Thursday, 12 March 2020

The Righteous Brothers


The Righteous Brothers were originally an American musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They began performing together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called the Paramours, but adopted the name "The Righteous Brothers" when they embarked on their recording career as a duo. Their most active recording period was in the 1960s and 70s, and although the duo was inactive for some years, Hatfield and Medley reunited in 1981 and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003. Their emotive vocal style is sometimes dubbed "blue-eyed soul".

The duo split up in February 1968, a breakup that would last for more than six years, when Medley left to pursue a solo career.

Jimmy Walker accepted an offer by Bobby Hatfield to replace Bill Medley in the Righteous Brothers. For the next four years they played major venues and concerts across America and Japan and also appeared on several US TV shows. These included the Smothers Brothers and Glen Campbell Good Time Hour. They then recorded the album Rebirth in 1969. He wrote a song called Nobody’s Gonna Take Me and played drums on the whole album.

Hatfield and Jimmy Walker recorded an album, Re-Birth, as "The Righteous Brothers" before disbanding in 1971. In a 2013 interview, Jimmy Walker said he had wanted to continue, but Hatfield decided to take a break and broke up the act. In 1969, Hatfield appeared in a TV movie, The Ballad of Andy Crocker. and also recorded "Only You". He released a solo album, Messin' In Muscle Shoals in 1971....( Info Edited From Wikipedia )

And here is the "Re-Birth! L/P !!

1. Woman Man Needs Ya
2. Born On The Bayou
3. Lighten Up
4. Good N' Nuff
5. You Don't Know Like I Know

1. Po' Folks
2. I Can Remember
3. Nobody's Gonna Take Me To This Feeling
4. And The Party Goes On
5. Put A Little love in Your Heart



      5. Put A Little Love In Your Heart

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