Artist
Bill Medley
Bill Medley is a soul artist from Los Angeles, US formed in 1940. 5 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Los Angeles, US · Best soul albums
- 5
- Releases
- 1987–2021
- Active years
- 1940
- Formed
Artist
Bill Medley is a soul artist from Los Angeles, US formed in 1940. 5 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Los Angeles, US · Best soul albums
William Thomas "Bill" Medley (born September 19, 1940, Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers. Medley met his singing partner Bobby Hatfield while attending California State University, Long Beach. The pair began singing as a duo in 1962. Their first single was "Little Latin Lupe Lu"; their first hit was "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", produced by Phil Spector in 1964. Follow-up hits included "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" and "Unchained Melody". The duo broke up in 1968, but returned with another hit in 1974, "Rock And Roll Heaven", and they continued to appear together until Hatfield's death in November 2003. The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003 by one of their biggest fans, Billy Joel. Medley also had a moderately successful solo career. In 1968, he released "Peace, Brother, Peace" and "Brown Eyed Woman" both of which were Top 40 Pop hits. In 1969, he won 2nd place at the Festival Internacional da Cançao (FIC) in Rio de Janeiro, with the song "Evie", by Jimmy Webb. He also released several solo albums during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1984 and 1985, h…
