See my REACTION to the Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

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  • @jeannemara1600
    @jeannemara1600 2 місяці тому +14

    He was a counter tenor, one of the rarest singing voices. Remember, this was live, no auto tune, no second takes, just talent. He even had a cold that night!

  • @houyuansung6872
    @houyuansung6872 3 місяці тому +10

    I absolutely agree with what you w! He was the best and unbeatable!

  • @houyuansung6872
    @houyuansung6872 3 місяці тому +9

    This is the real beautiful so called music!

  • @nelitasciretta7101
    @nelitasciretta7101 Рік тому +17

    Bobby was the real deal. He was unique, with a voice straight from heaven and a personality that made you just want to stop whatever you were doing and watch and listen. He was hypnotic, mesmerizing, and addictive and the best performer I have ever watched and listened to. Just a bit of side information, he could have been a pro baseball player, he was being scouted, but chose his music instead. I'm glad he did or we would not have had this one of a kind, heaven sent voice to listen to!

  • @deborahdennehy9937
    @deborahdennehy9937 3 місяці тому +11

    I shall never ever forget Bobby Hatfield singing this sensational song, infront of the audience. He was most certainly so talented, what more can I say? 💝

  • @keith6485
    @keith6485 Рік тому +24

    One of the greatest live performances everr. Broadcast live to millions on the Andy Williams Show. No edits; no autotune; no sampling; no filters; just pure unadulterated talent.

  • @valeries5722
    @valeries5722 2 роки тому +21

    Very few HUMANS had the RANGE of Bobby Hatfield. He was an exceptional talent. YES...HEAVENLY. EXACTLY.

  • @TheLongtimelistener
    @TheLongtimelistener 3 роки тому +28

    I've been watching a whole bunch of young people first reacting to this performance. By and large, it's like watching a group of people emerging from the desert and discovering there's such a thing as water.

  • @gailboyd9080
    @gailboyd9080 3 роки тому +85

    This is one of the best live performances there has ever been. Been a singer and into all my life, I am 66, and I have never found a better one. And that is true voice on the highs, not a falsetto.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +24

      Definitely. Bobby was a "countertenor. A naturally high-register Tenor, and also the best in the 20th century and now in the 21st century.

    • @janetgallo5720
      @janetgallo5720 Рік тому +10

      I believe he is a countertenor. No falsetto.

    • @Larry-g4y3i
      @Larry-g4y3i 6 місяців тому +6

      Amen, brother. Bobby was one of a kind. And Bill was another one of a kind. Individually great and together they were an amazing pair.

    • @maikailoa808
      @maikailoa808 2 місяці тому +2

      R.I.P. BOBBY.
      YOUR BEAUTIFUL
      VOICE LIVES ON
      ❤❤❤❤

  • @earlsauls2126
    @earlsauls2126 2 роки тому +14

    Legendary Righteous brother the great late Bobby Hatfield!

  • @jessepischke7094
    @jessepischke7094 3 роки тому +74

    The reason this live version is so much better was because when he started to rehearse with the orchestra he realized how great the accoustics were in that studio. He told them he wanted to make some changes. You heard the differences for yourself. I think that lip bite and smile at the end was because he was right. It turned out exactly the way he wanted it to sound. Plus his mom was there to watch him do a live performance for the first time.

    • @jessepischke7094
      @jessepischke7094 3 роки тому +27

      Knowing his vocal range and breath control he wanted to take full advantage of the acoustics and he nailed it. This is considered one of the very best live recordings of all time.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +17

      @@jessepischke7094 It IS the very best because Bobby was the best of the best! We miss your glorious voice, and your unequaled personality. You owned any stage you stepped on. And that one and only "Bobby Smile!"

    • @gatesurfer
      @gatesurfer 7 місяців тому +3

      The Righteous Brothers had appeared regularly on “Shindig,” which started in 1964, a year before this. It was shot on the same set, so he would have known the acoustics. I’m not really disputing your story, but if he did suggest making some changes, it was probably because he knew the hall already and knew what would work. He certainly sang the hell out of it. Those sustained vibratos and high notes really pop.

    • @garymoore8972
      @garymoore8972 7 місяців тому +1

      😅he had a cold that night and his mum was in the audience that night

    • @rschades
      @rschades 6 місяців тому +2

      Welcome to my generation and the music we adored.
      You asked about other artists or groups from that era. Check out a quartet THE VOGUES!
      Please check out any of the following:
      TURN AROUND LOOK AT ME,
      MY SPECIAL ANGEL
      EARTH ANGEL
      TILL
      These are some of their fabulous recordings but research them and sample the.DoWop tracks from their early recording days and just randomly see and hear how versatile these four men were musically.
      As for Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley, whether solo or as a duet, they were super stars but down to earth. They loved entertaining as is so obvious.
      Good luck with you UA-cam channel!

  • @dortheychastain2195
    @dortheychastain2195 4 роки тому +24

    Love that lip bite at the end. He knew he nailed it!!!

  • @mayloo2137
    @mayloo2137 3 роки тому +29

    He and partner Bill Medley is arguably the best duet in music history.

  • @jamma2916
    @jamma2916 3 роки тому +73

    A lot of people know the song, but SEEING him sing it is another world apart. He just stood there. So effortless and so much connection with the lyrics! No one compares to this. Said to be a master class for live performance. I was 15 when he sang this, It was the ultimate slow dance at all those sock hops. All those lucky guys back then huh.

    • @lglas6487
      @lglas6487 2 роки тому +8

      People have heard the studio version... This is another world

    • @jesusissalvation74
      @jesusissalvation74 2 роки тому +5

      Ghost, I used to watch the Rightous Bros,and many other great singing artists on the Ed Sullivan and Andy Williams shows.He was on the Andy Williams show singing the song he is now.That was all Bobby and a microphone.

  • @knightdragon5640
    @knightdragon5640 3 роки тому +62

    That "piece" that we've lost, Chad, is called pure talent! No auto tune, no gimmicks...just pure talent.

  • @TheJohnnywbred
    @TheJohnnywbred 4 роки тому +98

    Bobby owns this song. His range is phenomenal. 🙌🙌

    • @Larry-g4y3i
      @Larry-g4y3i 6 місяців тому +2

      Right. I feel for anybody that attempts to do this song. They'll always be compared to Bobby and come out on the short end. It's like Ray Charles version of "America". How can anybody even think of singing that and know that they'll be compared unfavorably to Ray Charles?

  • @rashidashabazz7319
    @rashidashabazz7319 Рік тому +14

    BOBBY HATFIELD owns that song. Many have covered it, including ELVIS and The Supremes. No one touched or ever will touch BOBBY'S performance on that ANDY WILLIAMS show. ETERNAL GRATITUDE BELOVED BOBBY HATFIELD 🙏🏽💚😇👏🏿👏🏻👏🏾👏🏻👏🏿👏🏻

  • @markmark2080
    @markmark2080 3 роки тому +34

    "Is that even possible?" is one of the best comments yet on the 50+ reaction videos of this Masterpiece Performance ...

    • @markmark2080
      @markmark2080 3 роки тому +3

      @@sumama4835 He needs to listen to some early Roy Orbison, too, about the only other "pop star of the era" that could pull that that kind of noise (Lol) out of his vocal cords. "Black and White Evening" was GREAT, but Roy wasn't in his prime at that time.

    • @GinMae
      @GinMae 3 роки тому +1

      @@markmark2080 also - Traveling Wilburys supporting and featuring Roy -- especially the song "Not Alone anymore" (this is an "extended" recording version -- but I like it partly b/c we're now missing Roy, George and Tom...) ua-cam.com/video/aGzKSNCU8F8/v-deo.html

    • @TheSKT946
      @TheSKT946 3 роки тому +1

      I agree!

    • @mamilou2126
      @mamilou2126 2 роки тому +2

      Le meilleur des commentaires... Merci Chad..... 🙏🇫🇷

  • @ingfig1
    @ingfig1 3 роки тому +25

    This performance was done in 1965 LIVE (singing by Bobby while the other member of the duo Bill arranged the music and played the piano) .. this was more than 25 years before the movie “Ghost”!,
    Just pure raw talent, no auto-tune, no naked dancers on the stage, no smoke or mirrors .. just “blue-eyed soul” ...
    please read my detailed comment below ...

  • @SYRSALLY
    @SYRSALLY 2 роки тому +16

    You just listened to a male angel. Pure talent.

  • @Mr54nomore
    @Mr54nomore 4 роки тому +34

    This is one of those moments that will live on in memoriam. This epic live performance of composer's Alex Norths [1955] 'Unchained Melody' done back in (1965) on the 'Andy Williams Show.' Provides us with how great the 'Andy Williams Orchestra' was. The arrangement of having the strings (violins and Cellos) section prominent in this version gave for what I consider the greatest rendition of this beautiful ballad I have ever heard. The violins were kicking it in this version...And then you add one of the greatest tenors in rock and roll history in 'Bobby Hatfield.' And together they have created one of the greatest live performances in television history. This performance alone cemented Bobby Hatfield's legacy as one of the greatest tenors in music history.
    What you just witness was greatness! May he rest in peace.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +11

      There will never be another Bobby. It wasn't only his amazing voice, but also the feeling, emotion, and soul that Bobby put into every song. And his face was SO expressive. And his eyes, so kind, and that smile, which I call the "Bobby Smile." No, there will never be another Bobby.

    • @utatriebel2211
      @utatriebel2211 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@dawnaberry8452
      Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @dawnaberry8452
    @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +17

    That's our Bobby. Absolutely incredible. No one ever came close to his amazing talent. Bobby sang all his songs with feeling, passion from the depths of his soul. Women wanted him and men wanted to be him.

  • @kathlelan
    @kathlelan 2 роки тому +11

    It never got any better than that and never will. I just LOVE Bobby and this version of HIS song. RIP Bobby.

  • @iBENchant
    @iBENchant 3 роки тому +47

    I received a newfound appreciation for this crowned jewel of a song.... seeing this live performance. Bobby Hatfield’s vocal range was stellar ! The passion, poetic, fire, love personified! ⭐️🔥💛

  • @TrinaKaren-r6m
    @TrinaKaren-r6m 4 місяці тому +5

    Finale is enough to blow your ears off

  • @janetgallo5720
    @janetgallo5720 Рік тому +11

    Bobby have you created a masterpiece which will stand for all time

  • @tanyaphillips4518
    @tanyaphillips4518 3 роки тому +19

    This IS Mr. Super Talented Bobby Hatfield!!! He's so great he can give even men chills!!! I sighed then & I'm STILL sighing!!!! Sighhhh 🌹❤️ They put out super music!!! Just like Elvis. All TALENT!! No help from any gigs today. Learn more if them & study them & ENJOY!!!! Pay it forward too!!! Sighhhh I'm still listening Mr. Bobby & you still give me your wonderful talented voice that gives me fever!!!! Enjoy!!¡! 🌹❤️💐💐💐🌹❤️

  • @virginiawilson2213
    @virginiawilson2213 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for your wonderful reactions! Thank you for your passion and honesty, and expressing the greatness of that song and Bobby’s voice!❤

  • @dortheychastain2195
    @dortheychastain2195 4 роки тому +63

    The note he hits at the end of this song is a note very few people can reach.

    • @mayloo2137
      @mayloo2137 3 роки тому +3

      G5, afaik

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +8

      Bobby was a "Counter-Tenor. Amazing range, NOT falsetto.

    • @larrywilliams8630
      @larrywilliams8630 2 роки тому +5

      That note at the end is a low-high C6 octave note. You're right, very few people can reach that range.

    • @janetgallo5720
      @janetgallo5720 Рік тому +3

      @@mayloo2137 according to the guy on Pegasus that does reactions it was a G7 or sharp of a G7

  • @emiliomazzeo4286
    @emiliomazzeo4286 3 роки тому +16

    THE DECISION FOR BOBBY HATFIELD TO DO THIS SOLO WAS THE CORRECT ONE. TIME PROVED THE DECISION TO BE CORRECT
    BOBBY HAD THE GREATER VOCAL RANGE THAN BILL MEDLEY.
    HE SUNG THIS SONG SOFTLY, SWEETLY, SMOOTHLY, SENSUALLY AND WAS SOUL GRABBINGLY BEAUTIFUL, PURE AND CLEAN
    AND YES THIS SONG WAS A PERFECT MATCH FOR THE FILM "GHOST".
    BOBBY HAD "MOVIE STAR" GOOD LOOKS AND ALONG WITH HIS VELVETY GREAT VOICE WAS ATTRACTED BY GIRLS THEN AND NOW.
    THIS SONG WAS SUNG IN THE OPEN WITH NO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - JUST A PUNY MICROPHONE.
    I HAVE HEARD MANY VERSIONS OF THIS SONG, BUT BOBBY'S IS THE BEST - HE OWNS THIS SONG.
    THANKS CHAD FOR YOUR "REACTION" FROM EMILIO IN ADELAIDE CITY IN AUSTRALIA (COVID FREE)

    • @Larry-g4y3i
      @Larry-g4y3i 6 місяців тому

      Both of them would do a solo on their albums. Bill's version of "Old Man River" is priceless. It's his baritone that digs deep and then rises into the upper range of the baritone pitch and delivers soul from his gut that gives the growl he's known for.

  • @thunderraymond2645
    @thunderraymond2645 3 роки тому +20

    It's all him no Autotune just power 😎🎤🎼

  • @maryanngarrimone1153
    @maryanngarrimone1153 3 роки тому +14

    Bobby nailed this song! Perfection....pure talent! I was in high school when this song came out in 1965. I watched him perform this song on the Andy Williams show in 1965! Thank you for enjoying this performance!

  • @MsAppeljack
    @MsAppeljack 4 роки тому +25

    Performed lived on The Andy Williams Show. Pure talent, nothing more. Back in the day when you either had it or you did not. And he def had it.

    • @danmcdonagh8924
      @danmcdonagh8924 2 роки тому +4

      Try some of their songs that both sang. His partner has a deep voice. Harmony was so good.

  • @mrk8050
    @mrk8050 4 роки тому +12

    I sang this to my wife at our wedding in 1983. She, however she said I murdered it. I'm guessing it's not a song for a baritone, she told me I was of better sticking to my drumming. I thought it was an appropriate song as I was in the Royal Marine Commandos, I had returned from the war for the Falkland Islands when I proposed, and now was shipping out to Sierra Leone two days later, so much for my attempt at being romantic. On the upside she liked me in my Dress Uniform, and having my comrades forming the sword tunnel helped.
    I must have done something write because we're still together and she still puts up with my singing. With 4 children and 7 grandchildren, we got busy on 3 of our baby's when I was home, we adopted the young afghan woman and her 2 daughters at the end of 2015 after they saved my life in Afghanistan (a story for another time), and we are so much better for having them, we love all our family and that is our strength. I served my Queen and Country for 34 years in the Royal Marine Commandos and later in the British Special Forces, and then 2 years in hospital, and she stuck by me even though I'm mainly wheelchair bound now. We do actually have a song by Queen called "Your Me Best Friend", a very apt song as she has been my best friend since we were both 15.

    • @hereonthe3L
      @hereonthe3L  4 роки тому +4

      _👍That's quite the story. Thanks for sharing and trust you and yours are doing well during these uncertain times._

  • @darlenefragale6550
    @darlenefragale6550 7 місяців тому +5

    This song became an anthem of our servicemen in Vietnam to their wives and girlfriends Hoping they would still be there when ..if..they made it home. So blessed to grow up in this era of music. All women love to slow dance to this song…especially with someone special.

  • @robynalvin6319
    @robynalvin6319 3 роки тому +33

    What did you just witness? You witnessed pure, unadulterated, talent. You essentially said that his singing was otherworldly, heavenly and you are right. Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to give a straight from the heart, thoughtful commentary. You are well appreciated. Also, you’re very cute.

  • @GinMae
    @GinMae 3 роки тому +9

    Yep, Chad! thank you -- the amazing Bobby Hatfield -- he actually was nervous to sing this b/c his MOM was in the audience (also, I read that at some times he suffered from "stage fright" - though you wouldn't know it here_) ... lol -- I'm sure Mom was proud -- what I love about his singing is that he is virtually effortless -- he doesn't strain or scream -- he just hits those notes as if it's nothing...

  • @prioress
    @prioress 4 роки тому +19

    I have listened to dozens of reactions to this song and yours is one of the best. There is a purity and integrity in this song and performance. He is singing to his one love, not to any female any time anywhere. He's very sincere about his true love. Yes, we need to get back to that God place within where the peace, love, truth and beauty live. Thank you for your observations.

  • @oldschool72
    @oldschool72 4 роки тому +17

    I was 15 when I watched this live on the Andy Williams Show with my parents. I started collecting their vinyls in 1965 and started listening to them in 1962.

    • @utatriebel2211
      @utatriebel2211 9 місяців тому +2

      Sie haben .....das... live gesehen???
      Wahnsinn...😮j

  • @avidrdr5640
    @avidrdr5640 4 роки тому +32

    The song was written for a 1955 movie titled "Unchained". It's about a prisoner hoping his love was waiting for him. Bobby Hatfield had serious stage nervousness especially that night since his parents were in the audience. The little lip bite and grin at the end was him knowing he nailed it. When the song is played in movies, (Ghost and Top Gun both, I believe), were from the studio recorded version. This live performance was one of the few times any live performance has so completely surpassed the taped rendition.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +2

      You've Lost That Lovin'
      Feeling" was in Top Gun.

    • @mamilou2126
      @mamilou2126 2 роки тому +1

      Tout est dit.... C est un joyaux,......Bobby, a jamais, au paradis.... 🙏

  • @selene7726
    @selene7726 4 роки тому +24

    Loved your comments and reaction! Yes Serenaded by the gods. Bobby Hatfield pouring his heart and soul into every note.. This + Incomparable vocals make it the ultimate performance of a Love Song Ever! Magical! ❤️👏

    • @kaymccastle1154
      @kaymccastle1154 3 роки тому +3

      Do a reaction on "For Your Precious Love" by Jerry Butler and the Impressions, A Prisoner of Love by James Brown. I am so BLESSED to be around when Bobby Hatfield's version of Unchained Melody was produced. I was 19 years old at the time. He had such an angelic, heavenly quality to his voice! Many children were conceived and born as a result of 🎧 listening to Bobby's rendition of this song!🍼❤️😁👍🏽👏

  • @CynthiaKBrown
    @CynthiaKBrown 4 роки тому +44

    "Angelic" might be the most common word to describe Bobby's voice in these reaction videos. He could sing anything--in addition to the other suggestions here, you'll enjoy listening to him sing "Something's Got a Hold on Me" (wailing blues), both Bobby & Bill belting out soulfully: "Try To Find Another Man" (original), "Turn on Your Love Light," "Island in the Sun," "Harlem Shuffle," more blues duets like "Crying Blues" and "The Blues" (originals) and other Bobby solos that improve on the original versions: Great Pretender, Only You, Ebb Tide, Come Rain Or Come Shine, etc., etc., etc.

    • @artbagley1406
      @artbagley1406 3 роки тому

      I describe his voice as "honied." Dripping with sweetness. And the suit is "Ivy League." Bobby wears it very well. You may have heard this song on the radio, in the movie "Ghost," but this live television performance is on another level altogether -- heavenly.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому

      Wail?? Just watch him sing "Summertime." It's a video from a show called "Something Special."

  • @jamesmcburnie4605
    @jamesmcburnie4605 Рік тому +4

    This has been covered hundreds of times by various artists and in my opinion
    they have all been found wanting. This song belongs to Bobby Hatfield
    RIP Bobby

  • @DeLee596
    @DeLee596 4 роки тому +13

    Appreciate your reaction. That you understand how great Bobby's performance was in this clip.

  • @richardreyes3906
    @richardreyes3906 4 роки тому +16

    I grew up in that era and remembering the young ladies saying his voice was like VELVET,BUTTERY SMOOTH his sang with all his HEART AND SOUL THAT IT WOULD PULL YOUI IN!

  • @j20tower
    @j20tower 4 роки тому +45

    The quintessential love song and it LIVE. No one can sing it like Bobby Hatfield. Many have tried. This was actually written in I think 1955 for a Prison movie. You put him and Bill Medley together and you have the greatest duo of all time. I remember when this actually came out . I was 15 at the time. You want more? Listen to them do Soul and Inspiration, You’ve lost that Loving Feeling which was the most listened to song of the 20th Century. Also Rock And Roll Heaven, Ebb Tide. Thanks for playing that timeless classic

    • @proverbs35-67
      @proverbs35-67 4 роки тому +3

      This song basically died with Bobby!😢

    • @j20tower
      @j20tower 4 роки тому +3

      @@proverbs35-67 Amen to that brother.

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +1

      @@proverbs35-67 This what I call
      "Bobby's Song," Because he made it all his own.

  • @carollowery2416
    @carollowery2416 4 роки тому +14

    Elvis sang a cover of this and is fabulous, but Bobby owns it! Keep reacting to more of the Righteous Bros. songs! You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling is awesome!

  • @valeries5722
    @valeries5722 2 роки тому +4

    One of the MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICES ever. Beautiful song.... beautiful man. Gorgeous

  • @ifcatshadthumbs...664
    @ifcatshadthumbs...664 4 роки тому +18

    In 1965 I was just nine years old. When I heard this song I became aware of a whole other dimension of love. I remember thinking "maybe some day there would be a boy who could love me like that!!!! "Got goosebumps then and every time I've heard that song since then.

  • @Bill-qf7tn
    @Bill-qf7tn 10 місяців тому +6

    Elvis wished he could sing like Bobby Hatfield...

  • @jimfarrell4145
    @jimfarrell4145 4 роки тому +25

    I can see your appreciation for this great artist--this is a classic that many generations have loved, and ladies will swoon as Bobby Hatfield performs this beautiful love song. This is what I see as perfection and there is no one who can match his unique style, so filled with heart and emotion. He has many more solos I believe you will enjoy--all on You Tube--All his songs show a different side to this one of a kind talent. Hope to see your reactions to some of these. Thanks, Cathy

  • @nancydanise5073
    @nancydanise5073 2 роки тому +4

    Bobby Hatfield did this song solo. NO one will ever do this song like him. ARTISTS before him and after him have done this song but no one will ever do this song like Bobby. This performance was live sheer perfection. Many fell in love to this and with him.Bobby and Bill did solos in their careers.Each had their style Bobby was tenor and Bill was the baritone voice they shouldn't have blended together but they did and it was pure magic. Same for their solos.They were inducted into the ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2003 unfortunately Bobby passed away a few months after. Bill Melody still sings and performs today.

    • @kay9549
      @kay9549 10 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely nancy no one could either then or in this era. Bobby was a very blessed person with such a voice, and range.

  • @SCharlesDennicon
    @SCharlesDennicon 3 роки тому +9

    You've heard the song, but what you hear in this video isn't the same version. To me, it's even more brilliant.

    • @Larry-g4y3i
      @Larry-g4y3i 6 місяців тому

      Right. It's slightly different than the original recording, but so much better. Bobby simply pulls out all the stops and delivers one for the ages. His name is forever linked to Unchained Melody. It's his. Full stop. The greatest version ever. He defined it, pure and simple.

  • @emiliomazzeo4286
    @emiliomazzeo4286 2 роки тому +5

    THAT PERFORMANCE BY BOBBY HATFIELD IS WHAT WE NOW CALL "X-FACTOR PLUS". SUCH VOCAL CONTROL AND MUSICAL GREATNESS. SO AMAZING AND SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @theoxley
    @theoxley 3 роки тому +11

    The caliber of talent back then was phenomenal. The love and respect for the music was on a different level. Now a days it's just write the song and get it out to make money.

  • @warrenroy7333
    @warrenroy7333 4 роки тому +11

    Pure talent!! This is Bobby’s song. Bill sang the title song Time Of My Life in the movie Dirty Dancing

  • @richardgleason5953
    @richardgleason5953 4 роки тому +11

    Bobby killed this live performance.

  • @sharon32652
    @sharon32652 3 роки тому +5

    Live performance hearing Bobby Hatfield's incredible voice and talent!

  • @ChicagoDB
    @ChicagoDB 4 роки тому +13

    2 full octaves in this song and effortlessly. And no autotune ;-)

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +2

      3 octaves, 20 notes.

    • @ChicagoDB
      @ChicagoDB 3 роки тому +4

      @@dawnaberry8452 - last time I checked, 20 notes is less than 3 octaves.

  • @mikejohnson9586
    @mikejohnson9586 2 роки тому +3

    The greatest performance of all time. Totally effortless!

  • @edwardviner9468
    @edwardviner9468 3 місяці тому +2

    You need to do YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE.! One of the best Duets ever!❤

  • @sandraschauf5862
    @sandraschauf5862 3 роки тому +4

    Yes, it is possible! With Bobby Hatfield it is! What a voice he had! Really miss it!

  • @yolanda-fn3cm
    @yolanda-fn3cm Рік тому +1

    Sin palabras,es realmente increíble la tremenda voz , talento puro , realmente una obra de arte, maravilloso!!!

  • @dianachase63
    @dianachase63 2 роки тому +3

    Bobby performed this on the Andy Williams TV Show. It was Valentine's day, hence the pink suit. His mom was watching him perform live for the first time so he was nervous. He ended up giving the greatest live performance ever. I bet he didn't have a clue how much an impact it would make.

    • @Aurora-tp3dy
      @Aurora-tp3dy 2 роки тому +1

      October 25, so not Valentine's day.

  • @dawnaberry8452
    @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +4

    This song was a hit twice in1965 and 1990. They were the greatest duo , no one else was ever as good, or ever will be.

  • @kimbarrett4179
    @kimbarrett4179 2 роки тому +3

    Love your reactions so natural this is an amazing song and never ever get talent like that today x

  • @lauriemccomas1578
    @lauriemccomas1578 3 роки тому +3

    Bobby Hatfield was a 4-octave tenor. Lovely voice. He's 25 yrs old here. He made this song a hit a second time when he sang it years later in the movie "Ghost " First artist to ever do this.

  • @OutlanderAnatomy
    @OutlanderAnatomy 2 роки тому +1

    This is known as stand and deliver. And, he did. Love your reactions. Spot on. Jonny was fabulous. I am 80 years old and still get a thrill from his live performance. Thank you.

  • @Terry-dl4nf
    @Terry-dl4nf 2 роки тому +3

    That's exactly what I thought "is that even possible". Voice of an angel. Could be the best live performance ever by a solo male vocalist, the purity of his voice and he was in total control all the way through. Puts a lot of today's music to shame ... so much of today's music sounds manufactured whereas this was completely genuine, straight form the heart.

  • @teresitayagher5427
    @teresitayagher5427 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for going back then....I grew up to this kind of music...brings back memories

  • @Motbilder
    @Motbilder Рік тому +4

    I love how people always stop in the beginning, saying how great it is, before he has even started to really use his voice. And you can't stop thinking: "Just wait for it, this NOTHING compared to what's about to come "

  • @CopperJenny
    @CopperJenny 4 роки тому +11

    I agree with you! Bring it back!

    • @BOOMNERD51
      @BOOMNERD51 3 роки тому +1

      Amd on that note "Bring Back That Loving Feeling" is another wonderful Righteous Brothers son!

    • @dawnaberry8452
      @dawnaberry8452 3 роки тому +2

      It can't be brought back. Because there are no artists with the unique talents of Bobby and Bill, Elvis, the Everly's, Platters, etc. Or the dedication to the art. It's too easy to rely on auto tune and other techniques to enhance their mediocre voices. I know there is a lot of great singers, they need to be played more on radio and TV.

  • @lauraorozco7197
    @lauraorozco7197 3 роки тому +4

    No me canso de escuchar esta cancion y su explicacion es excelente ciertamente ya no hay esta clase de musica cuanto añoro esa epoca saludos desde Guayaquil Ecuador

  • @nycot107
    @nycot107 3 роки тому +16

    You're not going to offend anyone by saying he does or doesn't sound like Elvis. He's not meant to sound like Elvis, he's meant to sound like Bobby Hatfield.

  • @svenska81
    @svenska81 3 роки тому +7

    Yes, this song featured in “Ghost”, and another Righteous Brothers song, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”, was featured in Top Gun.

  • @FERATLETICO
    @FERATLETICO 4 роки тому +9

    The best love song of the history. Bobby the best.....

  • @michaelgabriel4825
    @michaelgabriel4825 2 роки тому +2

    EXCELLENT REACTION & WISE COMMENTS!!!)))))))))))))))))))))

  • @jenniferadam8052
    @jenniferadam8052 2 роки тому +1

    I like your reaction at the end there - "was that even possible? What did I just witness?" Love it!

  • @ironside210
    @ironside210 2 роки тому +2

    On live TV in front of a TV studio audience (including his mother, apparently).
    One man, One mike, No studio, One take, BAM! Beautiful. Surely close to perfect.

  • @StarrySkies80
    @StarrySkies80 4 роки тому +15

    Great reaction to one of my favorite songs ever. Besides those already mentioned, I suggest the Righteous Brothers "I Just Wanna Make Love to You," "Just Once in My Life," and the live performances of "Summertime" (another Bobby solo) and "Bring It on Home to Me."

    • @CopperJenny
      @CopperJenny 4 роки тому +6

      Yep! And don’t forget the extremely passionate but still tasteful “Ebb Tide!”

  • @alyn927
    @alyn927 3 роки тому +1

    They were not afraid to sing with and show emotion back them. Thankyou I never tire of this era in music.

  • @nicolem376
    @nicolem376 2 роки тому +4

    Oh Bobby ❤️❤️❤️

  • @denisefuentes7905
    @denisefuentes7905 6 місяців тому +3

    Angels are real!!

  • @jimmycake1
    @jimmycake1 3 роки тому +2

    Grew up with the Righteous Brothers in the early 60s. Use to see then all the time growing up in Pomona Ca when they were first starting out. Two songs that where big for them in the early days that nobody talks about were "My Babe" & "Little Latin Lupe Lu"

  • @DSKim-ej5uf
    @DSKim-ej5uf 3 роки тому +2

    How much devotion and effort went into making your video so wonderful and beautiful, it moved me like this. Even if many years pass and everything changes without a trace, I hope that your wonderful and wonderful video will never be forgotten. Thank you to the universe-like algorithm that made it possible to watch a good video at this time. The autumn wind blows softly and a blue landscape is seen by the window today, giving a heart-fluttering feeling. I comfortably watched your videos on my small phone while holding a guitar in my arms and drinking a hot Americano while looking out the window. The scent of your video still lingers in the early morning cafe window while I am watching your video, so I play the guitar and play the harmonica. I would like to say to you that it is a very strangely attractive quality where you can clearly feel the colors of your video. Thank you for making it such a happy time. From the time when you accidentally led me into the video you made on the night when the morning mist was blue... Your video gave me only one great happiness. Your video stories on my phone right now are so dreamy and give me great joy.
    I am amazed at the excellence of your skills and thank you for taking the time to warm my heart and make me feel comfortable with your sincerity and hard work in watching the video.

  • @Marilynhon
    @Marilynhon 3 роки тому +3

    Bobby performed this live. No autotune

  • @leahsweany4726
    @leahsweany4726 4 роки тому +9

    I believe Bobby's version is the only one to chart at number 1. You should checkout the live '64 video of You've Lost That Lovin Feeling, (Your my) Soul & Inspiration also. On the same program that this song was preformed they preformed a fun song with the shows host Andy Williams called What'd I Say.

  • @hkblt3
    @hkblt3 4 роки тому +6

    Yes, it was in “Ghost”. If you like Bobby Hatfield in this , wait to you hear “You’ve Lost that lovin’ feeling”, “(You’re my) Soul and Inspiration”. And for Bobby showing off in “What I’d Say”!

  • @terryriley2758
    @terryriley2758 3 роки тому +3

    Bobby Hatfield was a rare voice. Often called a tenor he was actually a countertenor/sopranist with a four octave range. The last note in that song was probably a C6.The days where a single voice, performed live without the "showboating" could mesmerize an audience like Bobby could are gone. He's missed.

  • @shineon7641
    @shineon7641 2 роки тому +1

    Hi there Chad L. Summers. I hope this finds you Well and reasonably Happy. That being said... Isn't this just Amazing?! Somehow the Angels and Dreams got together, all at once & at the same time for this performance to unfold. Thank God that we had the technology available, at that time, to record this in such a way that we are able to enjoy it and be a part of it today! I recently read that this song, "Unchained Melody." has been covered by more than 607 different artists throughout the years and while that is pretty amazing by itself, what surpasses that is the fact that the only version that anyone ever hears, is this one! This Song and Bobby Hatfield were made for eachother. I still get emotional, every time i see and/or hear this. I, of course, have to stuff those emotions down, so it can't be seen, but it's not always easy.
    Thank you for sharing this with the reast of us. Don't ever doubt if you are appreciated, because you certainly are. Take care and... Keep Smiling... Cheers...

  • @carolynsaint6263
    @carolynsaint6263 4 роки тому +2

    Soul and Inspiration. See both brothers. Awesome!!

  • @karenwhite4742
    @karenwhite4742 2 роки тому +2

    Just witness? You just witnessed one of the most amazing live performances (unenhanced) ever made. He was astonishing, amazingly talented.

  • @HGWTPaladin
    @HGWTPaladin 10 місяців тому +2

    Bobby Hatfield live performance .
    The Andy Williams Show-
    Episode #4.5
    Episode aired Oct 25, 1965:
    Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher counter tenor voice 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 were each allowed to choose a song to sing 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.
    *In Nov. 2003 Hatfield died of a heart attack at age 63.
    The Righteous Brothers version was a huge hit, but it was recorded with far more modest expectations. 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 to 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 a 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 if he could 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.' [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' and 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’.

    • @hereonthe3L
      @hereonthe3L  10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for the feedback and info!

    • @utatriebel2211
      @utatriebel2211 9 місяців тому

      Es war kein ......normaler Herzinfarkt😢

    • @Aurora-tp3dy
      @Aurora-tp3dy 9 місяців тому

      ​@@utatriebel2211 🤦🏼‍♀️Yeah, it was. Arteries blocked, needing bypass surgery.

    • @HGWTPaladin
      @HGWTPaladin 9 місяців тому

      @@utatriebel2211
      95% coronary artery blockage plus cocaine usage = fatal heart attack.😢

  • @billkarg3935
    @billkarg3935 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely loved your reaction and comments to Unchained Melody!

  • @toodlescae
    @toodlescae 4 роки тому +10

    A man with a 4 octave range with no effort ever.

    • @ingfig1
      @ingfig1 3 роки тому +1

      4 octaves,not 20 octaves ..

    • @toodlescae
      @toodlescae 3 роки тому +2

      @@ingfig1 yeah. Didn't realize what I wrote till now.

    • @ingfig1
      @ingfig1 3 роки тому +1

      @@toodlescae 😁 ... but wow I would have loved to hear someone sing with a range of 20 octaves 😁

  • @kathystammen3060
    @kathystammen3060 3 роки тому

    What a beautiful song. Wow. A classic!

  • @vonnietorraville1058
    @vonnietorraville1058 Місяць тому +1

    If you could read my mind.the song 🎵 Gord light foot.it is a masterpiece.Vonnie.❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @dianemezzatesta3149
    @dianemezzatesta3149 3 роки тому +1

    Listen to these guys singing Go ahead and cry,it’s live and a great song!

  • @marsharock6661
    @marsharock6661 2 роки тому +1

    I’m 73 and grew up with the best music ever in my opinion. Bobby Hatfield and Bill medley were exceptional. Another Fav of mine was Jay Black, check out Cara Mia, along with some of his other songs. He was know as “The Voice.” I think you’d love him.

    • @Larry-g4y3i
      @Larry-g4y3i 6 місяців тому

      Jay and the Americans. I remember them.

  • @thomaswinrow7656
    @thomaswinrow7656 4 роки тому +6

    Bobby Hatfield is incredible with this song which was the theme in the movie "GHOST" with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze!