{"id":31195,"date":"2025-01-10T21:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bill-medley-releases-crying-time-featuring-michael-mcdonald-from-upcoming-album\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:02:58","slug":"bill-medley-releases-crying-time-featuring-michael-mcdonald-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bill-medley-releases-crying-time-featuring-michael-mcdonald-from-upcoming-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Medley releases &#8216;Crying Time,\u2019 featuring Michael McDonald, from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-10\/M_BillmedleyStraightFromTheHeart_111524.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Curb Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Righteous Brothers<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<strong>Bill Medley <\/strong>has shared a new single from his upcoming album,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Straight from the Heart, <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">which is due out Feb. 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 12-track album, Medley\u2019s first new\u00a0record in over a decade, has the legendary singer covering classic country ballads with the help of special guests. The latest release is a recording of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EgHLumop07Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Crying Time<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">,\u201d featuring <strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Doobie Brothers<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Michael McDonald<\/strong>. The tune was originally recorded by <strong>Ray Charles<\/strong> and written by <strong>Buck Owens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI really love this song, and it was one that I felt that I could relate to. Being married a few times and experiencing the highs and lows and knowing when it\u2019s over \u2014 It\u2019s &#8216;Crying time,&#8217;\u201d Medley shares. \u201cI admire Michael and loved singing with him on this duet. Our old school roots and singing came together so easily.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBill Medley takes his rightful place alongside other great vocalists such as Ray Charles, <strong>Tony Bennett<\/strong> and <strong>Nat Cole<\/strong> in showing us a greater depth to the compositions he chooses to perform,\u201d McDonald adds. \u201cIt only takes a timelessly soulful voice to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCrying Time\u201d is available now <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/billmedley.lnk.to\/StraightFromTheHeart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>via digital outlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is the third track Medley has released from <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Straight from the Heart<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, following \u201cThese Days\u201d featuring <strong>Vince Gill<\/strong> and \u201c(Since You\u2019ve) Gone\u201d featuring <strong>Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019<\/strong>. The album<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">is\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/billmedley.lnk.to\/StraightFromTheHeart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1 s2\"><strong>available for preorder<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0now.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgHLumop07Q\" title=\"Crying Time\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curb Records The Righteous Brothers\u2019\u00a0Bill Medley has shared a new single from his upcoming album,\u00a0Straight from the Heart, which is due out Feb. 14. 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