The Righteous Brothers

Singing group The Righteous Brothers were bass-baritone Bill Medley and tenor Bobby Hatfield. They are best known for "Unchained Melody" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".

They began signing together in a five piece group The Paramours. At the end of a show one evening a member of the audience shouted out 'that was Righteous Brothers", the boys liked the name, and when they left The Paramours, that was the name they used. For four years they provided some of the most enduring popular music. Their work with producer Phil Spector, whose 'wall of sound' provided a dramatic backdrop for their vocals and brought them a chart success with "Just Once in My Life", "Ebb Tide", "Unchained Melody" and "…Lovin' Feelin'". After their split with Spector, their first single "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" went to No.1, and gold sales, everything looked good. However a steady decline in sales of subsequent releases led to them take a break in 1968. When they reformed in 1974, tastes had moved on and hits were scarce.

The Righteous Brothers found themselves back in the limelight thanks to the cinema. The blockbuster Top Gun introduced a new audience to their music when "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" was used in the film. A year later, Bill Medley had a No.1 with Jennifer Warnes, on the track "I've Had the Time of My Life". Featured in the chic-flick Dirty Dancing, it also earned them a Grammy. "Unchained Melody" had a new lease of life when it was included in Ghost and a rerecorded version of the song sold over a million copies.

The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.