October 4, 1967
Four generations of Medleys are celebrating a reunion in Van Horn this week.
The household of 91-year-old W.T. Medley was filled with an added joy and happiness when his namesake and grandson, W.T. “Bill” Medley of the Righteous Brothers, flew in here from Hollywood Sunday night to visit his grandfather and join his parents, Emma and Arnold Medley who have been here for the past week.
Bill Medley had not seen his grandfather in several years and he was determined he would make time from his busy schedule to be with his grandfather while his parents were visiting in Van Horn this time.
He flew from a concert engagement at the University of Illinois, Champaigne-Urbana,, Ill., to Los Angeles Sunday morning; picked up his wife, Karen, and his son Darrin, 2 and flew to El Paso Sunday night where he was met by his parents and grandfather. This was the first time the senior Medley had met his great-grandson Darrin, and Karen.
Bill Medley and his partner, Bob Hatfield, have been doing a series of college concerts for the past three years on weekends. They performed the first two of the season at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., last Friday night, and at the University of Illinois Saturday night. They have two more months of weekends booked for the college concerts.
They are scheduled to appear on several television shows this season and just finished taping an appearance on the Pat Boone Show for release sometime this fall.
The Righteous Brothers made their first hit record in 1962, called “Little Latin Lupe Lu,” and are the founders of a whole new style of pop music called “Blue-Eyed Soul.”
Bill Medley with his wife, Karen, still reside in their hometown, Santa Ana, Calif., where they both grew up. They tried living in Hollywood for a while but moved back to Santa Ana and Bill commutes. He said they are more at home in Santa Ana and their families reside there.
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