Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley were the Righteous Brothers. Bobby sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody".

During the recent Elvis Xmas special a Cover of "Unchained Melody" was performed and I was transported back in time, but hated the lame attempt to do the Hatfield.

I stumbled on this analysis video and unlike so many of the reaction videos, this Wings of Pegasus really does a deep dive.

Hope you enjoy it as well.

Well, I loved that. I’ve sung in various choruses since high school and junior college; then in medical school I started taking vocal lessons from the TA of a famous voice instructor at Yale, Phyllis Curtin. I continued lessons for about 10 years after that, with my voice teacher working with me to increase my range, so that I went from bass to baritone to tenor. At age 75 I auditioned into the San Diego Master Chorale; auditioned as a baritone, but because God didn’t make enough tenors I was put into the second tenor section.
However, also since very young I’ve had a fondness for the Great American Songbook and Broadway musicals popular when I was young.
All this to say that I was very impressed at what Bobby Hatfield was able to do with his voice. My biggest problem as I was working on my range was that I tried forcing my voice too much to hit higher notes.
The hardest thing in singing—male singing, anyway—is to hit high notes softly, with control. This is exactly what Fil Henley was able to demonstrate in his analysis that Bobby was able to achieve.
Thanks for posting! That’s another big part of my life, surprised to find it reflected on a gun forum of all places.

Sjtill, John Gary was one of my favorites back in the 60s. Never heard of an analysis of him though. He would be a good candidate.

He served in the Marine Corp and later spent some time as a “salvage diver”. Perhaps the time underwater contributed to his amazing breath control. Could hold notes a long time.

He had a 3+ octave range and could go from baritone to tenor and make a smooth transition into falsetto. Not breathy at all. Some of his songs are on you tube, although the recordings aren’t the best. Check out his version of “Danny Boy” as well as “Unchained Melody”.

I saw him live and he never wavered with a clear strong effortless voice.

Hw had a variety show for a while in the 60s.

Maxdog, funny you should mention John Gary. I had never heard of him but my girl friend had. She had a record of Gary singing Irish songs. I memorized every song, and sang “Believe me if all those endearing young charms” at our wedding, and again at her 60th birthday. “Kathleen Mavorneen” is another favorite.