Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo The Righteous Brothers topped the charts in four decades. Now, Bill Medley joins forces with one of the most versatile vocalists in America, Bucky Heard, to bring the Righteous Brothers back to the stage. The Righteous Brother concert experience features a string of their biggest #1 hits, including You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (the most played song in radio history), Soul & Inspiration, Unchained Melody, Rock and Roll Heaven, Medley’s Grammy-winning Dirty Dancing theme The Time of My Life, and much, much more!
Kathie Lee Gifford is the three-time Emmy award winning co-host of the fourth hour of “TODAY,” alongside Hoda Kotb. The Gifford-Kotb hour has been hailed as “appointment television” by Entertainment Weekly, and “TODAY’s happy hour” by USA Today.
Prior to NBC News, Gifford served as the co-host of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” for 15 years, where she received 11 Emmy nominations. She was also a correspondent for “Good Morning America” for three years. In 2015 Gifford was inducted into the Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame.
A playwright, producer, singer, songwriter and actress, Gifford has starred in numerous television programs and movies in her 40-year career. She has her own record label and has written several musicals including Broadway’s SCANDALOUS, which received a Tony nomination for Best Actress in 2012. Gifford also starred on Broadway in “Putting it Together” and “Annie.” She recently debuted three new songs, "Love Me to Death", "He Saw Jesus" and "Jesus Is His Name" with Grammy-winning, Brett James. Each song debuted #1 on iTunes. She has just wrapped principal photography on THEN CAME YOU, a film she has written, produced and starred in alongside Craig Ferguson. Gifford co-wrote all eight songs for the movie, alongside Brett James.
Gifford authored four NY Times bestselling books including “The Rock, The Road and the Rabbi”, “Just When I Thought I’d Dropped My Last Egg,” “I Can’t Believe I Said That,” and the popular children’s book “Party Animals.” This October she’ll be releasing a new children’s book called, “The Gift That I Can Give.”
She also launched GIFFT, a line of wine with the Scheid Family Vineyards in Monterey, CA.
Gifford lends support to numerous children’s organizations including Childhelp and the Association to Benefit Children, which spawned Cassidy’s Place and Cody House, named after her two children. A devoted humanitarian, she received an honorary degree from Marymount University for her humanitarian work in labor relations.
Gifford resides in Connecticut.
Gifford is on Twitter and Instagram at @KathieLGifford.
Nate Sallie, a prolific singer/songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and concert performer, found a home with Curb Records in 2001. Since then, he has toured the globe; received an honorary music degree for 10 years of excellence in the music business; released two masterful albums “Inside & Out” and “Ruined for Ordinary”; served as the lead singer for Grammy-nominated band New Song; penned seven top ten radio hits, been nominated for song and record of the year; received numerous songwriting awards; and most recently, penned the anthemic Newsboys song “That’s How You Change the World”, Jamie Slocum’s title track “Safe”, and the Oswald Brothers Band radio hit “All Eyes on You”.
This benefit event will support the extraordinary work of Hope and Healing at Hillenglade, a 501(c)3 organization founded by Jennifer O’Neill, international acclaimed model, actress, film and television star, spokesperson, producer and director, and author of multiple books. Jennifer O’Neill continues to be a constant advocate for many charitable causes. Since 2010, Hope and Healing at Hillenglade is a one-of-a-kind organization in Nashville offering free Equine-Assisted programs, sessions, events, and retreats for all Active Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders and their families. Hope and Healing at Hillenglade has had the honor of serving over 4,000 Heroes and their families since 2010. To learn more, please visit www.hillenglade.org.
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