FIRST TIME REACTION To Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Live 1965

[@toddhellyar4167]

It's a song that makes you immediately think of the one you love. Who doesn't want that? Timeless.

[@mikedee2412]

NO COMPUTERS... NO SYNTHESIZERS...NO LIP-SYNCING... PURE TALENT AND PURE LIVE VOICE!!!!

[@lindalightfoot9837]

And a 4 to 5 octave range. He's not doing a falsetto voice.

[@brianpowell6058]

One of the most recorded songs of all time but, what you're listening too is the definitive version. Nobody has ever come close to Bobby Hatfields live version on The Andy Williams Show in 1965.

[@MsAppeljack]

His mother was in the audience behind him, he had the flu and suffered from extreme stage fright. A true professional .

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

I was just going to post the exact thing you posted. You are so very right! I’ve wondered all these years which one she was. A great song and great duo 👏🏻🥰‼️

[@Aurora-tp3dy]

@@dianefiske-foy4717 She's the lady in the blue print dress and fur stole to his right and back a bit. His dad is sitting next to her.

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

@@Aurora-tp3dy … Thanks so much 👍🏻🥰‼️

[@bevyq3336]

I never knew that. I’m moved every time I watch this. 🥹❤️

[@chuckwilson4186]

That’s his voice and his voice only …NO auto tune … the man is talented …. In fact both men can sing … NO ARTIFICIAL anything … fn talent ! …

[@Billp19733]

I was a sound engineer. They're using voice, microphone amplification. It's raw talent

[@DorisSweeley]

RIP Bobby Hatfield. You were one of the greats!

[@victorsmith6296]

Sorry borther, but they didn't have typical sound engineering in 1965 when he sang this live. It was HIS voice and the ORCHESTRA only. Bobby Hatfield was his name.

[@felixdom9693]

They so silly even thinking that exist back in the day even the tv is just black and white 😂

[@iowaboy5326]

We will NEVER hear music like this again! 50's thru late 70's was the hey day of great and varied music. Too many great groups to list here.

[@tuffymoon3702]

No gimmicks, no autotune, just had to have pure talent back then and boy did they ever!

[@carolespinoza8469]

Guys, my boyfriend bought me this album in 1965. Next year we got married, I was 16. He was 19. Still married. This has been my song since 1965. Love you 2 💞

[@Kathe255]

Congratulations! I was married for 35 years and I was so proud of that. Unfortunately, I lost my sweetheart last year. He was my heart and soul.

[@tracycuster4833]

My daughter and son-in-law married at 16 & 19.. 4 kids and 27 years later they are still together...

[@JacksonConnolly-t4m]

​@@Kathe255watching from the UK, sorry for your loss. Lovely story.

[@SueBeaWho]

😍

[@georgetannehill1790]

We had the BEST music in the 60s, 70s, 80s ... I've read that Bobby was 25 years old, recovering from a cold, and that his mom was in the audience.

[@ChefBarb58]

VERY TRUE...AND STILL DID A GREAT JOB BEING SICK...TODAY THEY 😢I CAN'T MAKE IT. GREAT GUYS😊

[@ericholmes5832]

To see them both, “You’ve lost that loving feeling” is good one. There’s a live performance of that one as well.

[@ronmullard5718]

Was the best period for music....60's 70's...

[@tamiw.166]

And that, my dears, is "blue-eyed soul". This is what we were falling in love to back in the day. Thank you for this one - it really takes me back. Do keep down the Righteous Brothers rabbit hole, you will never be disappointed. Love your reactions!

[@BobBlarneystone]

It's good to know that the listeners' reaction has not changed in all of the decades. If anything, there's more respect for the pure talent, without manipulation of the voice.

[@yesorlando05]

Not only incredible singing/talent, but they're so handsome too. Look very classy. Funny, great personalities. beautiful lyrics. You rarely see this combination today.

[@SherryDocchio]

Both men had unique and amazing voices and when they sang together they brought the magic. They have some great R&B live performances where they let it rip and you'll be blown away. This duo is still the best ever, in my opinion. Anxious to see which performance floors you the most. They each have some great solos. FYI: You two are just too cute.

[@SandraJones-py1bd]

I’ve heard this probably 100 times and still gives me chills.

[@thomastimlin1724]

That's because it is a performance of a lifetime.

[@terrygarcia897]

I watched Elvis do it 856 times. 6 weeks later the king passed away

[@larryjewell7048]

I heard this on the school bus, seventh grade! Still lovin' a thousand or so years later.

[@tskend8502]

Pure Talent,No cheating with autotune or pro tools.

[@maryanngarrimone1153]

Awww... the late Bobby Hatfield. I was in high school when I watched him sing this beautiful song on the Andy Williams show in 1965. He owns this song. No auto tunes, just pure raw talent and a live performance! RIP Bobby. We miss hearing your beautiful voice. ❤❤❤

[@allenpierce4575]

this is the time when the audience had respect for the singers by not making any noise during the performance

[@tskend8502]

AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikehammond4323]

This was a tv show (the Andy Williams show) and the audience was directed at times by signs to ‘laugh’ ‘applause’ ‘quiet please’ so a very different vibe than a concert.

[@Aurora-tp3dy]

Yes, it was the Andy Williams show which was geared toward a more mature TV audience. Apparently, the in studio audience was instructed on proper behavior beforehand. Total contrast was the in studio audience for Shindig; those girls would scream their heads off. 😂 He sang this on Shindig also...a very different but equally wonderful performance.

[@Dee-mj3pu]

So happy we have recordings of this artistry!!

[@stobe187]

60 years on and Bobby is still making girls swoon. Legend.

[@guyray1504]

You said that "yall had nothing back then" . Well yes we did and was called talent with great voices.

[@leannehouston2171]

Bobby Hatfield performed this live on the Andy Williams show. It was right after singing another song. His Mother was in the audience and it was her first time to hear him sing it live so he did his best for her. I say that he hit it out of the park for her, wouldn't you? Bobby said that he was nervous and getting over a cold as well. In my opinion this is the best live performance ever. The passion along with the vocal ability is absolutely jaw dropping if you want to hear his soulful side you need to listen to Bobby Hatfield singing "Summertime" live performance 1965. He will blow your mind. His vocal range and control are phenomenal.

[@Robusphere]

Yeah he was out of breath right before he belted this out!

[@DulceFrancisco-r9o]

@@Robusphere He was out of breath because they had just sang this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKS9fHxvj51rpKM

[@danastearns7939]

Bobby Hatfield (RIP) possessed a 3-octave range tenor, and sung with amazing breath control, phrasing, and pitch perfect vocals and made it all sound so easy and smooth. Mind you, there was no auto tune available back in the day. Doing solo back then you had better have talent - the audiences were quiet - out of respect to the performer, and to take it all in. Several have covered this song since Bobby did it, but Bobby owns this!! Many in the music world rate this as the best solo of all time. Imagine how us ladies reacted when hearing this on the radio and watching this live performance on The Andy Williams Show on TV.

[@lindalightfoot9837]

I think he had a 4 to 5 octave range; he was a counter tenor.

[@realcoolbreeze]

Maybe the most played song ever. I was young when it came out. I m 75 now. 1 of my all time favorites.

[@richardmckee5729]

The most played song of the 20th century is You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling.... by the Righteous Brothers!!!

[@JonathanBoden-u5p]

This old vet loves this song. Grew up on this music.

[@willieb3765]

Bill's comment about not thinking it was going to be a hit is just part of the humor. Actually they each did solos on their albums. Check out Bill Medley doing Old Man River solo

[@TheSwede9]

This is such a great song and like so many comments said, he did it live with no extras. It's my 79 year old mom's favorite song of all time. I got tortured with this song on repeat day in and day out through my whole childhood, growing up as a little kid, but it always brings a smile to my face to listen to it again. Love that ya'll did a reaction!

[@ronaldstokes4841]

High School, '65... at dances this was a 'Ladies Choice'. Later in Nam it became an anthem about bein' far away from home. You'd hear it coming from one o' the hootches at night and it would bring tears. "...Are you still mine?"

[@marymichael1211]

Thank you for contextualizing this in the time that it was playing and a hit. 🎶✨

[@carolmangum7524]

Blue eyed soul! ❤

[@spacefanatic]

Hundreds of singers have sung this song but none do it better than Bobby Hatfield. No auto tune or gimmicks just pure talent. The studio version was used in the movie 'Ghost' and was great but this live version is stupendous. He had a cold, his parents were in the audience watching him sing live for the first time and he suffered with stage fright. Watch when he sings the high notes at the end his face does not contort like some singers when he hits the high notes. He just bites his lip and smiles as if to say I nailed it.

[@GillianWard-e1g]

Totally agree with you spacefanantic. I rushed out to buy the cd after this but nothing will ever top this.❤

[@marymichael1211]

I also love the performance on the great Shindig television show, the same year, which is available on KZbin. To me this Andy Williams Show version is romantic/spiritual/soulful and the Shindig version is sexual/soulful. 💜❤️

[@johnpressey5900]

This wasn’t engineered… this was a recorded live performance. He told in an interview, that he was performing with a cold that day. You can hear it in his talking voice, that he was slightly stuffed up.

[@tskend8502]

Bill actually produced the song.Each one of them did a solo for each album.They always joked around before TV performances. Watch Bobby sing "Summertime" AMAZING !

[@jeffalvich9434]

This was also the 1st time he performed this version- the last note at the end.......and the Andy Williams orchestra and their director's version was incredible!

[@sherigrow6480]

They had the voices and the looks for sure. Bobby could sing anything. He and Bill both grew up listening to and influenced by the great soul and blues singers, and you hear it when they sing

[@johnrodrigues5974]

Another great Rightous Brothers song is Soul and inspiration

[@jucadvgv3449]

and lost that loving feeling, too!

[@debrawucik826]

Blue-eyed soul, no auto tune, pure sound, just beautiful.

[@bobsmoot2392]

1965 "Are you still mine?" He dedicated this song to the boys sent to Vietnam, and the girls waiting for them to come home.

[@johneldridge8678]

Great reaction!!! Great, natural talent by that man.

[@suzannezethner8180]

They used this song with the movie GHOST. Incredible ❤️ 😲 😮 😯

[@danielkarlsson258]

That is wailing for a reason. Done for emotion and not for fame. Thanks for a great reaction! 👍

[@gregwhitacre4655]

His partner, Bill actually produce this song in the studio for Bobby

[@timmiszkowski9222]

Greatest Love Song of ALL TIME

[@BunnyMatheny]

I was lucky enough to see them live. Fabulous!

[@maryford4346]

His mother was there plus he was sick and he has stage fright and he was still amazing ❤❤❤❤❤

[@artbagley1406]

If I close my eyes and listen to this song, I can see the color of love.

[@MariuV-nc1rq]

Now The Righteous Brothers AND The Blossoms on Night time is the right time...!😃😃😃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@BarbaraVale-t5e]

You had to have talent to sing back then ... no auto tune, to re-takes, no gimmick .. just pure God given talent .. Bobby is a counter tenor know as blue eyed soul .. Check out You've Lost That Lovin feeling .. most played song of the 20th century ... also Bobby singing Summertime ... great reaction!!

[@rayvanhorn1534]

Without much competition, this is the best live performance ever. Bobby's voice is a gift from God, on loan to us for a short time.

[@tracycuster4833]

Pure, effortless, raw talent.. you HAVE to listen to BOTH together now!!!! You've Lost That Loving Feeling...

[@dawnmurphy7488]

Blue eyed soul. Bobby was the best ever.

[@annefox926]

As teenagers, we mostly had the radio. We didn't know what color anyone was, we liked the music & talent. There was a lot of talent back then.

[@ripmod1]

Bobby was 25 years old at the time of this performance. He is in the rock Hall of Fame.

[@SweetThing]

This song was (sung by Bobby) in the movie "Ghost", with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.. No one can sing this like Bobby. Bobby was a counter tenor. RIP Bob. x

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction! Blue eyed soul at it's finest.

[@entropy2002]

You HAVE TO check out both "brothers" singing the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit from the musical Carousel - You'll Never Walk Alone! Bill Medley adds a fantastic baritone voice to the mix!

[@stompugood18]

there was no analog there was nothing back in the 50's 60's 70's that enhanced anything just pure talent

[@debbers]

They just had pure talent! When you see the tiny mic you are about to see real talent! Blue eyed soul! That's why he sounds like he does!

[@mrdougeran1]

NO engineering or autotune, RAW!

[@angelatucker674]

They had TALENT back then...

[@deannatreat6819]

Great reaction guys! I LOVE The Righteous Brothers! This has always been one of my favorite songs...and I love this one even more cause it was in the movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.

[@kaychristensen4394]

Reportedly the most played song of the 20th Century. 😎

[@js3599]

Actually, you are thinking about "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" that was the most played song of the 20th century...

[@kaychristensen4394]

@@js3599 I think you're right! 😍

[@HGWTPaladin]

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” kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnqsp4uPpJp8hNEsi=OmBVdie7xz-GPuIh

[@deborahlewis656]

Movie"Ghost", you'll really feel this even more❤😢

[@ThomasB-xh2er]

He bites his lip at the end because he knows he nailed it and his mom was in the audience, no autotune just him singing live into a microphone from 1965

[@mikemiller3069]

The microphone he was using is a "condenser microphone". Most microphones used on stage are "dynamic microphones" which are more rugged so you can do things like mic drops and they still work. Condenser mics are a little more delicate but they tend to have better sound than dynamic mics.

[@frankjones5283]

Yes an interesting note is that this hit song was put on the B side of the record that had something more promising on the A side. It would be fun to do a study to find big hits that were not expected to be popular at the time of recording.

[@frsantariga]

Talk about vocal ranges !!!! Wow.

[@crisbarber5404]

Performed live! The artists were so talented back in our day!

[@danielbenincasa770]

Live 1965. No Auto-tune or gimmicks. This song has been covered over 650 times. They are not brothers. Bobby is only one singing this. Do more of their songs. They are so good singing together.

[@georgemarsh9849]

In Vietnam this was the song that many people played about their girl back home.

[@RickMeyer-vn4xs]

Nothing today compares to this.

[@chevy266nova]

Remember this was live T V back in 1965, and Bobby had just got over a cold. RIP Bobby.

[@brianpowell6058]

This song was first sung in the 1955 prison movie, "Unchained", by opera singer Todd Duncan. Since then it has been recorded by better than 300 artists but, this is beyond doubt the definitive version. The version by which all others will be judged and doomed to failure.

[@DanCanReact]

8:16, I love the shock in Christian's face (not sure if that's how you spell her name). I honestly was blown away when I reacted to this myself, I couldn't imagine a voice that high coming out of a man like him. He's such a talent!

[@jeffalvich9434]

The truth is, they both knew it was going to be a hit... they fought over who was going to do it- they ended up flipping a coin.... Bobby won the toss and Bill produced it.

[@williamoldenburg4468]

Righteous Brothers was one of the best concerts I ever saw. You should listen to 'Soul and Inspiration'.

[@HGWTPaladin]

The bit about Bill thinking that the song wouldn’t be a hit was merely for entertainment. Although he maybe correct in that thinking because the song was intended to be a filler song on their fourth album. They both sang solo songs on their albums and Bobby chose this one.

[@marymichael1211]

Thank you for pointing that out.

[@sharonellis8776]

Pure, clean, undiluted talent. xx

[@tonyhomant244]

That man in the middle, Andy Williams, is my favorite male singer of all time.

[@ronaldfoster6807]

Theme from the movie Unchained. It’s a prisoner singing to his woman. Telling her I’ll be coming home, wait for me!

[@melissacaddell2604]

He had so much talent. Both of them did but Bobbys voice had so much range. He was so beautiful to look at. He looks like a perfect Ken doll to me. But his talent shines out of that handsome face.

[@carolmangum7524]

You should hear him sing Summer Time! Just Wow!

[@photodog3639]

It such fun watching you experience the music I grew up with. Also our headphones were carved out of stone however they worked better after wire was invented 😂😂😂😂

[@sammiedunlap9656]

thank you for the beautiful voice.

[@selmer862]

Bobby sang that night sick and with a fever. You'd never know!

[@richardcranium5048]

She brought this to mind. I heard or read this somewhere many years ago and it has just stuck with me.... We the able, have done for the unwilling, so much, for so long, with so little that we are now capable of doing anything with nothing at all

[@guyray1504]

Bobby who is singing this also 2:53 does " Summertime ". It has so much soul you got to hear.

[@Bill-qf7tn]

Nothing but real talent

[@susanengland3919]

“Unchained Melody” is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained (January 1955), hence the song title.

[@allenpierce4575]

1965 - live no technology to alter someone's voice. All pure talent, Bobby Hatfield is a Counter-Tenor his high notes come naturally where falsetto is forced. Bobby range is way bigger then this song, this was why i was suggesting Sumemtime, Bobby cranks up close to the sound barrier in this song. How much is for a donation for a video?

[@Dan-ts8yg]

That’s a great song but summertime by Bobby Hatfield will floor you

[@janevosburg9560]

Straight LIVE performance no engineering involved

[@dreams2xs]

We did carve microphones out of stone back in the day. The true skill was in the singing. We also carved amps out of stone. You should have lived back in the 60's like I did.

[@sandbagger2310]

This was live plus there was no auto tune 1965

[@randomthings997]

Its nice to see a fellow Christian who is so open to their faith. Godbless guys ❤

[@davidjones8164]

The theme song for the movie Unchained. A movie about a man in prison and debating whether try to escape or finish his term. A black guy sings it in the movie. It has been covered by more than 1000artust, but Bobbie Hatfield recorded it in 1965 and now owns it forever!

[@Aurora-tp3dy]

That black guy is no random guy. He is the opera singer Todd Duncan.