Nearly 60 years after first launching the vocal duo that made history, Bill Medley will bring a new Righteous Brothers to play the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Reserved seat tickets will go on sale Friday, Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. in person at the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E. 3rd St.) and online at

Bill Medley, right, with Bucky Heard, his current partner in the Righteous Brothers. (Photo courtesy of the artist)

Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $50, $60, $70 and $90.

With a string of No. 1 classics, including the “most played song in radio history,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield topped the charts in four decades, starting in the ‘60s. After Bobby’s death in 2003, Bill Medley continued to perform to sold-out crowds around the world, but fans and friends pleaded with him to keep The Righteous Brothers alive.

“No one could ever take Bobby’s place, but when I caught Bucky Heard’s show, it all came together,” Medley, 80, said in a tour release about his new musical partner. “I found the right guy to help me recreate the magic.”

Heard was performing in Branson, Missouri in a Journey tribute show when Medley came calling, and the duo has been playing Harrah’s Las Vegas ever since, according to an April 2021 piece in the Las Vegas Sun.

“When we first did it, every night was mind-blowing and there was a lot of pressure,” Heard said on the Sun on the Strip podcast. “I felt like the curtain would come up and people would be looking at Bill like, there he is, there’s my guy, and they were looking at me like, who does he think he is?

“But we made it very clear in the show that I’m not trying to replace [the late] Bobby [Hatfield], I’m just doing what we think Bobby would want to do and let’s keep this music alive. Bill needed somebody by his side to help him do that.”

The new combination has proven successful as this version of the Righteous Brothers has won over Vegas audiences and taken their show on the road, playing with the likes of the Beach Boys and the Temptations, the Sun story said.

The Adler Theatre concert experience will feature Medley’s biggest hits – “Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Soul & Inspiration,” “Unchained Melody,” “Rock and Roll Heaven,” and Medley’s Grammy-winning 1987 “Dirty Dancing” theme, “The Time of My Life,” and much more.

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Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner -- who has called the Quad Cities home since 1995 -- has decades of experience as a professional journalist and pianist. His experience writing for daily newspapers, public radio and local TV encompasses a wide range of subjects, including the arts, politics, education, economic development, historic preservation, business, and tourism.

Jonathan most loves writing about music and the arts (which he now does as a freelancer for the River Cities Reader and Visit Quad Cities). He has a passion for accompanying musicals, singers, choirs and instrumentalists, including playing for QC Music Guild's 2023 productions of RENT and SWEENEY TODD. He is assistant music director and accompanist for the spring 2025 Music Guild show, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. He wrote an original musical based on The Book of Job, which premiered at Playcrafters in 2010. Jonathan penned a 175-page history book about downtown Davenport, that was published by The History Press in 2016, and a travel guide about the QC published by Reedy Press in 2022.