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"(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" was the first major hit for the American popgroup The Righteous Brothers after leaving their long-standing producer Phil Spector. It is the title track of their album. The single peaked at #1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Canadian CHUM Charts as well as reaching #15 on the UK Singles Chart. ''Billboard'' ranked the record as the No. 3 song for 1966.〔Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966〕 After leaving Spector's Philles Records in late 1965, citing personal difficulties with the producer, the duo moved to the mostly jazz-oriented Verve label and teamed up with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who were then part of the legendary Brill Building pop machine in New York City. Mann and Weil had already co-written the group's previous #1, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'",〔 with Spector, and were familiar with their style and capabilities. The production, by the group's baritone Bill Medley, with reverbing pop-orchestra and soaring female back-up choir, is highly imitative of Spector's "Wall of Sound" and does not contrast the sound of the group's early hits. Unlike the group's previously produced Phil Spector singles, producer Bill Medley used a different group of session musicians on this recording other the Wrecking Crew, which played on most of their earlier hits. On this record, the musicians were Art Munson on guitar, Michael Patterson on piano, Jimmy Bond on bass, Drew Johnson on drums, Bill Baker on sax, Dick Shearer on trombone, and Bill King, Sanford Skinner and Bob Faust on trumpet. This was, however, the end of the group's peak in popularity. Although they entered the charts with their next single, the religiously-oriented "He" (#18 US), before briefly splitting in 1968, they did not enter the top-10 again until reuniting in 1974 with "Rock and Roll Heaven", an ode to fallen musical comrades.〔 ==Cover versions== In 1969, the vocal group The Blossoms covered the tune with The Righteous Brother member Bill Medley producing. In 1972, the reggae artist Paddy Corea covered the tune instrumentally for the UK label Trojan Records. The song is available on the 1995 cover-compilation ''Keep on Running''. In 1978, Donny and Marie Osmond went to No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their mild pop version. In 1990, the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys recorded a cover version for the soundtrack of the film ''My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys''. This version peaked at #31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「(You're My) Soul and Inspiration」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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