Bill Medley William Thomas Bill Medley (b. September 19, 1940) was born in Los Angeles, California. He started his singing career in the late 50s. He sang in a vocal group The Paramours which had 3 singles out in 61-62. In 62, Bill began a singing duo with Bobby Hatfield. In a couple of years they had established themselves as The Righteous Brothers, the leading duo along with The Walker Brothers. Their biggest hit was Youve lost that Lovin Feelin in 64, produced by Phil Spector. The following year was rewarded with another hit, Unchained Melody. Bill also wrote some of their songs and took over as a producer. After the breakup (68), they returned with a hit Rock and Roll Heaven (74). Medleys solo career was far more modest (albeit fruitful), although he was The Voice of the duo. Some hits followed though, and the greatest moment for him may be the number one (Ive had) The Time of My Life (87) he had with Jennifer Warnes. It was heard in the movie Dirty Dancing. ”Prison break” is a fast paced doowop song done with similar style as The Coasters used to do. Lyrics deal with a prison break gone wrong in the end. It was released as a B side in March 1961. Here is the original by The Paramours: https://youtube/watch?v=S8LXDX1Nyc4 In 1962 “Little latin lupe lu”, written by Medley, was released as A side: https://youtube/watch?v=MMS9niabUpA “My babe”, a semi classic co written by Medley and Bobby Hatfield, A side from 1963: https://youtube/watch?v=w5yAieJE8XA “Gotta tell you how I feel”, written by Medley-Hatfield, as Medley solo single B side in 1963: https://youtube/watch?v=27ALVjlOXHw&list=PL11D95BEA48FD50B2 “You’ve lost that loving feeling”, written by Mann-Weil-Spector, by Righteous Brothers in 1964: https://youtube/watch?v=xEkB-VQviLI Probably the greatest Carole King – Gerry Goffin song The Righteous Brothers sang, “A man without a dream” from 1966, Medley produced: https://youtube/watch?v=Qn3uhmsqoQg Jerry Ganey sang this Medley song “Who am I” on a Medley-produced B side in 1966: https://youtube/watch?v=3qxydIwMUts “I can’t make it alone”, Bill Medley’s solo single from 1968, written by Goffin-King: https://youtube/watch?v=3FZiVSZtU-4 The Blossoms recording of a Bill Medley song “Stand by” from 1969, Darlene Love singing lead and Medley producing: https://youtube/watch?v=j6N99wPI-hU “Brown eyed woman”, a Mann-Weil song, Bill’s solo A side from 1968, co-produced with Medley and Barry Mann: https://youtube/watch?v=Mm2VQN8IV_4 In 1979 Kenny Rogers sang this Bill Medley song “I just want to make you smile”: https://youtube/watch?v=MRz5y648gQg “Loving on borrowed time”, theme song of the Sly Stallone movie Cobra, a duet of Bill Medley and Gladys Knight from 1986: https://youtube/watch?v=oqKlkVk7d4U A year later Medley sang this love theme duet from Dirty Dancing movie, “(I’ve had) The time of my life”, with Jennifer Warnes: https://youtube/watch?v=C2ToDJDsNu0 A new version of the classic “He ain’t heavy he’s my brother” was done for the Rambo III movie, Medley singing and Giorgio Moroder producing in 1988: https://youtube/watch?v=PqMdIZiuERc From 2007, Bill’s tribute to his old duet partner, Bobby Hatfield, “California goodbye”: https://youtube/watch?v=SnaKXOSPDfk
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 08:04:15 +0000
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