The Righteous Brothers - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
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Artist: The Righteous BrothersEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Little Latin Lupe Lu - The Righteous Brothers, Medley, Bill
- Koko Joe - The Righteous Brothers, Christy, Don
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers, Spector, Phil
- Just Once in My Life - The Righteous Brothers, Spector, Phil
- See That Girl - The Righteous Brothers, Mann, Barry
- Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers, Zaret, Hy
- Hung on You - The Righteous Brothers, Spector, Phil
- Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers, Sigman, Carl
- The White Cliffs of Dover - The Righteous Brothers, Burton, Nat
- (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers, Mann, Barry
- He - The Righteous Brothers, Richards, Jack
- Go Ahead and Cry - The Righteous Brothers, Medley, Bill
- On This Side of Goodbye - The Righteous Brothers, Goffin, Gerry
- Rock and Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers, O'Day, Alan
Free Music Notes for 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Free Music Review: That,s Righteous, Man!
Hit: 5 Stars
June 18, 2008
Sometime around 1962, at a juncture in American Rock and Roll and before the invading Brits, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield were touring small blues clubs in the South as a rhythm and blues vocal duo when suddenly one of the locals shouted out during the course of the performance, "that's righteous, man". That patron inadvertently named what would become, I believe, the foremost blue eyed soul performers in rock and roll history. The sub genre designation "blue eyed soul" includes such diverse acts as Elvis in some respects, Johnny Rivers, Dusty
Springfield and Hall and Oates who combine an urban sound as well. As a young man, I remember a weekly rock and roll television show in the sixties called Shindig where the Righteous Brothers were featured recording artists. The show had groups like Paul Revere and the Raiders, Bobby Sherman and Jackie DeShannon, a very memorable and stylish female artist of her day. At that point, Bill and Bobby were singing their early recordings like Little Latin Lupe Lu and Koko Joe and starting to catch fire. Remember, those times concert variety television shows featured professional and exceptional talent with the exception of Ted Mack who was essentially an A & R man and not a "judge". Meanwhile back at the historic Brill Building in New York City, Carol King and Jerry Goffin, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka and a young and phenomenally talented and innovative producer by the name of Phil Spector were becoming a forceful and structural influence upon the music industry and destined to create unmitigated quality in songwriting and production which was to follow their lead. Eventually Phil Spector engineered his Wall of Sound production technique and quickly found out that the Righteous Brothers were naturals to be enveloped in this sound which amped up the instruments and equipment to a point where the listener felt like he was inside the radio. Add Bill Medley's warm and soulful baritone to Bobby Hatfield's legendary tenor rock and roll voice, couple it with that driving blue eyed soul beat and decibel and you have the most played song in rock and roll history. That would be "You've Lost That Love And Feeling" (all the songs mentioned in my review are on this treasured CD). That song is up there with Satisfaction, In the Still of The Night and even Stairway to Heaven. I even like Rock and Roll Heaven although this is kind of a novelty song sometimes panned by critics. To date I regret to mention that Bobby Hatfield is no longer with us, but it is my understanding that Bill Medley who I personally saw perform in Las Vegas when I was out there in 1971, is apparently on tour now and someone who is an outstanding solo artist. At any rate satellite, I notice is playing tons of Righteous Brothers music and exposing a new generation to their talents in a flight to quality that every music fan may be experiencing.
Jay Adler, Music Critic
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