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"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 ]
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 of the most-recorded songs of the 20th century. [2]
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.
“Unchained Melody” By The Righteous Brothers (1965) ... The vocals alone are enough to convince you to press play (and then repeat the song again, a second time). Listen Here.
Footage of Presley's 1977 "Unchained Melody" performance has been viewed millions of times via YouTube, for example. "Somebody is going to know exactly how he placed his foot, how he placed his ...
But Vito & the Salutations became best known for a surprise million-selling hit a year later, in the summer of 1963: they took "Unchained Melody," a 1955 hit ballad by Al Hibbler that they heard on the car radio, as they drove to perform at a concert, [3] and transformed it into an up-tempo, doo-wop song. "Unchained Melody" [2] reached number ...
His biggest hit was "Unchained Melody", [9] which reached #3 on the US pop chart, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [10] Hibbler's version also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming his only chart hit in the United Kingdom. Its success led to network appearances, including a live jazz club remote on NBC's Monitor.
North managed to integrate his modernism into typical film music leitmotif structure, rich with themes. One of these became the famous song "Unchained Melody". [1]Nominated for fifteen Oscars but unsuccessful each time, North is one of only two film composers to receive the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award, the other being Ennio Morricone.