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The Righteous Brothers started out in Orange County, California. It was about the whitest place in the country, but the black marines from the nearby base heard there were two guys singing rhythm and blues, so they came down to hear us. At the end of our songs they’d yell out, ‘That’s righteous, brother!’ and that’s how we got our name.

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For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.

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April 23, 2024

For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.

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April 23, 2024

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

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