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Infobox musical artist | name = Bill Medley| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = William Thomas Medley| other names =| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|9|19| death_date =| origin =| instrument = Human voice|Voice |genre = Blue-eyed soul |occupation = Singer | years_active = 1962 present| label = United Artists Records|United Artists , RCA Records|RCA | associated_acts = The Righteous Brothers Bobby Hatfield | website =| current_members =| notable_instruments = William Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940 in Los Angeles , California ) is an United States|American singer and songwriter , best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers .
Medley met his singing partner Bobby Hatfield while attending California State University, Long Beach . The pair began singing as a duo in 1962. Their first single (music)|single was " Little Latin Lupe Lu "; their first chart-topper|hit was " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' ", produced by Phil Spector in 1964. Follow-up hits included " (You're My) Soul and Inspiration " and " Unchained Melody ".
The duo broke up in 1968, but returned with another hit in 1974, "Rock And Roll Heaven", and they continued to appear together until Hatfield's death in November 2003. The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003 by one of their biggest fans, Billy Joel .
Medley also had a moderately successful solo (music)|solo career. In 1968, he released "Peace, Brother, Peace" and "Brown Eyed Woman" both of which were Top 40 Pop hits. In 1969, he won 2nd place at the Festival Internacional da Canηao (FIC) in Rio de Janeiro , with the song "Evie", by Jimmy Webb . He also released several solo albums during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1984 and 1985, he charted 5 singles on the country charts with the biggest of these being the Top 20 country hit, "I Still Do". In 1987 his duet with Jennifer Warnes , " (I've Had) The Time of My Life ", was included on the Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)|Dirty Dancing soundtrack album, and the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song won Medley and Warnes a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and an Academy Awards|Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Song|Best Original Song for the composers. Among his other notable songs are "Most of All You", the closing theme to the movie Major League (film)|Major League ; "Friday Night's A Great Night For Football" from Tony Scott 's movie, The Last Boy Scout ; and the theme song for the Growing Pains spinoff, Just the 10 of us|Just The Ten of Us .
Bill Medley also recorded a vocal track for the song Lullabye on Jimmy Chamberlin 's (of Smashing Pumpkins fame) solo album, Life Begins Again .
Bill Medley appeared in the two-part episode "Finally!" of the hit Television|TV show, Cheers .
Medley's daughter, McKenna Medley , is herself a singer and as of November 2006 was performing in Branson, Missouri as opening act for Bill Haley & His Comets|The Comets . http://theoriginalcomets.com/_wsn/page5.html Bill Medley currently performs at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri.
" (I've Had) The Time of My Life " (featuring Jennifer Warnes )
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External links
http://www.righteousbrothers.com/bill.htm Bill Medley bio on The Righteous Brothers website
http://www.ocpavilion.com Bill Medley serves on the Board of Directors of the OC Pavilion
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_bill_medley.shtml Interview with Bill Medley
http://www.dickclarksabbranson.com Dick Clark's American Bandstand - Branson Homepage
Persondata | NAME = Medley, Bill | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1940-09-19 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Medley, Bill Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:American male singers Category:American rock singer-songwriters Category:Blue-eyed soul singers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:People from Santa Ana, California
