before that to dead rock musicians. Among them were Janice Joplin , Jimi Hendrix , Jim Morrison , Otis Redding and others. The single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 , but in the UK it didn’t even make it to the charts. Shortly thereafter, the duo turned out to be "bespectacled", despite frequent tours.

The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2003.

Bobby Hatfield was found dead in a hotel room on November 5, 2003, half an hour before his scheduled performance with Medley. The cause of his death was an overdose of cocaine ^[3] .