Nobody likes anyone elses music

[dryheat]

Unchained melody. By the R(not good at spelling)brothers. The way it was meant to be sung.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=santana+utube&&view=detail&mid=D8FC1CDBFBEC8053485ED8FC1CDBFBEC8053485E&rvsmid=B342962D85849B5B5014B342962D85849B5B5014&FORM=VDRVRV
Susan Boyle is a great singer from Newfoundland but she doesn't get this.
Only one brother and not quite the same but you get the point. I still remember the day I heard this song.

[JimF]

Still think Elvis did a better job on this tune. (At his peak!)

[bruce]

Was listening to Unchained Melody just the other day. One of the greatest rock songs ever written or performed!

Is there anything anyone has written or performed that is its equal? I don't know.

Perhaps ... possibly ... this is close ...

Joan Osborn ... https://youtu.be/5pv8LnZpkrY

[jjrothWA]

Back then all music was great, then it became Crap!.

[Art]

The song goes waaaay back. The video is a history of the song. The first version I heard was about 1960 and I have no idea who the singer was.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LrquswYcwV0

The Righteous Brothers were an interesting case in themselves. Duets usually have a guy (or gal) who sings lead and the other person sings harmony. The Righteous Brothers, on the other hand, had two lead singers, kind of unique that way. Originally they played a good many black venues, it was sort of compatible with their style. In fact, the first time I heard them on the radio, I believe it was 1964 I thought they were a black soul group. The name, The Righteous Brothers, it is said, came when they were playing a club with a bunch of black Marines in the audience. One of the Jarheads shouted out "That's righteous, brother," and the rest is history.

Because they both sang lead their sets usually included solos from each of them. None of the solos except "The Unchained Melody" became a monster hit. The story is told that Bob Hatfield and Bill Medley flipped a coin to see who would record the song. It was Hatfield's lucky day. Hatfield's pink jacket rendition of The Unchained Melody is one of the all time iconic performances. I have wondered how it would have sounded with Medley's baritone instead of Hatfield's high tenor.

I'm going to make another post on this a bit later.

[dryheat]

Right off I figured they were black too and I wasn't much of a black music fan. Aretha, the Supremes wasn't my thing. I liked The Who.