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Lyricist (s) Hy Zaret. " Unchained Melody " is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), [1] hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. [2] It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th ...
Hy Zaret. Born. (1907-08-21) August 21, 1907 New York City. Died. July 2, 2007 (2007-07-02) (aged 99) Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation. Songwriter. Hy Zaret (born Hyman Harry Zaritsky; August 21, 1907 – July 2, 2007) was an American Tin Pan Alley [ 1 ] lyricist and composer who wrote the lyrics of the 1955 hit " Unchained Melody," one ...
Al Hibbler. Albert George Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington 's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. Some of Hibbler's singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is best seen as a bridge between R&B and traditional pop music. [1]
Bobby Hatfield. Jimmy Walker. The Righteous Brothers are an American musical duo originally formed by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield but now comprising Medley and Bucky Heard. Medley formed the group with Hatfield in 1963. They had first performed together in 1962 in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called the Paramours, [1 ...
Bill Medley. William Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) is an American singer best known as one-half of The Righteous Brothers. He is noted for his bass-baritone voice, exemplified in songs such as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". Medley produced a number of the duo's songs, including "Unchained Melody" and "(You're My) Soul and ...
He wrote the music for Unchained Melody as the theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), [2] It has become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.
A 2011 Rolling Stone reader's poll placed the song at number one on a list of the 10 best Van Halen songs. [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."
Ghost is a musical with book and lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin and music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Based on the hit 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film of the same name, it centres on lovers Sam and Molly, who are attacked as they are returning to their apartment. When Sam dies he becomes caught between the real world and the ...