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"Ebb Tide" is a popular song written in 1953 by the lyricist Carl Sigman and composer and harpist Robert Maxwell. [1] The first version was sung by Vic Damone backed by Richard Hayman 's orchestra. The highest-selling version was released by the Righteous Brothers in 1965.
The Righteous Brothers are an American musical duo originally formed by Bill Medley and Bobby ... Hatfield was the only vocal on "Unchained Melody" and "Ebb Tide", ...
After the success of "Unchained Melody", Spector then started recording older standards with the Righteous Brothers such as "Ebb Tide", [10] which Hatfield also performed solo, and it reached the Top 5. Both "Unchained Melody" and "Ebb Tide" were songs he had performed with his first group, the Variations. [11]
Two years later, Sigman's song "Ebb Tide" was a hit for Frank Chacksfield; and was a Top 10 Billboard chart hit in 1965 for the Righteous Brothers. [2] It was also recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Platters and hundreds of others.
After leaving Spector's Philles Records in late 1965, the Righteous Brothers moved to the mostly jazz-oriented Verve label. Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers then asked Mann about the incomplete "Soul and Inspiration" that the songwriters had played for Medley when they first started writing it, and asked them to complete the song. Mann and ...
The Righteous Brothers' cover of "Unchained Melody" is now widely considered the definitive version of the song. [ 7 ] [ 46 ] Hatfield's vocal in the original recording in particular is highly praised; it has been described as "powerful, full of romantic hunger, yet ethereal," [ 7 ] and a "vocal tour de force", although his later re-recording ...
The Righteous Brothers came over to Britain, spent a week promoting the song and performed for television shows in Manchester and Birmingham. [39] At the same time, Andrew Loog Oldham placed a full-page ad in Melody Maker promoting the Righteous Brothers version at his own initiative and expense, and urged the readers to watch the Righteous ...
The Righteous Brothers performing at Knott's Berry Farm with Medley on the right and Hatfield on the left. Medley first met his singing partner Bobby Hatfield through Barry Rillera who was in both Hatfield's and Medley's band (the Variations and the aforementioned Paramours, respectively) and asked them to see each other's shows. [10]