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Jack Nitzsche: Disc Producer To Film Gerry...

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 3 October 1964

HAVE YOU heard about Electronovision? If not, you soon will. For American composer-arranger Jack Nitzsche is in London this week lining up appearances in the ...

The strange thing about the Righteous Brothers is that they're white...

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 16 January 1965

THE RIGHTEOUS Brothers are not brothers at all; nor indeed are they more than ordinarily righteous. Their names are Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley, and ...

'Sorry Cilla,' Said The Righteous Brothers To RM's Norman Jopling, But 'We Don't Like Your Record!'

Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 30 January 1965

"WHAT do we think of Cilla's version of 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'?" said America's Righteous Brothers when I posed them the question. "Well, we ...

Righteous Bros Soar To Top As New Hit Tops Them All

Profile by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1965

THE RIGHTEOUS Brothers' 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'' has set a record at KRLA for holding the top position on the KRLA survey longer than ...

The Supremes, the Righteous Brothers, the Beau Brummels et al: Cow Palace, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 27 February 1965

Righteous Sound Shakes 'Frisco ...

Righteous Brothers Do Play

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, March 1965

WHEN THE Righteous Brothers made their recent visit to Britain, coinciding with their tremendous number one hit 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'', they didn't bring ...

The Righteous Brothers: Brothers Riding High!

Report and Interview by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 20 August 1965

"BILL and Bob are thrilled about their New York stay," Karen Medley, wife of Righteous Brother Bill Medley, revealed to me in a telephone conversation. ...

The Righteous Brothers: Brothers in Spirit

Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 25 September 1965

'Whole Lotta Spirit' Heard In Righteous 'Soul Sound' ...

On the Beat

Column by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 26 March 1966

SAD NEWS for Byrd lovers — Gene Clark is suffering from "nervous strain" and has been advised by doctors not to undertake any further personal ...

One Day On The Beat

Report by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 9 April 1966

SO YOU'D like to be a BEAT reporter, huh? So you think we lead an interesting exciting life full of nothing but fun and games ...

The Righteous Brothers: 'Don't Ignore Us'

Profile and Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 21 May 1966

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS. The Brothers Righteous. Bobby and Bill. It doesn't really matter what you call them. People know who you're talking about anyway. ...

New singles from the Beatles, Small Faces, Percy Sledge et al

Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 6 August 1966

THIS IS THE BEST BEATLE SONG EVER! ...

The Beatles, Small Faces et al: New Singles

Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 6 August 1966

Wonderful new Beatles, and 2 versions of America's 'Napoleon' hit. Very good Small Faces & old Righteous Bros & Ike and Tina. Slower Nancy and ...

Bob Dylan, James Brown, Otis Redding et al: Album Reviews

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 13 August 1966

Dylan rocks through 4 great sides ...

The Righteous Brothers: 'We Don't Think Kids Are Following Us For Our Hair'

Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 27 August 1966

THE LAST year and a half in the world of popular music has seen an amazing surge of popularity in the area of rhythm and ...

Platter Chatter: Albums from Love, Righteous Brothers et al

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, October 1966

LOVE has an interesting album. Love, by the way, is the name of the group.  ...

New Singles, including Beach Boys, Spencer Davis Group

Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 29 October 1966

BEACH BOYS' new single — and it's a work of art 'Good Vibrations': What can you say about a work of art other than stating ...

The Soul Parade

Overview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, November 1966

RAVE's Maureen O'Grady puts on parade some of the greatest and the latest singers of "soul". The sound the "in" crowd said would happen. ...

The Righteous Brothers: Just Brothers in Soul

Profile and Interview by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 17 February 1967

IT'LL BE A wet, rainy day in San Francisco before The Righteous Brothers appear there! And it was — and they did. ...

Righteous Bros. Deny Split With Teens

Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 20 May 1967

THE RIGHTEOUS Brothers are two talented, friendly young men who have paid frequent visits to the pages of BEAT in the last couple of years, both in ...

The Righteous Brothers: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by June Harris, New Musical Express, 23 September 1967

AS YET ANOTHER of the many examples of how extensive is rock 'n' roll's acceptance by the adult world, the Righteous Brothers are currently packing ...

Loraine Alterman on Pop Records: A Powerful New Kind of 'Suite'

Review by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 8 October 1967

TWO EXCELLENT new albums show how far the best contemporary song-writing and record making has come from the June-moon-spoon days. One is Of Cabbages and ...

Small Faces, Velvet Underground etc.: New Albums Reviewed

Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 8 June 1968

Cockney Rock LP puts Small Faces in West Coast bracket ...

Muddy Waters: Electric Mud (Chess); Various Artists: Demand Performance (Decca)

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 4 February 1969

Muddy Muddy Waters ...

The Righteous Brothers: Two By Two (MGM)

Review by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 29 September 1973

INCREDIBLE, They may not have been black, they may not even have been soul music (though to my mind they were), but nobody could deny ...

The Righteous Brothers: Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York NY

Live Review by Toby Mamis, Zoo World, 1 August 1974

REUNION IN CENTRAL PARK ...

The Righteous Brothers: Give It To The People (Haven)

Review by Gene Sculatti, Zoo World, 10 October 1974

THEY DID it in Las Vegas and they sure do it here. Recombine their talents, hop into the saddle with strong material and take hold ...

The Righteous Brothers - Give it to the People

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 4 January 1975

ANOTHER ILLUSION SHATTERED. ...

The Righteous Brothers - Sons of Mrs. Righteous

Review by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 19 July 1975

IT REALLY DOES seem that the greater part of the Righteous Brothers was their uncle Phil Spector. ...

Where Are They Now? The Righteous Brothers

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 11 September 1986

Hits: 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'', 'Ebb Tide', 'Unchained Melody', '(You're My) Soul and Inspiration', 'Rock and Roll Heaven' ...

Bill Medley and Darlene Love: Righteous Brother and Sister

Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine, 4 March 1994

THERE'S A point during Darlene Love's one-woman show, Portrait Of A Singer, where she's talking about singing background vocals on the Righteous Brothers' 1966 #1 ...

The Righteous Brothers

Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music, 2001

Bobby Hatfield, b. 10 April 1940, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA; Bill Medley, b. 19 September 1940, Santa Ana, California ...

The Wrecking Crew Played On All Your Favourite '60s And '70s Songs (Seriously)

Report and Interview by Juliette Jagger, Huffington Post, 19 February 2015

IN THE '60s and '70s, a should-be-legendary group of studio musicians dubbed the Wrecking Crew played on the era's defining songs. ...

see also Bill Medley

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