Editing The Righteous Brothers (section)

===1976–2003: Later career and solo works===
Between 1976 and 1981, Hatfield and Medley stopped performing as a duo after the death of Medley's first wife, as he wanted time off to look after his son. They reunited for an anniversary special on ''[[American Bandstand]]'' in 1981 to perform an updated version of "Rock and Roll Heaven".<ref name="hoffmann"/><ref name=spctropop /> They resumed touring intermittently, and they recorded a 21st Anniversary Celebration concert in 1983 at the [[Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)|Roxy]] on the [[Sunset Strip]] in Los Angeles, which was later released on video and was also aired on television.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/previews/newsletter/archives/20080601.html |title=PBS Preview &#124; Newsletter |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=July 11, 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616045430/http://www.pbs.org/previews/newsletter/archives/20080601.html |archive-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref>

In the late 1970s, Medley once again began to record as a solo artist and had some success in the 1980s. In 1984, he scored country hits with "Till Your Memory's Gone" and "[[I Still Do (song)|I Still Do]]", the latter also an adult-contemporary crossover hit. In late 1987, his duet with [[Jennifer Warnes]], "[[(I've Had) The Time of My Life]]", which appeared on the soundtrack for ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'', topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It won them a [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]].

In 1990, Bobby Hatfield's original recording of "Unchained Melody" was featured in the popular feature film ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'', starring [[Patrick Swayze]] and [[Demi Moore]]. It triggered an avalanche of requests to Top 40 radio stations by fans who had seen the movie to play the 1965 Righteous Brothers' recording. This motivated [[PolyGram|Polygram]] (which now owned the Verve/MGM label archives) to re-release the song to Top 40 radio. It became a major hit for a second time, reaching No. 13 on the Hot 100 in 1990. It also became their second No. 1 in the UK. The duo quickly re-recorded another version of "Unchained Melody" for [[Curb Records]]. Both the reissued and the re-recorded songs charted at the same time for several weeks, and the Righteous Brothers made history as the first act to have two versions of the same song in the Top 20 at the same time.<ref name=spctropop>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/BHobit.htm |title=BOBBY HATFIELD (1940 - 2003) Blue-eyed Soul Brother |author=Peter Richmond |work=Spectropop }}</ref> The re-recorded "Unchained Melody" hit No. 19 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Unchained Melody|artist=Righteous Brothers}}

They also re-recorded other songs for a budget-priced CD, ''The Best of The Righteous Brothers'', released by Curb Records. Medley would later describe the re-recordings as "artistically, a stupid idea; financially, a wonderfully idea".<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8pX_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 |title=The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's Memoir|author= Bill Medley |publisher=Da Capo Press |date=April 24, 2014|isbn= 978-0306823169 |page=141 }}</ref> The album sold very well and received a double platinum certification from the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Unchained Melody – Best Of The Righteous Brothers|artist=Righteous Brothers}} A [[greatest hits]] CD collection of the original recordings called ''The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers...Unchained Melody''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001FZC/ |title=The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers...Unchained Melody |website=Amazon |date=1991 |access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> was released later by Verve/[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]. This compilation album also became their first entry in the UK album chart.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zQDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 |title=Million Sellers|date=November 4, 2012|publisher=Official Charts Company |isbn=9780857128829}}</ref> They began to tour extensively all through the 1990s and early 2000s and performed for about 12 weeks a year in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4119 |title=The Righteous Brothers |work=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013094020/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4119 |archive-date=October 13, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/righteous-brothers-history/ |title="Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" 1964–1965|work= The Pop History of Dig }}</ref>