Unchained Melody? Never heard of it! Righteous Brothers Reaction 

Shut the hell up and play the song

This is literally the greatest live performance of all time.

It was Bobby, an orchestra, and a microphone. He was a master vocalist.

That was how the original sounded. No help. No autotune. Just talent.

His voice is true and pure. No one can do this song like him. No one.

With all due respect to the many artists who have covered this song, including Angelina Jordan, you need not have bothered. Bobby Hatfield cannot be bettered.

I'm a full blown Angelina fan, but this performance by Bobby is the single greatest version ever.

Andy Williams has one of the best voices ever - absolutely pitch perfect.

Bobby owns this song. No one sang this better than he did. You need to respect that he had a cold. His mother was in the audience. He put his whole heart and soul into this song. I was 16 yrs old when I watched him sing this beautiful on the Andy Williams show in 1965. No auto tunes, just pure raw talent. RIP Bobby! ❤❤❤❤

Hundreds of singers have recorded this song. NOBODY does it like Bobby Hatfield. This song was used in the movie "Ghost". The Righteous Brothers were 25 at this time. No auto tunes. Live performance, no second takes and his parents were in the audience. This song was written for a 1955 movie called "Unchained". Check out "Ebb Tide". In 1965, and way before, singers actually had to have talent to make it in the music business. Check out "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Soul and Inspiration". For Big Band sound, check out Glenn Miller's "In The Mood", "Moonlight Melody" and "Sting of Pearls". Check out Connie Frances "Where The Boys Are". Louis Armstrong "It's A Wonderful World". Judy Garland "Over the Rainbow".

I don't care what music you listen to, this is the greatest Solo EVER sung by mankind! Just UNREAL!!😲😲😲

1965 - - live tv, no retakes, no do over, no auto tune. No pressure but his mom was in the front row, reportedly her first time hearing him sing publicly

A 24 year old Bobby Hatfield singing, with a cold, to his mom in the audience for the first time she was seeing him sing Live.

14:24 As someone else has already said the man in the pink was Andy williams. Andy Williams was a huge star for several decades and had his own variety show. He would often times have big stars on such as the Osmonds with Donny Osmond and the Jackson 5 with Michael Jackson and his brothers. Andy Williams has a beautiful voice of his own. You need to check out some of his music .

Bobby was known to have quite a lot of stage fright. This performance was especially great because he was very nervous as his mother was in the audience. Word was he was a bit under the weather as well. No autotune, no special electronics, one take live only. You used the perfect word - Magical

Three other Righteous Brother songs where both sing are You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Soul and Inspiration and I Just Wanna Make Love To You. If you like their music they are must listen.

This song was originally released by other music artists in 1955. “Unchained Melody” had been around for ten years when Bobby Hatfield sang this song. The audience clapped early in the TV performance, because they were very familiar with the song.

The incomparable Counter Tenor voice of the late great Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers. Done (Live) 59 years ago in 1965 on the NBC Andy Williams Televisions Show. Unchained Melody was composed by multi award winning composer Alex North with Lyrics by Hy Zaret for the (1955) Prison Movie "Unchained." It was first sung by movie and stage actor and opera singer Todd Duncan for the 1955 movie. This performance by Bobby Hatfield and the NBC Studio Orchestra of the Andy Williams Show. Performed 10 years later. Became the quintessential version of them all. It has become the standard by which every orchestra and every singer has use ever since. This performance by Bobby Hatfield and the NBC Studio Orchestra has gone down as the greatest live performance in television history by many in the entertainment industry. Together they created magic that will endure for a lifetime. Brilliant!

The BEST live performance ever - no auto tune, no dancers, no lip sync - just pure raw talent!!! His smile at the end is because his mom & wife were in audience!! He didn't want to go on that night cause he had a cold!!!! That is Andy Williams - who had a show for many years!!!

Bobby owns this song . End of conversation

That’s Andy Williams in the bright pink 💜

Bobby Hatfield OWNS this song. I really do not believe anyone can sing this song better than Bobby. This was LIVE before an audience with no electronic enhancements. It was an incredible unmatched performance. RIP Bobby - you're beyond fantastic.

Please don’t feel “cheated” that you heard only one performer. It’s all that the song needed and no one has done it better.

It became a huge hit again in 1990 as a soundtrack of the box office movie, Ghost. Old movie also 😅

Back in those days love songs were derived from the heart, not from the groin. A man named Al Hibler made this song popular back in the late '50's. Then the song was revived by The Righteous Brothers.

Andy William's signature song was "Moon River".

You had to have talent to sing back then ... no auto tune, no re-takes, just pure God given talent ..Check out You've Lost That Lovin Feeling (most played song of the 20th century). Also Bobby singing Summertime , You'll Never Walk Alone. Want to recommend you check out Dan Vasc .metal singer performs Amazing Grace

I was born in 1964 the last year of the Baby Boomers. I found your channel looking for Righteous Brothers reactions. Elvis is my favorite Singer and the Bee gees my favorite group. I am so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's and 80's. It was a Golden Era of Music. Andy Williams was a huge Star and was the one who introduced the Righteous Brothers.

You may have heard this song, but not like this.. This is one of the few live performances that is better than the studio version. The best (solo artist) live performance of all time.

The man hosting is Andy Williams. Famous singer! A crooner!

Bobby threw that "I really need your love" in for this iconic live performance. A masterpiece of a real voice. "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" was featured - sorta - in "Top Gun". You may recognize it when you hear it. "Unchained Melody" was written for a chain gang movie.

What's so unbelievable about it is how effortlessly he's doing it. It's nothing for him.

Andy Williams was considered one of the greatest vocalist of alll time. This was 1965 and Bobby was 25 years old at the time. Many people consider this to be one of the greatest love songs ever written..

While I love Elvis' cover of this song, this will always be Bobby Hatfield's song. Bobby was still recovering from a cold and nervous because his mother was in the audience when he did this amazing solo performance.

This song was absolute hell to hear over the radio in Vietnam.

One of the most beautiful songs of all time!

"Unchained Melody" was written for a little known prison movie "Unchained" (1955) and was sung by Todd Duncan, a well known opera singer. It's a love song a prisoner is singing to his loved one while he is in prison.

As far as the mic, they were supposed to bring out a different mic for the song but Bobby grabbed the one off the stand and started. Listen to Summertime by Bobby and I just want to make love to you by Bill with some input from Bobby and of course, You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling by both together, and I’ll never Walk Alone from the Ed Sullivan show.

I was 16 when this song was sung by Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers. They did not write it and it was sung as part of a movie, (can't remember when) but no one has ever done it like Bobby, he was the best.

Righteous Brothers are iconic. No autotune, just pure raw talent. Check out You've Lost That Loving Felling. It has both of them in it. It will blow your mind! Love your reactions!

I don’t care to listen to anyone else’s version of this song. I don’t believe anyone could ever sing this song better than Bobby! This performance was beautifully perfect!

I was a mere teenager when I watched this performance on prime time television in 1965. A lot of good music in those days. I might be a bit biased because this is the music I grew up listening to.

Thanks, Kids.. yep, Bobby was amazing... totally live, no synths, no autotune, no screaming or straining.. just pure talent... appreciate your listen...

The host was Andy Williams who had his own television show in the 60s. I was born in 1956 and used to watch this show with my parents.

I hear you two and agree….the 40, 50, and 60s is the time I’d like to go back to and see The Righteous Brothers live.

You can react to their song you’ve lost that loving feeling where both of them singing.It was amazing n timeless.This song was featured in the movie top gun(the 80’s version,not the recent ones)😜😜

This is the best love song ever made .. Bobby Hatfield is singing it of the Righteous Brothers

Great reaction! IMO, one of the best live performances ever!

This song was very moving during the Vietnam War when we all had loved ones that we were praying would come back safely, hence the line "I'll be coming home, wait for me" was heartwrenching. My beloved "second brother" Pat and a neighbor Bill came home in flag draped coffins. God Rest their Souls 🙏

Listen to Bring Back That Loving Feeling, to hear their amazing voices together. ❤

This is a song you slow dance to with your true love. Sung live! And he's handsome!

That’s Andy Williams in the middle, one of the greatest crooners and singers ever. You ought to listen to some of his songs. He really is popular in his Christmas songs.

I'm 62, born in 61. My parents' music was the American Graffiti music. My grandparents' music was WW2 big band music. I grew up loving it all.

I never tire of hearing this beautiful song.

You need your listen to Both of them in Soul and Inspiration and You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling. Just Beautiful

The song itself is from the 1955 prison movie "Unchained."

The gentleman they're talking with is Andy Williams. He had a variety show and he's also a talented singer. There's a video of him singing Scarborough Fair with Simon and Garfunkel which is really good. They harmonized beautifully together on it.

There will never be another duo like them again! They are the only version! It’s only Bobby on this one. 😎❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I was born in 52. I could be your great grandfather!

He owns that song! Rip Bobby

Thank you. Love his voice

The greatest performance in history .

The guy in pink is Andy williams react ti him his big hit was moon river, you can hear the brother with deep voice sing you lost that loving feeling

The host was Andy Williams and they were on his show. He was a great singer too. Absolutely no one could sing this song like he did. He will forever own this song. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Bros. was incredible and so was Bill Medley with his deep voice on other songs they recorded.

I drove the stage tractor-trailer for the Righteous Brothers tour, they sang like that everything. That was over 40 years ago, and at the twilight of their career, but they could still sing and they'd been doing it for a living for over 30 years at that time.

Great reaction! Now its time for their song, 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' ...you'll get both of them for that one, so good!! 😍

All applause here

Thank you for this reaction. How very interesting to hear your remarks. I was born in 1950 and I'm the average age of the baby boomers. I graduated from high school in 1968. Now aged 73. Imagine what I think! (about the music of my generation and beyond.) Rock/R & B/pop/blues etc. of that era was played and sung by musicians with the bare minimum of electronic processing. The musicians all played together and had to get it "right" in one take. People felt their fellow musicians' soul and reacted to it in the moment. They "sang off each other." Once recorded, the sound was much less processed, and I believe this preserved as much of the soul as possible. I think that much of the soul has been removed from the recordings or even from the live performances of today as a result of all the processing, correction, auto-tune, mixing, etc. Another thing that has been removed is the delight of hearing sounds that might not be exactly on key. These are exquisite and are as wonderful as the soul they capture. Auto-tune should be eliminated altogether.

The guy you asked about is Andy Williams this was his tv show. He was a very good singer in his own right one of his most famous hits was called "Moon river" he also done a few Andy Williams Christmas Christmas tv specials ✌️❤️

Great job guys, keep it going.

Timeless.

This is Bobby Hatfield of whom nobody can match….nobody

His voice wow...just wow

Need to check out ‘You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling’ live where both are singing but Bill has the lead. And if you want to go back further, Andy Williams, the host of the show that interviewed them, has done Moon River beautifully and it was my Grandma’s favorite

The man in the middle is one of the greatest singers of all time

This song is from a 1955 movie called “Unchained” it was a prison movie, the song is sung from the perspective of the guy in prison longing for his wife, he is hoping she will be there when he gets out. After Bobby Hatfield sang this song it became his and his alone until the end of time

Noone does this song like they do, nobody does justice to this song they that do, nobody can ever top the rendition of these young men.

This has been my all time fav song..And only by Bobby...No one is better...!!!

I was a mere 15 years old .....to quote a great writer-"It was the best of times....it was the worst of times. "

Wow, I feel old! 😂 I was 2 when this came out. Now I'm 61, and still love it! ❤ For all its faults, RU-vid is an incredible blessing for preserving so much older music, films, TV shows and more, and making the works available for free, for new generations to enjoy and learn from. Let's never forget that! Along those lines, I'd recommend you check out Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, yet never became as famous as, say, Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page. If not for RU-vidrs posting and reacting to his work, he might have flown right under my radar, even though I was in college and constantly surrounded by music during his heyday in the 1980's. He passed in 1990, I believe, so years before the Internet became widespread. Yet his music lives on through the magic of RU-vid. ❤

One of my favorite songs...👍💖

This song was written in 1955 for a low budget prison movie called “Unchained”. This might help you to understand the lyrics.

My all-time favorite love song. Our soldiers loved to send this to their sweethearts.

Tom Jones, 1967, I'll never fall in love again. One of the best songs.

The host in pink sweater presenting the Righteous Brothers is Andy Williams ( he is a professional singer) and this was his the TV show every Sunday night in the 1960s.😊

This song was in the Movie “Ghost”

Andy Williams is the host interviewing The Righteous Brothers. Bobby Hatfield sings solo on unchained melody

This song is also well known for its use in the 1990 movie "Ghost".

If you want to her both sing l suggest the most played song" You Lost That Lovjng Feeling. Unchained Melody was sung here by the late Bobby Hatfield. The other guy is Bill Medley.

My understanding is that Bobby's mother was in the audience and trhis was the first time she had ever gotten to hear her son, Bobby, perform before an audience. He really went all out and delivered a truly epic performance. I think this is probably the best live performance of a song maybe ever. It's rare, maybe 1-50 or 1-100 times, where a live performance of a song not only lives up to the studio version but surpasses it and not by a narrow margin. Bill Medley is a great singer, he and Bobby did lots of great work together. This song was almost just tailor made for Bobby. Lots of really good, talented performers have covered this and some of them aren't bad, a few are quite good, but none come close to this.

This was never altered, and in another thousand years it will never be equaled, no one touches him on this song.

Yes, it was magical in those days and we knew it as it was happening. It was fantastic time to be alive and the music, cars and women were all the best. Life was a party.

Andy Williams show , he was singer in 60/70s. Very popular.

This was done live on the Andy Williams show. He was the one in pink at the start. His voice was amazing too!

The guy in the middle was Andy Williams. This song was done live! Bobby's mother was in the audience, and he sang this when he had the flu. No autotune!

the host of the show was Andy Williams, a famous crooner from the 40s and 50s.

That's real music!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The host of the show was Andy Williams, one of my all-time favorite singers. The Righteous Brothers were/are a favorite, too.

When The Righteous Brothers would record an album, each of them would sing one song sung solo. Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield both wanted to record “Unchained Melody”. They resolved the problem by flipping a coin to decide the matter. Bobby Hatfield won the coin toss.

Every reaction on this I've seen brothers be swaying and ladies br raising the eyebrows 😂

Unchained Melody: Bobby Hatfield live performance. The Andy Williams Show- Episode #4.5 Episode aired: Monday, Oct 25, 1965: Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 - November 5, 2003) Bobby Hatfield, who had a higher countertenor voice ( in this performance his range is: D3 to G5 sharp) 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. Both wanted to sing "Unchained Melody" for their fourth album, but Hatfield won the coin toss. 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’. Also: Bobby Hatfield live performance of “Unchained Melody “ on the TV show “Shindig” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xIIvXYo5INo.htmlsi=OmBVdie7xz-GPuIh