FIRST TIME HEARING Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody LIVE (1965) REACTION 

1965...LIVE... no second chances...no lip sync...no auto-tune, just PURE TALENT !!!!

Bobby was a countertenor. That's how he could hit those high notes so effortlessly while suffering from head congestion, nervousness because his parents were in the audience for the first time and out of breath from the previous song. You could hear how out of breath he was when they were talking but that seemed to instantly disappear when he started singing.

21 different notes he went through on this performance,and it's still far and away the best version of this song.

One of the purest singers ever.

counter tenors have a higher range but higher clarity in their voice when they are singing higher notes like bobby, he's not doing a falsetto at the end of the song thats his actual voice coming out naturally instead of being forced out like a falsetto

1965. Live. No autotune. just something lacking in so many of today's singers--TALENT. His mother was in the audience, and he was getting over a cold, believe it or not. In his grave now for two decades, and STILL making womens' hearts flutter...today they would be throwing undies at him on the stage...

Awww....the late Bobby Hatfield. I was 15 yrs old when I watched him sing this beautiful song on the Andy Williams show in 1965. Bobby owns this song. SUCH A CLASSIC! RIP BOBBY! We miss your beautful voice. 💖😢🙏

I love doing this watching today’s youth, listening to the musical catalog of my life…. As an old salt I know these songs like the back of my hand so I know when the juicy parts are coming up and I get so excited to see your reaction. Thanks to both of you for appreciating the real music because unfortunately, the stuff out today, nonsense and as always peace, love, joy, and hope to you and yours

That comment about it not being a hit was just stage-play … they both liked the song but recorded it as an album cut … it was Bobby’s solo and never intended for two voices. Bobby had a huge vocal range (B2 to Ab6) so he was well within his range here (G5). He was a counter tenor and did not need to go to falsetto. Bill is a Bass-baritone and their ability to blend those two disparate voices is amazing.

bobby hatfield is a counter-tenor, if you to see even more power from his voice you have to watch bobby hatfield summertime

I’m so glad you showed the whole video with the chit chat with Andy Williams. Bill was kidding when he said he didn’t think it was going to be a hit. They flipped a coin because they both wanted to sing it on one of their albums. It’s only recently that I saw this live performance. The more dramatic ending blows away the studio recording which came out when I was 21.

His brother (not related ) Bill Medley was not jealous; he produced the song, saying only Bobby's voice could sing that song.

Just the best , totally magical performance and supream voice,

Bobby had a cold when he sang this song here but he wanted to get it right for his mum that was in the Audience,i think we can safely say that he managed it !😍👏👏👏👏👏

The Andy Williams Orchestra was killing it with their beautiful string section and horns. Add the great voice of 'Bobby Hatfield' of the 'Righteous Brothers.' It is no wonder why this live performance done back 57 years ago in 1965 is considered by many in the music and television industry as the greatest live performance ever! The rest as they say is history.

I am 81 and have heard several artists before Bobby’s version and several after. No one comes close to this, Bobby owns it. This version came out as I was headed for Viet Nam. You can feel the loneliness in the words and the way we felt as we were away from our families for one long year. Bill and Bobby always did one solo on each of their albums and while on tour. They both wanted to do “Unchained”, so they flipped a coin. The music was written as the theme for the little-known prison film “Unchained” (January 1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers. The movie “Unchained” is about a man in prison and longing for his wife and children. Hoping his wife will still be there when he gets out. So you can now understand the meaning of the song. The movie was not very good, or so my friends told me. But we were all teenagers so what did we know. Several artists sang it and it made the billboard top 100. But no one can come close to Bobby Hatfield’s version. Bobby’s version hit the top ten chart. And did it again when it was used in the movie “Ghost” It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by Bobby. According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.

One of our Nam anthems... "I'll be coming home, wait for me." You'd hear this comin' from someone's hootch at night. Someone else would holler, "Turn it up!"

This practically flawless 1965 performance of a 1955(!) prison movie ("Unchained"), still "knocked a lot of people out." A video of Mr. Hatfield's rendition needs to be put in the National Music Treasury of the Library of Congress. Catch a chopped up version of Bobby's studio version in the movie "Ghost."

This was awesome!

Watch them sing "you'll never walk alone " on the Ed Sullivan show!!! It is amazing

He gave up a professional baseball contract to sing. Thank you, Bobby Hatfield!

The Righteous Brothers were great! But Bobby Hatfield was the best. Listen to him singing Ebb Tide or Summertime or Somewhere. All show his range and beautiful natural talent. Reacting to both of them try Soul and Inspiration, You've Lost That Loving Feeling or Rock and Roll Heaven.

Women are always mesmerized, no master what year it is.

Check out the origin and history of this classic song to hear some of the 1,500 version, some may just surprise you. Bobby Hatfield has the most acclaim and popular version of this song (note:He was a little nervous because his parents were sitting in the audience).

love this

It’s his voice

Those very last 4 notes was not on the cut record, Bobby told Bill he was going to do it that night live and Bill warned him if he missed it will blow the whole thing, Bobby did it anyway and then you see that little grin at the end, he knew he nailed it.

Back in the day we were leaving their show and I said the applause was deafening and she said that the applause was loud but all the panties hitting the stage was louder lol maybe lol

Bobby was 25 in 1965 when this was recorded. The song is from a 50s prison movie called "UNCHAINED." The real reason Bobby recorded the song himself was because they had broken up for a while when the song was recorded. They later got back together. They are in the rock & roll hall of fame. It was a couple of black marines in the bar who gave them their name. Bobby died in 2003 and kept his beautiful voice right to the end. RIP Bobby Hatfield.

Back in the 1950s I bought the version by Al Hibbler. Much as I enjoyed it I have to say that when I heard Bobby........ Well, it was and still is his. Superb!

This is what your grandparents listened to when they were your age................

No one but Bobby can do that...he knows it as well as all others who can’t do it.

YES, I AGREE WITH YOU, THIS PERFORMANCE WAS WAS AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL. I THIUNK NATALIA "FELL IN LOVE" WITH BOBBY HATFIELD, AND WHY NOT. HE HAS MOVIE STAR GOOD LOOKS . BOBBYS STUDIO VERSION OF THIS ICONIC SONG WAS IN THAT FAMPOUS FILM "GHOST" STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE AND DEMI MOORE AND WHOOPIE GOLDBERG.

Like you said PURE TALENT. Yeah we had real talent back then. If you ever watched Ghost this song was in it

Check out Bobby singing Summertime, insane vocal acrobatics!

Greatest performance in history and you won't shut up !

Song was written for a movie where a man was in jail and missing his love.

I view this song as the Ghost song. They used it in Ghost with Patrick Swazee and Demi Moore. Great movie and this song was incredible in the movie. Go watch it if you haven’t seen it yet.

A truly satisfying reaction vid. 💛

I loved Liya's reactions to Bobby hitting the high notes; amazement and pure joy. This is how music should be experienced; especially terrific music like this. My mom exposed me to their music while I was growing up and I love it. She always told me the Righteous Brothers were her favorite artist of all time.

Don’t stop girl

Please Listen to Bobby he is off to the highest heaven notes in his solo Summertime

The last note blows my socks off..every time

THE PLATTERS SANG THIS SONG IN THE 1950s it was a live performance also. I think that this is the best one.

Bobby had severe stage fright but always pulled it off…

No studio equipment. Just a hand-held wired microphone Years ahead of Autotune. This was 100% his talent.

Love you youngsters appreciating music made in my era...

I remember watching that on TV when I was sixteen years old.

I was 15. When I met my boyfriend,. This was our song.💕. Got married the next year 1966 I was 16. Been married 66 years. This is still our song❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

The amazing Bobby Hatfield! So many artists have covered this song, but Bobby owns this song; sheer talent and taste.

Maybe Checkout Elvis Presley if I can dream it was dedicated to MLK & JFK

his face never changes

I was a kid when he sang this on Andy Williams. Even my parents were taken aback. Chills up your spine good

He put his soul in every word. And then put every word in mine.

WOW, that performance was beyond 'outstanding'.

Is that the Guy, know for singing white Christmas? My Mom, always play that Song around the Holiday time. His face looks like that Guy! On the CD. Not the Guy, singing the other guy,beside him. 🤔 Have a wonderful Weekend 🤍☕☺️

I loved that song for many years I love the reactions of U2 Even better

Bobby's smile at the end, he knew he nailed it (& I think he looked at his mom right then)

LETS GOOOO!!!! BOSTON IN THE BUILDING !!! Southies here Baby girl!!! That’s a good lookin out for fellow reactors and singers my brotha.

Congratulações pelo ótimo vídeo , excelente som e por vocês serem jovens e reagirem tão bem às canções da minha geração, dancei muito com o meu " primeiro amor" essa música!!! Abraços desde São Paulo - Brasil .

Don't worry you guys are not the first to be knocked out when you hear that performance for the first time. Way back, and I mean way back when I heard that song for the first time (at 24-25) it rocked my socks. One of the original "panty-dropper" songs of all time.

The name came from a black Marine when they were performing on base. Great story.

Good on you for playing the intro to this. It answers a lot of questions other reactors have. Like where's the other "brother". Back in the day these guys & a multitude of other artists represented a time when you couldn't fake it to make it. You had it or you didn't. ;o)

Hey brother. This is my time when music was top shelf.

Well next try soul and inspiration... You'll love it too!

And that man talking to the righteous brothers is. Andy Williams play some of his songs just as good....

just subscribed saw them live in vegas in the 90's outstanding , nobody sings this song better. also can you do an Elvis song with her a few suggestions 1973 live from hawaii (AMERICAN TRILOGY) and from 1970 live from Las Vegas (BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS)

One of the greatest songs of all time.

As others have pointed out, Bill was joking about why Bobby did this song alone, They each did solos on their albums and they flipped a coin to see who got to do this one. Bobby won and so did the world! The producer (the famous/infamous Phil Spector) was the one who had no faith in the the song. He wouldn't even produce it, so Bill did He put it on the B-side of the single "Hung On You." Fortunately, the radio disc jockeys started flipping the record over. Once it became a hit, Spector changed the producing credit on future copies of it to take credit for producing it, even though he didn't.

He would have tore out all the girlies hearts if this dropped today 💀

She's a very musically informed and observant reactor.

LOSTEN TO BOBBY HATFIELD SING SUMMERTIME! YOULL NEVER BE THE SAME!

Song was on the movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze

💙💙💙

Quite possibly the greatest counter-tenor. to ever live.

bobby hatfield SUMMERTIME

If you notice at the beginning of this when Bobby was talking how he was out of breath and sweating, I read he was shy and had a hard time speaking publicly but was fine when it came to singing. I first heard this22 years ago when I was 17 as dad had the golden oldies on and it stopped me cold, I could not believe what I was hearing, to me it is the greatest love song ever and live performance ever.

This song was originally from a prison movie. A prisoner is writing a letter to his wife.

you wanna hear bobby's pipes? watch his performance of "summer time"

Angelic is right.

They were joking. There was one who usually sang a solo on each album. They flipped a coin to see who would sing that solo & Bobby won!!!❤🎉🎉❤

This 1965 version is hot because of voice and voice control over falsetto, phrasing, diction, body motion and using something many well-known singer do not use or do not use well--big Smiles.

Wow, it doesn't get any better than that!

You guys make a great team more of u two

to think he was nervous because his parents were in the audiance hearing the live version of this song for he first time

Following.

Hes an opera singer level/quality counter tenor...its called a counter tenor voice, its different from a soprano.....also, he was nervous bc his mother & sister were in the audience, & sometimes anxiety helps u....also, they had a very reasonable expectation the song would be a hit, that was a joke, the other righteous brother couldnt sing the song because he was a baritone

Soul n Inspiratíon ......or..... ..you've lost that lovin' feeling by Righteous Brothers

Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back live in buenos aires Ghost Love Score

I don't know how you could listen to any of todays noise and call it music after hearing real talent like this. All the autotune , splicing and computer twiging highlight what low talent hacks are preforming today. Stand up, don't accept it anymore. Don't support them. Bring back real music.

Back in those days you had to have talent. Because if you didn't you were out. No auto-tune no voice synthesizers none of that stuff because it didn't exist. Hadn't been invented yet.

Effortless icon.🥰

I asked you if you could react to hasta que te conocí by Juan Gabriel the live version about a month ago and I know your probably busy but if you did forget you should listen to it because I think you'd like it Also hope you're having a great day/night

Bee Gees -Alone

Please react to Bobby singing “Ebb Tide” same hi voice👍👍👍

The Righteous Brothers were not brothers. Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They were in different groups before they met.

Its not the audio. It's his voice.

it would have been nice if we could hear the girl reaction.

Elvis sang this song too1

You pronounce it righteous. As in righteousness ❤