37 in New Zealand. With excellent staging and superb sound & lighting, this pulsating song and dance spectacular features amazing versions of all the iconic songs from Dirty Dancing and Grease including: Hungry Eyes, Wipe Out, Yes, Hey Baby, Do You Love Me, Overload, Johnny’s Mambo, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, On A Mission, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Smooth, Be My Baby… Black's version is shorter with an abbreviated bridge, which she explained by saying: "I don't want people to get bored". Prior to this, they would have been given equal prominence in a song. [47], In 1965, the Righteous Brothers recording of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" was nominated in the Best Rock and Roll Recording category at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards. In Britain, ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’ was re‑released in 1969 when it made No.10 on the charts. The album was the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing, released the previous August. [citation needed]. [86] Baldry had first recorded the song – as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – for his 1966 album Looking at Long John. I was so sick, I got a spastic colon; I had an ulcer."[29]. Watch Queue Queue Dirty Dancing, they just thought ... Is it true she was a backup singer on You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling? “For example, the guitars were dropped way down for the film because guitars weren’t a dominant instrument back then – saxophones were. Warnes was almost a no-go as well: After hearing a demo of the song, her boyfriend said, “I hope they’re paying you a lot of money for this.” Warnes had a few doubts thanks to the credits: “It was the first time I’d accepted a song written by three people. [44], In Ireland, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" charted twice, first in January 1965, when it peaked at no. Bill Medley – You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Label: Curb Records – 112 169. Watch Queue Queue. "[1], The song started slowly in the recording, with Medley singing in a low baritone voice. [21] The vocals by Hatfield and Medley were then recorded and the strings overdubbed. According to Oates, this was the last song recorded for the album, as it had been deemed complete with the other ten tracks. Pretty sweet deal.”, 6. In other ads, Oldham also coined a new term to describe the song, "Phil Spector's Wall of Sound", which Spector would later register as a trademark. With excellent staging and superb sound & lighting, this pulsating song and dance spectacular features amazing versions of all the iconic songs from Dirty Dancing and Grease including: Hungry Eyes, Wipe Out, Yes, Hey Baby, Do You Love Me, Overload, Johnny’s Mambo, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, On A Mission, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Smooth, Be My Baby… 9. The single ranked no. Kind of cool but kind of unusual.”, In This Article: [12] When Mann heard the finished record over the phone, he thought that it had been mistakenly played at 33 1/3 instead of 45 rpm and told Spector, "Phil, you have it on the wrong speed! [39] At the end of 1999, the song was ranked by the BMI as the most-played song of the 20th century, having been broadcast more than 8 million times on American radio and television,[4] and it remains the most-played song, having accumulated almost 15 million airplays in the US by 2011. [38][40], The following week Black remained in ascendancy at no. We took out the synthesized stuff and replaced it with organ in the film versions.”. [1] The background singers were mainly the vocal group The Blossoms, joined in the song's crescendo by a young Cher. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 on February 6, 1965, and remained there for another week; its 16-week run on the Hot 100 was unusually lengthy at that time. [12][13] The line "you've lost that lovin' feelin'" was originally only intended to be a dummy line that would be replaced later, but Spector liked it and decided to keep it. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. “I had just done a duet with Gladys Knight for Cobra,” says Medley, “and I was on the road with the Righteous Brothers and the DJ introducing us one day said, ‘They’re playing hell out of your song!’ I said, ‘What song?’ He said, ‘That song with the girl.’ And I said ‘Gladys Knight?’ By the time we got off the road about two weeks later the song was Number One all over the world.” To this day, Lloyd says he has not heard from any of the pop acts who passed on it: “I’ve bumped into a couple of them over the years, and there’s never a mention of it. “I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding,'” he recalls. [10] Mann wrote the melody first, and came up with the opening line, "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips", influenced by a line from the song "I Love How You Love Me" that was co-written by Mann – "I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me". 53 on the Record World 100 Pop Chart.[79]. [7], In 1964, music producer Phil Spector conducted the band at a show in San Francisco where the Righteous Brothers was also appearing, and he was impressed enough with the duo to want them to record for his own label, Philles Records. We want to hear from you! Rádio Estereosul: 6: Rádio Studio Souto - Love Songs: 5: Rádio Cidade Poços: 3: Radio Good Times Revival: 2: Radio Memória: 2: The Righteous Brothers are an American musical duo originally formed by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield but now comprising Medley and Bucky Heard. I was ready to quit the music business, but this has inspired me to write again. It was said to be the favorite song of main character Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) in the episode "Please Mr. Postman" and was included in multiple episodes throughout the series. 10. 2 in Australia in 1980. They went back to the studio, cut it in a period of four hours, and placed on the album.[90]. [111] In 2019, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police displaced it as the most played song on US radio. [50] In 2004, the same recording was ranked at no. Feeling Blue Ebbtide Endless Love Every Breath I Take Fields Of Gold For All We Know From A Distance ... From "Dirty Dancing" I Want To Know What Love Is I Will Always Love You I Write The Songs Jingle Bell Rock ... You've Lost That Loving Feeling: To return to the top of the MIDI's list, Click Here Send us a tip using our anonymous form. But it didn't seem right for us. [39], Spector himself would later rate the song as the pinnacle of his achievement at Philles Records. 12 on the US Hot 100. © Copyright 2021 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Soon after, Medley began singing with Bobby Hatfield as the Righteous Brothers, a partnership that spawned hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Unchained Melody." [22] Spector, however, refused to shorten it. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" also reached no. 15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, on the Radio & Records Airplay chart the song debuted at no. His next major production, Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High,” was a commercial flop in the U.S. and Spector abruptly quit the business — at the age of 25. Her version was the only single released from the album and it was aimed to showcase Warwick as more of an R&B singer than was evidenced by her work with Burt Bacharach. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in July 1965. Medley was escorted into a spacious room with a wall completely lined with platinum album plaques. “It worked out perfectly, as if it were written for the movie.” Was he skeptical of an actor wanting to sing one of his own tunes? '” With his wife expecting a baby any day, and the recording session set for New York, the Orange County–based Medley opted out. Their version of the song was released as the second single from the album after the Top 30 version of "You've Got a Friend". [67] The abridgement also removed the necessity of Black's attempting to match the Righteous Brothers' climactic vocal trade-off. The slow start of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" with the deep voice of Bill Medley has been described as "one of the most famous openings of any pop song in history", Side A of US single of Warwick's recording, Side A of the US single of Hall & Oates's recording, Friedman, Sidney (2007). Hall therefore requested that Spector send the Righteous Brothers over to Britain to promote the song so it might have a chance on the chart. [38] At the same time, Andrew Oldham placed a full-page ad on Melody Maker promoting the Righteous Brothers version at his own initiative and expense, and urged the readers to watch the Righteous Brothers appearance on the ITV television show Ready Steady Go! After Maverick (assisted by Goose) serenades his love interest with the tune, she returns the favor by selecting it on the jukebox at his old hangout to catch his attention and reunite. [40] Black's version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" would prove to be her highest charting UK single apart from her two number ones: "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World". "[38] However, despite the initial reservations, the song would become highly popular on radio. It also reached no. “The movie was being made by a new company that no one had heard of and the stars weren’t big stars, so I couldn’t get anybody to sing on it,” says Lloyd. 7. Suas canções foram eternizadas pelo filme dirty dancing #billmedley #foryou #fy #ffyy #loves #anos80 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Live at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - August 1988) 633 28. "[31] Later, when Cilla Black recorded a rival version of the same song and it was racing up the British charts ahead of The Righteous Brothers' version, Oldham was appalled, and took it upon himself to run a full-page ad in Melody Maker: This advert is not for commercial gain, it is taken as something that must be said about the great new PHIL SPECTOR Record, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS singing "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING". [14] Mann and Weil had problems writing the bridge and the ending, and asked Spector for help. It features the studio musicians the Wrecking Crew; playing on this recording were Don Randi on piano, Tommy Tedesco on guitar, Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman on bass, and Steve Douglas on sax. He canvassed a few opinions – his publisher Don Kirshner suggested that the song should be re-titled "Bring Back That Lovin' Feelin'", while New York DJ Murray the K thought that bass line in the middle section, similar to that of a slowed-down "La Bamba", should be the start of the song. It was too slow, too long, and right in the middle of The Beatles and the British Invasion." “It was ‘Are you kidding me?’ It was unstoppable.” True to that phrase, the album begat a sequel soundtrack, a tour, another film (2004’s Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights), a 20th-anniversary deluxe-edition soundtrack, and a recent, largely forgettable TV-musical remake. Already in the American Top Ten, this is Spector's greatest production, the last word in Tomorrow's sound Today, exposing the overall mediocrity of the Music Industry. 2 in Australia with his 1979 remake and a 1980 version by Hall and Oates reached no. [37] In Britain, Sam Costa, a DJ on the BBC Light Programme, said that The Righteous Brothers' record was a dirge, adding, "I wouldn't even play it in my toilet. “It fell off the charts,” says Lloyd. The song also made a significant appearance in the TV sitcom Cheers. The original Righteous Brothers recording remains the only version of the song to chart in Ireland. He was unhappy during that period and it made him unhappier.” Warnes says Hatfield was “very generous” with praise when she saw him, but the story was an unhappy one to the end: In 2003, shortly before a Righteous Brothers show in Michigan, Hatfield was found dead in his hotel room. He died on January 16, 2021 in San Joaquin County, California, USA. 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart. 2,[45] and again in December 1990, following its reissue as a double A-sided single with "Ebb Tide", when it climbed to no. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. “We sang to each other and to the movie,” Warnes says. Spector took these as criticisms and later said: "I didn't sleep for a week when that record came out. The Flack/Hathaway take on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" reached no. In 1971, American singers Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". [40] In its third week on the February 3, 1965 chart, Black jumped to no. "[15][20], The song was recorded at Studio A of Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. 5 in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1965 Hot 100 hits – based on combined airplay and sales, and not including three charted weeks in December 1964 – and has entered the UK Top Ten on an unprecedented three occasions.[3]. [42] Billboard ranked the record as the no. [52], In 2015, the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, which each year selects from 130 years of sound recordings for special recognition and preservation, chose the Righteous Brothers rendition as one of the 25 recordings that have "cultural, artistic and/or historical significance to American society and the nation's audio legacy".[7][53]. [1] In 1999 the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) ranked the song as the most-played song on American radio and television in the 20th century, having accumulated more than 8 million airplays by 1999,[4] and nearly 15 million by 2011. [84] In this version, Kathi McDonald sang the latter half of the first verse using the part from the second verse ("It makes me just feel like crying ..."), inverting the usual order. He also added a false ending which made the recording more dramatic, and also tricked radio DJs into thinking it was a shorter song. I saw her at the Academy Awards, and I said, "Good luck." (Medley’s baby – now the adult McKenna Medley – now sings the song with her father as part of current Vegas residency with a new version of the Righteous Brothers with Bucky Heard. “It was a freight train,” recalls music supervisor Michael Lloyd, who by then had racked up hits with Belinda Carlisle, the Osmonds, Shaun Cassidy and others. Want more Rolling Stone? The desperation for new material resulted in the inclusion of Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind.”As the album was nearing completion, says Lloyd, “We were looking for songs and Patrick said, ‘I have a song we could do,’ and we said, ‘Bring it on,'” says Lloyd. She was. The single "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" reached no. There almost wasn’t a soundtrack album.Although it’s hard to imagine a time when Swayze wasn’t a marquee name, such was the case when Lloyd and album executive producer Jimmy Ienner began the process of rounding up artists for the soundtrack. 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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. That’s not fake. I've Had the Time of my Life - from Dirty Dancing - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes. Black's producer George Martin repeated this strategy with the Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" that had just been released in the US. And in stats that are unimaginable these days, the album would sell 11 million copies and cling to the Number One spot on the Billboard album chart for over four months. “I worried a lot about Bobby’s feelings,” Warnes says. [5] It held the distinction of being the most-played song for 22 years until 2019, when it was overtaken by "Every Breath You Take". The song has been adopted as a terrace chant by supporters of English football club Nottingham Forest. Spector experimented on the piano with a "Hang On Sloopy" riff that they then built on for the bridge. [41] In addition, the single crossed over to the R&B charts, peaking at no. And they gave me all of those awards. Medley himself sang in his church choir as a boy, with the glee club in high school, and in the early '60s in his band the Paramours. four staying there for one week, the song stayed on the top 10 of the chart for six weeks and remained on it for thirteen. - [11] (1989) avec Bill Medley comme Chanteur Let the good times roll. [40], "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" debuted on the American national chart on December 12, 1964. “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” almost bombed.The single was scheduled for release shortly before the movie – but when the movie was delayed an extra month, the song was left out to dry and wilted on the charts. Contributors. [11][12] Mann and Weil wrote the first two verses quickly, including the chorus line "you've lost that lovin' feelin'". 5 on the unofficial Evening Herald charts. Medley formed the group with Hatfield in 1963. I gave some of them out as Christmas presents.”. Already in the American Top Ten, this is Spector's greatest production, the last word in Tomorrow's sound Today, exposing the overall mediocrity of the Music Industry. My Guestbook Multi-platinum blockbuster albums, a rarity in today’s music business, were regular occurrences in the Eighties: Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, Purple Rain, Faith, Born in the U.S.A. During the Dirty Dancing tour in 1988, Medley had to be careful when singing his Righteous hit, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.”To capitalize on the movie, a Dirty Dancing road show, featuring Medley, Carmen, the Contours and Ronnie Spector, hit the road. Nick Logan and Bob Woffinden thought that the song might be "the ultimate pop record ... here [Spector's] genius for production truly bloomed to create a single of epic proportion ..."[1] Richard Williams, who wrote the 1972 biography of Phil Spector Out of His Head, considered the song to be one of the best records ever made, while Charlie Gillett in his 1970 book The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll wrote that "the ebb and flow of passion the record achieved had no direct equivalent. [1] Taking a cue from "Baby I Need Your Loving" by The Four Tops, which was then rising in the charts, Mann and Weil decided to write a ballad. [27][28] Spector himself was deeply concerned about the reception to a song that was unusual for its time, worrying that his vision would not be understood. But here are 10 things you may not have known about one of the last of the blockbuster albums. [6], The popularity of the song also means that it is one of the highest grossing songs for its copyright holders. “It was a paper-mill town that just reeked,” he laughs. 2, while the Righteous Brothers made an even larger jump to no. Soon after, Medley began singing with Bobby Hatfield as the Righteous Brothers, a partnership that spawned hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Unchained Melody." Phil Spector, Soundtrack: Top Gun. In 1980, the American musical duo Hall & Oates recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" for their ninth studio album Voices. Discover top playlists and videos from your favourite artists on Shazam! 13 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. [21] When Hatfield and Medley went to record the vocals a few weeks after the song was written, all the instrumental tracks had already been recorded and overdubbed. [68] According to Tony Hall of Decca Records who was responsible for promoting the Righteous Brothers record in the UK, Black's version was preferred by BBC radio where one of its DJs disparaged the Righteous Brothers' version as a "dirge" and refused to play it. Black remade "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" for her 1985 Surprisingly Cilla album. 35 in the chart dated January 20, 1965. Just A Closer Walk (With Thee) (my jazzed up version) Just Can't Help Believing - B. J. Thomas. Just One of Those Things. When Hatfield asked Spector just what he was supposed to do during Medley's solo, Spector replied, "You can go directly to the bank! "[12], Assessments by music writers were also highly positive. [9][23] As with his other songs, Spector started by cutting the instrumental track first, building up layers of sound to create the Wall of Sound effect. Ad. “But chicks loved that movie. [8] All the songs previously produced by Spector for Philles Records featured African-American singers, and the Righteous Brothers would be his first white vocal act. In 1969, American singer Dionne Warwick recorded a cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" for her studio album Soulful. English singer Cilla Black first became a recording star by covering Dionne Warwick's newly released American hit "Anyone Who Had a Heart" for the UK market, which gave her a number one song in both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart in February 1964, out-performing Dionne Warwick's original version, which only peaked at no. Bill Medley - You´ve Lost That Lovin´Feelin (Original) 4:31; Bill Medley - YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING (Dirty Dancing Live In Concert 1988) 4:28; Lists. Yet Dirty Dancing, both the movie and the album, went on to become pop-culture juggernauts. The single also reached no. “Here’s the odd thing about that,” he recalls. The film would gross more than $200 million. And it was the longest recording to top the chart up to that time. 57 in Netherlands in 2002 for, This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 15:10. One reason for the song's resurgence during the mid-1980s was the song's inclusion in the iconic '80s film Top Gun. 45 on the Canadian RPM singles chart, and spilled over into the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at no. '”, But once the movie was released, the song, featured in the crowd-pleasing dance scene with Swayze and Grey, quickly took off. "[15][18], Even with his interest in the song, Medley had his doubts because it was unusually long for a pop song at the time. [36], There were initially reservations about the song from the radio industry; a common complaint was that it was too long, and others also questioned the speed of the song, and thought that the singer "keeps yelling". [32] Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys heard the song and rang Mann and Weil in January 1965 to say: "Your song is the greatest record ever. In 2015 the single was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Based on the title, he thought the movie sounded like “a bad porno.” “Then I said, ‘Who’s in it?’ and he said Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey,” says Medley, “and I said, ‘Who’s that? 89. “When he raised her up in the air, I knew it had to be joyful, and that’s why there’s a real spirit and joy in the vocals. The recording took over 39 takes and around eight hours over a period of two days. We were having a good time.”, 4. Bill Medley, who has the low voice, seemed to like the song. Brazil 31. Some of the musicians on the album knew nothing about the movie.Zappacosta, who hadn’t seen the movie or read a script when he cut “Overload,” wasn’t the only one in the dark. This video is unavailable. 3). This was too long by contemporary AM radio standards; radio stations at that time rarely played songs longer than three minutes because longer songs meant that fewer ads could be placed between song sets. [91][92] "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" also reached no. North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained (January 1955), hence the song title. 5, while the Righteous Brothers climbed to number one. You can’t play to kids if you’re singing a love song.’ He said, ‘Play to the moms and take the money and run.’ I had never faced anything like that before. He was married to Rachelle Marie Short Spector, Janis Lynn Zavala, Ronnie Spector and Annette Merar. 42 after a 1977 re-release and in 1988 reached no. Many would argue that “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” is one of the greatest 45s of all time, yet it signaled the end of Spector’s astonishing run as the undisputed King of Pop.