I took a deep dive into this one.
Now we all know the Righteous Brothers version. I always suspected that buried under all the overkill and melodrama there was a good song.
But it wasn't until I stumbled upon the Gene Pitney version that I found it! Now if anyone was the king of melodrama it was that very same Gene Pitney.
And yet, his version is remarkably restrained and has a lovely, almost Beatlesque arrangement.
I went to investigate further and saw there was a Sam Cooke version. I had high hopes, because one of the flaws of the Righteous Brothers' version was that faux-soul singing.
Surely Cooke could do a better job? Well, no. He sings it rather plainly and it almost falls flat. Who would have thought?
So there you go...
Now we all know the Righteous Brothers version. I always suspected that buried under all the overkill and melodrama there was a good song.
But it wasn't until I stumbled upon the Gene Pitney version that I found it! Now if anyone was the king of melodrama it was that very same Gene Pitney.
And yet, his version is remarkably restrained and has a lovely, almost Beatlesque arrangement.
I went to investigate further and saw there was a Sam Cooke version. I had high hopes, because one of the flaws of the Righteous Brothers' version was that faux-soul singing.
Surely Cooke could do a better job? Well, no. He sings it rather plainly and it almost falls flat. Who would have thought?
So there you go...
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