NEW 📀 Rock And Roll Heaven - Righteous Brothers 1974 {Stereo}
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- 1974......#3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #4 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #4 Canada
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"Rock and Roll Heaven" is a song written by Alan O'Day and Johnny Stevenson, popularized by The Righteous Brothers. It is a paean to several deceased singers such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, and has been rewritten a number of times to include other singers. The song was first recorded by the band Climax in 1973 (co-writer Stevenson was the keyboard player for Climax, and the song was specifically written for the band's lead singer, Sonny Geraci), but it failed to chart. It was then covered by The Righteous Brothers in 1974 and reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
The Righteous Brothers recorded "Rock and Roll Heaven" a few weeks after they decided to reform the duo in 1974. They signed with Haven Records run by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter and were given the song to record. Lambert and Potter rewrote a verse, updating the song to include Jim Croce and Bobby Darin who had died within three months of each other in late 1973. According to Bill Medley, they were dubious about the song because they didn't think the song had the "old Righteous Brothers feel". Nevertheless, it became a hit for them and quickly reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada it spent three weeks at number four.
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Thanks for posting this. So many memories of the United States Marine Corps and deploying to Okinawa and missing my cute girlfriend. Hello Terri M. from Lexington, KY.
Strange apparatus by godley and cream🍶is one 4 mention 🎉
Well done thank you.
❤🎉thank you! "God bless the boys (and girls) who 🎉🎉make the noise that soothes my soul! 😊
I was cruisin' in summer of 1974 when this was popular. I was 19.
50 years later, still here and listening. (but not the cruisin')
Wish I could bring back those days.
Christine McVie has now entered rock and roll heaven. I'm 63, it seems like all my rock and roll heroes are becoming angels at a fast pace. 😢
There before us, to welcome us in.... what a concert we will have....
Yes right
It's calked "Life and that we ALL grow OLD and die! NOBODY lives forever"
@@BAKER22-l4u yep, the one certainty about this place is nobody gets out alive.
🎉❤😊
Most underrated of the Righteous Brothers songs. I think it genius. Great tribute song to rock and roll greats that have passed.
Wish they sung about at least a few of the greats before 1967. Short term memory Rick and roll heaven!!!!!!!
Been listening to classic rock/oldies etc since I was a kid in the 1980's. Heard this the other night for the first time, and I love it. Gives me the chills. I love every band/singer they talk about.
@@ssimpalaguy1 I've been looking for this for a LONG TIME.
Indeed.
And now, Jimmy Buffet is in that band. RIP 😢
Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" are now singing alongside that heavenly band.
Condolences to the family, and thanks Eric, for the music.
9 years ago, today I lost one of the greatest people in the world. My brother, John Martinez, is a guitarist and the music of heavenly mead. A construction enthusiast? A one of a kind man.
Just know that I love you ,man. Forever, just remember that, and if there's a rock and roll heaven with you up there. I know they got one hell of the band😂🎉😊
Sounds better every time! Pure IWOL energy. Some major players in the backing band.
I'd like to acknowledge the passing of Rock Icon, lead guitarist and founding member of Wings, Denny Lane! December 5th, 2023,
Rest In Peace!
Respectfully,
Andy, Annmarie's husband
Olivia Newton-John has joined that Rock and Roll Heaven, RIP
She won't be getting physical anymore!
What? She was NEVER a rock and roll singer
@@squidlipssupreme168 RIDICULOUS
Fact's
God bless her.
Heaven has gained another legend. Miss Tina Turner has joined the band. Rest in peace.
A timeless classic song.
"Rock n Roll Heaven" takes me way back to '74 when I was 12 years old. I was drawn to the lyrics the first time I ever heard it. A true classic. They just dont put put music like they used back in the day! This one is a true timeless classic. ❤
I was born in 62 as well and was always one of my favorite songs.
Me 63, but have always loved the 60's 70's
@@readynow12345 me too!
And I never understood the words until now! Wow! I can get so much more out of it now! I'd you believe in heaven, then life is just a one night stand... So true! I've always thought that heaven is going to be one amazing, endless rock concert!
I just found this song yesterday in 2023 and it's still badass
Every Time I Hear This Song It Brings Tears To My Eyes.
Melanie and Toby Keith have joined that rock and roll heaven.
Thanks to both for all the music.
Tina Turner is now enter the rock and ŕoll heaven. RIP Tina Turner
An underrated song..
Very
Life is just a one night stand...these words will be on my obituary
I just read on Wikipedia about Bobby Darin and how young he was when he died and it was mentioned in there that the Righteous Brothers would put him in the song that's here. I'm 69 years old it's so hard to believe that so many people are gone including my wife a year and a half ago life is so depressing for me and so many others that lost loved ones. But Bobby Darin was something else he had a pretty bad life since birth go read about him. And he died at 37. God bless all of us❤
Bobby himself has gone on. What a voice.
Born 1963...the year Kennedy was shot. (🇨🇦: btw). This song came out, and all us young kids loved the melody and the beat. Grew thru all that and Janis' songs, Kent State, Manson Murders, Nixon, fall of the Berlin Wall, to space station, etc....
Just called up the song again today... Can't wait to meet them all, those artists that fought so hard to turn the tide against the Vietnam war...to shake their hands in Heaven to say, "Thanks!'
I tried this song at a karaoke venue. Fun song and great tribute to rock n roll greats.
Man to have music and songs like this again…. They just stand the test of time.
Ⓣⓞⓝⓔⓨⓞⓤⓝⓖⓐⓝⓓⓩⓔⓐⓛⓞⓤⓢⓛⓨⓖⓞⓞⓕⓨ,ⓐⓝⓓⓢⓣⓘⓛⓛⓛⓘⓥⓘⓝⓖⓣⓞⓓⓐⓤⓘⓢⓡⓔⓜⓐⓡⓚⓐⓑⓛⓔ2ⓜⓔ.
RIP Jeff Beck, Lisa Marie Presley, Robbie Robertson, Jimmy Buffet and Steve Harwell
My good friend Ed Grell was drummer for the Righteous Brothers during the early '70s. I was real sad the read he died in 2006 of brain cancer....RIP Ed.
Can you just imagine.. the instant you draw your last breath here, you open your eyes and are being ushered to your seat for the greatest concert in the Universe. Just waiting my turn to get to the window to get my ticket.
AMEN
@@OTseven I have searched for this for MORE THAN 30 YEARS. Salud.
Playin this one today for my dad. RIP. We're gonna miss you.
May your Dad be blessed
15 when this hit and loved it
Rip To All The Great Singer's,Who Are No Longer With Us, We Still Miss You All
Veronica Bennett ( Ronnie Spector) 1943-2022 today is an angel in Rick and Roll Heaven.
Bill Medley and Dave Ruffin have the most distinctive, rich, textured male singing voices I've ever heard.
Levi Stubbs was in that class too.
@@Luked0g440 Yes, I agree! I just realized this in the past few months when I rediscovered their early '80s hit "When She Was My Girl". I said to myself, "this guy is on par with Medley and Ruffin". Amazing you see that too.
I was 14 when this came out, and a rising high school freshman. This really does hit differently fifty years later with so many of our favorites gone.
Welcome to rock and roll heaven, Jeff Beck- the latest to join the great band ❤ :’(
This song was dynamite and quite popular in the summer of 1974 and still is today!
Thank you for seeing Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield one last time before I die.
There'll be a rock n roll 🎶🎸🥁🎤 heaven 💭 for u too Frank! Take it easy
RIP Jim Gordon, the great drummer who once again makes another great song even greater!
Elvis would have been great singing this .
My fave Righteous Brothers Song!
Me too 😊
This was one of my favorite songs in high school. Great for slow dancing to.
I lived in West Berlin in 1974 and AFN Radio played this constantly, great track.
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I'm 60 years old and I have never heard this song before! What a wonderful tribute to all the greats that gained their wings way too soon. ❤🎵
That's a really nice beautiful song singing about all the rock and rollers that died too young that left this world but they're still rocking up in heaven
Such a great song ❤
Happy 83rd Birthday Bill Medley!(Born September 19, 1940)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍👏🙌
And Bobby...the best and greatest of all.😢😢❤❤
If there was ever a rock concert in an afterlife, this song and its 1992 version would be closers.
its a biggger rock and roll heaven now in 2023 may they all rest in peace this is a great song i loved it when it first came out
I would love to actually see rock and roll Heaven and all the singers who've passed on
God willing one day we all will.
Great Song, especially with the Horn & String Sections. I didn't know that Undercover Angel Alan O'Day co-wrote it.
Thank you for the music Jimmy, Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise have joined the band.
Now Tina 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤ 😢
That's a pretty powerful reason to believe in Heaven!
It's a better reason than any other, but not enough to convince me. Not being a believer makes you cherish every minute of the only life we know for sure is real. Don't treat Earth like Heaven's waiting room. LIVE!
Thank you for all your wonderful music Christine McVie, the latest to join the Rock and Roll Heaven.
😊such a beautiful song
Now when I hear this song, I think of none other than the late Bobby Hatfield of The Righteous Brothers.
I'm listening to this one day after the passing of The Incomparable Jeff Beck. ❤ 1/12/23
Journey well.
I remember this was on its way up the charts when Mama Cass died and I remember it getting a ton of airplay the afternoon it was announced.
I don't have long to live, but I hope God will give me a ticket to that beautiful concert❤
Im praying for you to have a peaceful rest of life!!!
And for them to be wrong
there will be im so sorry
about your situation
You will get front row seats for free. I wish the rest of your life to be joyful.
Me to
Thank you for the memories. The Righteous Brothers do them justice so well.
Heaven can be found on a stairway of music, see you there my friends!
Thank you . Your playlists takes me back to different times I remember and didn't think about till now. Woke up at 3 am and decided to surf youtube videos and there you were. Just what I needed to ease into my early morning.
Cindy/Oh
Thank you Cindy. Glad you've found this channel.
A great song
And you two are definitely singing with them. Thx for the incredible music. I'LL LOVE YOU BOTH FOREVER. Rock on !
Uh, Bill Medley isn’t dead.
Only Bobby Hatfield, RIP.
Was 14 in '74 & loved this song. Here I am 62 & just realized (because of this video) exactly who they are signing about!!!😁
Yeah, I had no clue in '74 when I was 12, but we loved the song.
Because the ones we have now in that Rock and roll heaven. From Stevie Ray Vaughan to Gregg Allman the Skynyrd band Jeff Beck and all in between peace and love
I remember it well, always wishing I too had been blessed with such a voice.
Great tune!
Bring back so many memories, ❤❤❤
Memory is the diary that we all carry around with us ! Sometimes the best memories are the saddest because we know that they will never happen again . 🇦🇺😢❤
These guys just have it. They separate they come back together the harmony is just as good their voices are just as good and I wish they stayed together because they make phenomenal music.
@@lindar8039
In November 1963.
@@lindar8039 I meant November 2003
THIS is oldies. Classic Rock is not oldies. God love the oldies.
Lol..WTF?
Its been in my mysterious musical mind for the past 48 hours! Great song! strong song!!
Always loved this...since 1974 so many other greats have joined that band in Heaven....thank you so much for posting this !! : )))))))
Stevie Ray Vaughn....Jackie Wilson....
Ronnie Van zandt ....James Brown...🎵🎵🎵🎵❓❓❓❓....
Now we add David Cosby 🕊️
January 20, 2023 💔
And 3 years later, the greatest of all joined them... the "King of Rock & Roll" Elvis Presley.
The greatest is right!
Wonderfully touching song!
A great old song I forgot it existed it's been so long since I heard it
The newest band member..
Christine Perfect McVie 🌹
One of my favorite duos!!
😢life is very short and there is no time for fighting and fussing, my friends
Nice tribute to the rock and roll immortals .
Nice tribute song by two great singers.☺
A great one that takes me back to a different time in this country. the USA
I created a spreadsheet with all the musicians we have lost since 1970. It's getting a bit crowded. And now, Mr. Hatfield is on it, along with many other greats.
And now Jerry Lee Lewis.
@@CorpeningMedia No, not true, he's fine.
@@marylacey6836 No, he died today
YEAHHHHH, That's some REAL Time ROCK& ROLL At the Beginnings with EMOTION and FEELINGS! I WAS THERE!
Righteous Brothers' last hurrah
Wow!..The ultimate tribute song!
Thank you!!! And now, bless you both, you're playing in that awesome band too !!
I like this song it touches my heart because it makes me think of my friend for when we first met 3 years ago now I don't know what happened. I miss him so very much ❤
AMEN!!!❤😊
Now Gary Rossington , the last original Skynyrd member to join the other freebirds in heaven!
Gone to Rock And Roll Heaven. RIP ❤❤❤
My favorite song of all time
Love this song gang
If you believe in forever then life is just a one night stand
If there's a rock and roll heaven then you know they've got a purgatory of a band.
Grande Sucesso de 1974!
We lost our oldest grandson a week ago, he was 27. So many awesome people never made it to 28 and this song popped into my head today. We have music & humor to help us get through life- hug your loved ones every chance you get 😥
My sincere condolences
What a song, sums up some aspects of life really, be it short lived or a marathon 🎉
Who's listening in 2023 ❤
2024
me still in 2024
Pretty soon they will ALL be up(?) there, there will be a lot of bands!
Fabulous song !!!! Spring/summer 1974 !!!!!
Jeff Beck comes to Rock and Roll Heaven
I think of my cousin, Jimmy when I hear this song.