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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]
Also, with "Unchained Melody", Hamilton became the first solo artist to deliver a top-ten pop hit for Epic. [4] Hamilton was the singer who inspired Sam Cooke, then a gospel music star, to switch over to secular music. Hamilton was also the one to whom Cooke first submitted his early pop-song compositions. [28]
He did sing [“Unchained Melody”] in its entirety because there was a question mark towards the end as to whether we were going to get the real footage of Elvis and if we would be allowed to ...
The re-recorded "Unchained Melody" hit No. 19 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [48] They also re-recorded other songs for a budget-priced CD, The Best of The Righteous Brothers, released by Curb Records.
In 1954, Duncan was the first to record "Unchained Melody", a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. The recording was made for the soundtrack of the obscure prison film Unchained, in which Duncan also played a minor character. Following Duncan's version, the song went on to become one of the most recorded songs of the ...
The title track "Just Once in My Life" was the first single released from the album, and it reached No. 9 on the singles chart in May 1965. [4]The single "Unchained Melody" was initially only intended as a B-side for "Hung on You" from the next album Back to Back, but it became popular and it was then released as an A side, reaching at No. 4 in the United States and No. 14 in the United ...