The Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu (Shindig pilot episode - Jul 11, 1964)
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- They weren't brothers, but Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield (both born in 1940) were most definitely righteous, defining (and perhaps even inspiring) the term "blue-eyed soul" in the mid-'60s. The white Southern California duo were an established journeyman doo wop/R&B act before an association with Phil Spector produced one of the most memorable hits of the 1960s, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The collaboration soon fell apart, though, and while the singers had some other excellent hit singles in a similar style, they proved unable to sustain their momentum after just a year or two at the top.
When Medley and Hatfield combined forces in 1962, they emerged from regional groups the Paramours and the Variations; in fact, they kept the Paramours billing for their first single. By 1963, they were calling themselves the Righteous Brothers, Medley taking the low parts with his smoky baritone, Hatfield taking the higher tenor and falsetto lines. For the next couple of years they did quite a few energetic R&B tunes on the Moonglow label that bore similarity to the gospel/soul/rock style of Ray Charles, copping their greatest success with "Little Latin Lupe Lu," which became a garage-band favorite covered by Mitch Ryder, the Kingsmen, and others.
Even on the Moonglow recordings, Bill Medley acted as producer and principal songwriter, but the duo wouldn't break out nationally until they put themselves at the services of Phil Spector. Spector gave the Wall of Sound treatment to "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," a grandiose ballad penned by himself, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. At nearly four minutes, the song was pushing the limits of what could be played on radio in the mid-'60s, and some listeners thought they were hearing a 45 single played at 33 rpm due to Medley's low, blurry lead vocal. No matter; the song had a power that couldn't be denied, and went all the way to number one.
The Righteous Brothers had three more big hits in 1965 on Spector's Philles label ("Just Once in My Life," "Unchained Melody," and "Ebb Tide"), all employing similar dense orchestral arrangements and swelling vocal crescendos. Yet the Righteous Brothers-Spector partnership wasn't a smooth one, and by 1966 the duo had left Philles for a lucrative deal with Verve. Medley, already an experienced hand in the producer's booth, reclaimed the producer's chair, and the Righteous Brothers had another number one hit with their first Verve outing, "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration." Its success must have been a particularly bitter blow for Spector, given that Medley successfully emulated the Wall of Sound orchestral ambience of the Righteous Brothers' Philles singles down to the smallest detail, even employing the same Mann-Weil writing team that had contributed to "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." It's a bit of a mystery as to why the Righteous Brothers never came close to duplicating that success during the rest of their tenure at Verve. But they would only have a couple of other Top 40 hits in the 1960s ("He" and "Go Ahead and Cry," both in 1966), even with the aid of occasional compositions by the formidable Goffin-King team. In 1968 Medley left for a solo career; Hatfield, the less talented of the pair (at least from a songwriting and production standpoint), kept the Righteous Brothers going with Jimmy Walker (who had been in the Knickerbockers).
Medley had a couple of small hits in the late '60s as a solo act, but unsurprisingly neither "brother" was worth half as much on their own as they were together. In 1974 they reunited and had a number three hit with "Rock and Roll Heaven," a tribute to dead rock stars that some found tacky. A couple of smaller hits followed before Medley retired from performing for five years in 1976. The Righteous Brothers continued to tour the oldies circuit off and on in the 1980s and 1990s. It was while on one of these tours that Bobby Hatfield died suddenly on November 5, 2003. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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I saw them when I was a teenager, I am now 62 and still enjoying the pictures I took of them. And definitely still enjoying the music, we lost Bobby in 2003, Bill is still performing. The Righteous Brothers were and still are the best !!!
Just went to see Bill Medley a few weeks ago and when he sang this song I nearly came out of my seat! What a great dance song.
The 2 are great together. Their harmony. But Bobby Hatfield has that energy and heart when he sings that I just love
They just exude class. Absolutely brilliant!
They exuded noise here. Primitive pop/rock era. Can't tell what they're saying or doing. Later, though, they served up pretty songs.
bill medley's voice sounds like a cannon when he starts ripping it up. what a set of tubes
I think the word is "pipes", but yeah. :-)
@@Milescol
This is way way way by far the best version of this song!
Back when I was taking my R&R from Vietnam to Sydney Austria, I was walking down the street when 2 guys came up to me. They asked me if I was from America servicing in Vietnam, when I told them YES, they asked me if I would come and hear them or maybe sing with them? They told me just go the front desk and tell them you’re for America serving in Vietnam. WOW, I did Not know those 2 guy were the Righteous Brothers. Me and 5 other guys were announced to the crowd, FULLY greeted us (not the way we were treated when we got back from Nam). With 5 other guys sang this song then looked over seeing the Righteous Brothers standing off stage LAUGHING. Then that night the 6 of us were invited to their private party. WOW… WOW YES, I still have those pictures of us and them on stage autograph!!!
Great story, loved it.
+Rich Brown Awesome story.
Good story about your experience with 'The Righteous Brothers' nice that you share also thank you, for your service in Vietnam...
Awesome. The greetings in the States for Vets were not always that friendly back in the day. Glad you had a great R&R, and made it back to the world.
Cool story... Hope you're still around....
Loved these guys! Two voices at the opposite ends of the spectrum that complemented each other perfectly. Great string of hits.
Hey. You said "complemented" instead of "complimented."
What are you? Like the Mensa here?
We all love grammar Nazis lol.
Remember shindig and hullabaloo..back to back..drove my old man crazy
Your old man was just tryin' to raise a decent youngster. Poor fellow probably went to the church and to the PO-PO asking how he could bridge the Generation Gap with his rocker son, a Rebel without much of a Cause.
They're so talented, I love seeing these clips of them singing live.
I used to love that show Shindig. It used to air during the same era as Hullabaloo and I always preferred Shindig. They had their own band, the Shindogs, which I believe included Delaney Bramlett of Bonnie and Delaney.
The Best Blue-Eyed Soul Duo EVER.
With the possible exception of Hall and Oates.
@@bigtechisbigbrother8690 Hall and Oates couldn't Carry their Jock Strap.
@@calvinbealer7264 HUH? Righteous Brothers: 5 Billboard top ten hits. Hall and Oates: 16 Billboard top ten hits, including 6 No. 1 hits. They're the most successful duo of all time in any musical genre.
Awwww, can’t get enough of these two guys. ❤
Just legendary iconic voices
Daaaaaaaaaang, The Righteous Brothers be jammin'!
Bill Medley was such a babe...tall, dark and handsome and he sings like a brother.
They both are very special in there on way !!💕💕
I saw them in '67 in a show they were supposed to headline, but Medley was reportedly running a 103° fever, so, following an opening set by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs, The Brothers did a shortened set and the Kinks took the headline slot. Dave Davies was the first guitarist I ever saw do feedback on purpose.
Who today brings this kind of excitement to the world. WOW!!!!
Jack Blacks character in High Fidelity brought me here. I'm grateful.
I haven’t heard this song in decades! But I still remember all the words! It was a good dance song for our day! Love these guys!
Bobby’s mastering of RB emotives in the true styling of Don and Dewey’s “call and response” vocals are one reason why Righteous bros became legendary stars as opposed to say Mitch Ryder who also covered Bills song here. The other reason was their spontaneity during pop classics, two fellas who sounded very black but were not. Bobby was extremely handsome onstage.
This tune is slicker than their hair !!!!!
They used some goopy stuff called Brylcreem.
Some people miss the fact brother Bill Medley wrote this when he was 19 and just out of high school. So, the Righteous Brothers, owned it in more ways than one!
These two are the best of all times, I can start dancing right now to them. Too bad this generation does not have such great singers where actually can understand what they are saging.. Miroslava M: Rozman Novkaovic.
Amen! And no filthy language!!! Songs today are awful!
They look like they're having the time of their lives
*********************JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WAS HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES DURING THOSE DAYS******
I think you mis-speak.
Playing this video to wake me up in the morning.
They were the best! I still love em!
I stopped lovin 'em. But then, so many people here are loving' em again, that, that, I think I love 'em again.
My favorite song to clean house and do the dishes to. Love, love, love this song!
I like to beat rugs with a broomstick in the back yard to this kind of music.
There is a 7 minute video compilation of groups singing this song which aligns dance clips with the music which energizes me when doing chores or getting ready to go out -- called "Little Latin Lupe Lu 10 garage band extended mix". 🎶🎶🎶
Just about as much EXCITEMENT as a soul can bare.
On this day n 1963 {June 5th} the Righteous Brothers performed "Little Latin Lupe Lu" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV network weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was in it's first of two weeks at #49 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and that would also be it's peak position on the chart, it spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
Between 1963 and 1990 the Righteous Bros. had twenty-three songs on the Hot Top 100 chart; six made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" for 2 weeks on January 31st, 1965 and "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" for 3 weeks on April 3rd, 1966...
Sadly, Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hatfield passed away at the young age of 63 on November 5th, 2003...
May he R.I.P.
Just a touch over 60 years ago!
60 years later and this song is still a banger!
this tune is absolutely amazing
It's okay. A bit muddled.
The righteous Brothers from 1963 with little Latin Lupe lu performed by Bill medley and Bobby Hatfield one of their very first songs later hits including You Lost that Loving feeling and unchained Melody.. in this performance incredible vocals and dance style. Live performance
There band was aptly named. Bravo 👏🏽
Great song and great singers.
I think it's a good song and good enough singers.
I remember seeing this when it aired
...Shindig probably had the biggest impact on me to this day than any other television program
Got to witness the British invasion as it happened and the death of the hit parade crap that played over the airways all too often...
I was lucky , although young at the birth of Rock and Roll , I experienced it more than a lot of other kids because my sister was 7 years older than me and my twin plus my Ma owned a pizzeria with a huge sleek Wurlitzer jukebox loaded with Sam Cooke , the Platters and other artists of the day that we either listened to or got bored shitless with nothing else to do Mack & St. Jean in Detroit Sorrento's Pizzeria (before Little Caesars)
Right?? Older siblings ⭐️
WOW DIDN'T KNOW BILL MEDLY COULD MOVE LIKE THAT! Yeah I'm shouting!
Yeah, great to see Bill shakin' it!
unbelievable almost 50 years ago.
I know!
Unbelievable that it was 50+ years ago?
Or unbelievable that we are old and crusty, and all this happened over half a century ago? I need an answer here.
At the time of their peak I always felt Bill Medley was the better vocalist. In looking back __ Hatfield clearly had the voice that transcends any era any time. BH was and is one of the greatest ballad singers' ever in pop music.
Yes, and very underrated! His phrasing is great, and his voice can add many nuances to the lyrics. Just terrific.
@@LaurelT1948 Accurate points.
They caught my attention right away. That’s why ‘You’ve Lost that loving feeling’ a bit later was no surprise.
Back then they thought every live performance should have raucous screaming. So glad we outgrew that.
I remember watching Shindig as a kid
I remember watching a caterpillar as a kid.
Brother Bill wrote this classic tune. Thanks very much.
So Bill wrote something. Good on him. Most musicians never wrote anything.
But I didn't like this one much.
@@lololomo5484 Bill wrote a lot of their songs, quite a few with Bobby although once they started working with professional songwriters they wrote less. Bill still writes some his own material. If you like blues, check out ‘This will be the Last Time’
Love the Righteous Brothers
"Like" the Righteous Bros. Like them very much.
Don't love them. But love, love the Bobby Hatfield Unchained Melody.
Nothing like it in the world, before or since. Even though Whitney copied the style.
High Fidelity brought me here... killer tune!
fuckin Barry lol
That is so badass.
This is such a great, fun song.
Awesome! energy! love it!
I love energy too. Especially when it is absorbed by solar panels on my roof.
"Little Latin Lupe Lu" was written by Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers, who had a chart record with the song in 1963 reaching #47 on the Cashbox music chart and #49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[citation needed]. Then in 1964 The Kingsmen recorded a version of the song reaching #46 on the Billboard chart and #49 on the Cashbox chart. In 1966 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels had the most success with their recording hitting #16 on Cashbox & #17 on Billboard.
Fantastic!
1964, they were hot!
The energy is amazing. Still my fav RB song and performance.
When sockhops and roller rinks were still cool 👍 and we still had Drive In movies...gas was17 to 19cents a gallon...whoe I better stop, I'm starting to feel old 😂😂🤔
I don't care about the rest....the Drive-In movies were the BEST. Even when the movies weren't so hot....What an era from long-ago. Kids today don't know what they are missing...Say it's 1965. You ARE going to the Drive-In tonight...You feel sooo much anticipation. So much fun will be yours tonight.
Bobby didn't use falsetto. He was a counter tenor and hit those high notes perfectly. If you listen closely, he has vibrato and resonance. Falsetto is more airy and has little to no resonance.
This song kicks ass.
Would be to intense for an aerobics class!
This vid is so cool. Gives them a chance to let loose, in their singing and dancing. Such a difference from their later tv appearances. (cough)Andy Williams Show. What fun
Their dancin' is SOOO underappreciated. Studies should be made on this kind of dancin.
First song Bill Medley ever wrote -- & probably the best.
Wow! Great stuff Ritchie, Thank You.
Thank youse
Never saw them on anything but "You've lost, that lovin feelin..." They are groovin to this one!
Actually Chimes of My Heart (doo wop) and Womaling were the first two he wrote at 19. He took them to Diamonds in LA and they recorded them on The Diamonds. The Mercury Years. But these recordings were never released. Hard to know why. The Diamonds with Dave Somerville were a great group. Good Canadian boys.
Not the best song. But it was a song. And it was the best Medley could do.
On this day in 1964 {November 18th} the Righteous Brothers performed "Little Latin Lupe Lu" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...
Three years earlier on May 11th, 1963 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #49 and spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
Two covered versions have charted; The Kingsmen {#46 in 1964} and Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels {#17 in 1966}
Bruce Springsteen has performed the song in concerts 13 times...
R.I.P. Mr. Hatfield {1940 - 2003}...
Heard Bill Medley on an interview. He said when ppl used to ask who wrote it, he said "I don't know." After he found out Springsteen was doing it in shows he said "Hell yes I wrote it!" Lol.😂
@@patricialabbe1416
That Springsteen story is pretty funny if true.
A song that is garbled by early, crappy studio production, and reaches only No. 49 on the charts?? Medley was right in trying to forget the entire exercise.
what a pleasant surprise...the Righteous Brothers...get down...
It's not "Jungle Boogie," but you can go ahead and get down if you feel the need.
This brings back great memories...sock hops in the high school gym
Sock Hops? "Unchained Melody" made you drop to your knees and weep, no matter where you were.
Cool song I like it... nice share thanks. :))
On muito love
Love this! Those were the days.
Those were the days my friends. We thought they'd never end.
But we were wrong. Those days ended, and we can only find them here.
A short but intense go-go frenzy erupts during this performance.
I see there are male go-go dancers in this scene; they were eliminated when "Shindig!" started its regular run, and only go-go girls appeared.
Summer 1963
Summer 1963
I sure wish someone would post the full pilot episode (July 11, 1964) From Shindig!!!!!
I think EVERY band including ours, The Barons from Downey, did this one. The interview of Bill Medley explains that very well..
Shindig was live. Turn on he lights, roll the camera, broadcast. Have fun.;
One of the Greatest Rock n Roll Songs of All Times. I just finished Medley's Biography. Not very flattering of Bobby Hatfield. Still, I Loved Em :) Still love the early music :)
I'll have to look for that book. Thanks Greg.
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I read it and immediately threw it in the trash. How can Bill call Bobby a friend of 41 years and then write not one good thing about Bobby. Lost all respect for Bill and his ego.
@@shirleychrisman3021 just finished reading it myself, poor Bobby and he cant even defend himself. Medleys ego is as big as the Grand Canyon. RIP Bobby
Unchained Melody by Hatfield was far and away the best that ever came from those two guys. Medley was critical of his partner. OK, partners don't have to love each other. But try to beat "Unchained," Bill Medley.
This song kicks some butt and what a performance by two Orange County kids. Didn't know the OC could get down like that. Great performance
lot of things you dont know
roger huff what's your problem?
@@georgemusic4all4seasons Is this Bay bay from Cudahy.....Wisconsin .
@@leebowens2631 California
Yup two rival schools Santa Ana and Anaheim High alums got together to form this duet.
Love it.............
This was when I was 10 years old. I always thought they were singing,"Li'l Abner Loop de Loop.
Awwww...go-go girl's.
The Best Best Best , Ever 😊
Still the best and original version of LLLL. John 1948 is partly right. The blonde Bro was born in Beaver Dam, WI and then his family moved to California. The RB did the song first and the covers made more of an impact. But they certainly were "blue-eyed soul".
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels did the best cover of this in 1966.. Even Bill Medley who wrote it said it could have been written for Mitch Ryder..
they have this one...down...
I remember seeing this when it was originally aired thinking these guys are pretty good.
I always thought these guys were pretty cool WAAAY before you did.
Before 'Ritalin' was ever even thought of ... the teachers just had to deal with us LOL !!
Two go go boys!
WHAM?
God , why don't we have music like this anymore ? ? To much cRAP now ....
I hate to say this sounded kinda crappy.
Maybe it wasn't crappy, but the recording was muddled and crappy.
The Clash ripped this off when they recorded "Should I Stay or Should I Go."
And the the Riotous Brothers ripped of Duane Eddy's "Shazam" how do you feel about that?
The Duane Eddy guitar riff sounds like it could have been the starting point for the melody of "Little Latin Lupe Lu," but The Clash totally copied the rhyme scheme for their song's verses from The Righteous Brothers recording. "Shazam," after all, was an instrumental with no singing.
andyinoregon what you talking about, The Clash indeed did copy the first few bars of latin lupe lu but the same few bars as indeed the brothers did with "shazam" anyway the clash were a great band with there own material, all bands have taken riffs from other bands before and will do in the future, there are only so many cords you can make to a song.
Chris Jones True comment, but "cord" is a measurement of firewood, while "chord" is a sonic configuration.
Yes, you are right! I love all 3 songs though...
SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a Great Song & Vid!!! 5*s I Really Enjoy All Of Your Videos John...Thanks Anita...
Written by Medley
Supposedly the inspiration for The Clash's Mick Jones when he wrote Should I Stay or Should I Go
i remember when these two busted on the scene wow!!
They busted out.
Nah, they worked like hell, became a sort of House Band for TV's Shindig, and made a decent living forever after. Good for these two guys. They hustled.
I love this song so much. Mike and Jenna rule!
This song loves you so much.
Before Phil Spector took the soul out of them
???????? Your statement makes no sense ___ in what way __ what proof do you have to back up your statement. I'm not defending Spector but ......... REALITY...... Medley and Hatfield under the production of Spector gave us ___ You Lost That Lovin Feelin ___ you could not listen to a radio station at that time when this song wasn't being played. WIBG disc jockey Joe Niagara called this record the greatest sound EVER. I ask you ___ how did Phil Spector take their soul ?
@@murph3001 I agree , Lovin' Feeling was fabulous but they seemed to be stuck doing a bunch of ballads(very well mind you) but what happened to Justine , Latin Lupe Lu and My Babe?
@@murph3001 I feel that Phil Spector took the soul out of their music certainly not Bobby and Bill. He took away their edge. If you listen to Unchained Melody, it's like Ferrante and Teischer saved by Bobby Hatfield's fabulous voice and interpretation. He rises above the production. At least That's how I've always felt.
One of Bill Medley's interviews, he said he left because of a popped vocal chord. Could not sing for 4 years, after which he tried on his own to see if he could. Then rejoined Bobby until his death...
My understanding is that he also stopped singing for a while after his ex-wife was murdered and his son came to live with him. He wanted to stay close to home and put his effort into his son's well being.
I don't know if I'm quite buying that story.
Somethin a little fishy about it. But Bill had a comeback. That was nice.
Not brothers but definitely righteous.
Ahhh...some guy in some audience called them Righteous. They needed a name, and took that one. Coulda called them Fried Chicken. Just a name. But they came through with several hits and a lot of airtime on Shindig.
A little before my time... but I would imagine it must have been difficult to shake it at the dance Saturday night, then sit in church the very next morning.
chrisradano It's not before my time and see no problem. They were just dancing...
John1948Ten Hi John, Thanks for posting the video. I'm only joking, but I can hear the spiritual undertones of the song, and it's gospel influence. I'm not sure the white teens at the time were fully aware of this. There is a contrast of the frenetic 60's dance moves....and being raised Catholic, attending a (by comparison) somber mass in a short time frame after the Sat. night dance party.
My mother turned me on to the Righteous Brothers (among others) when I was a child. She was apparently a good dancer in her younger days. She still has some good moves. In 1964 my mother was 21. Whenever I hear the Righteous Brothers, I think of my mother, and how she must have danced to this great song.
But a lot of kids did. Just like a lot of grown ups who went to the bars on Saturday night, and in church every Sunday Morning.
Very few sitting in church, even in those days, bud. Least of all the Right Bros.
1:20 It's a take-off. Everybody start levitating!
The screaming!!!!
I like this, but I prefer Mitch Ryder version...but to be fair it's hard to compare the two
I can live without this song. Their ballard renditions are very much superior to this.
If you liked this film... you gotta see Bill Medley's remembrance
Shindig was the shit!
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Still one of my favorite 60s songs. There are some lip sync fails in this vid though lol.
This was live...no lip sync here
@@hendrixnut64 - All of those “live” afternoon musical TV performances were lip-synced back in the day.
so many people have commented on the clash's crime on every youtube video of every version of this song-i really don't know why some lawyer hasn't pounced
My late mother once told me that her friends back in my Eastern Ohio birthplace suddenly stopped listening to the Righteous Brothers when they found out that they were white; sad, considering all the other white r&b stars over the years.