Mel and Tim were an American soul music duo active from 1969 to 1974. They are best known for the hit songs "Backfield in Motion", "Starting All Over Again" and "Good Guys Only Win in the Movies". == Career == Melvin McArthur Hardin (born November 30, 1948) and Hubert Timothy McPherson (born December 9, 1949) were cousins from Holly Springs, Mississippi, who traveled to Chicago, where they were discovered by Gene Chandler. Yolanda Hardin (who was Mel Hardin's mother and... [more on Wikipedia]