The Righteous Brothers have been having fun with thrilling occasions in 1965. After two years of lesser chart entries throughout their spell on the Moonglow label, Bobby Hatfield and Invoice Medley had signed to Phil Spector and Lester Sill’s Philles label, and have been going locations.
They entered the US charts in mid-December 1964 with the track that might go on on to reshape their profession, ‘You’ve Misplaced That Lovin’ Feelin.’’ Then, as the brand new yr dawned, there was one other landmark to rejoice, as they appeared on the Billboard album chart for the very first time with the Proper Now! LP.
The album, which made its chart debut on January 2, 1965, was a Moonglow launch that was swiftly compiled to spherical up the very best of their materials for the label, now that they have been a sizzling merchandise on Philles. Actually, Moonglow managed to mine that territory once more to good impact with the albums Some Blue-Eyed Soul (which additionally charted within the January) and This Is Now!, in June.
In the meantime, Philles got here with an album named after the brand new single sensation, in order that Hatfield and Medley have been on the charts within the latter a part of January with no fewer than three LPs: Proper Now!, ‘Some Blue-Eyed Soul, and You’ve Misplaced That Lovin’ Feelin.’
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But it surely was Proper Now! that arrived first, charting at No.142 and ultimately reaching No.11 within the US. It included their first two Scorching 100 singles from 1963, “Little Latin Loupe Lu” and “My Babe,” and one other chart single of their cowl of “Georgia On My Mind.” The LP additionally featured their variations of numbers like “Let The Good Times Roll,” “My Prayer,” and “Bye Bye Love.”
Inside a couple of days, as “Lovin’ Feelin’” continued its American climb, the Righteous Brothers have been within the UK for promotional duties, showing on reveals like Prepared Regular Go, Scene At 6.30 and Discs A Go-Go.
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