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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]
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Mar 9, 2017 · 3.4K. 284K views 7 years ago. Todd Duncan performing the original Unchained Melody (1955)...more. The Very Best Of The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody.
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Jul 1, 2022 · Elvis Presley covered the song months before he died. Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images. The most well-known version of "Unchained Melody" is the one sung by The Righteous Brothers in 1965, though they did not foresee it being the hit that it became upon its release.
Mar 7, 2009 · Unchained Melody was released about 1955 and was recorded by a bunch of folks, most of them charting well in the U.S and England. This 1955 version by Al Hibbler made #3 on the Billboard Charts...
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Stirrat wrote the words to "Unchained Melody" in 1936 when he was on a summer scholarship at Yaddo’s Triuna Arts of the Theatre School. It was there that he met North, who composed the music. North, a composer and accompanist for a modern dancer at the time, was on the staff.
Aug 16, 2010 · #4 Billboard hit, 1965; #13 Billboard hit, 1990 [as featured in the movie "Ghost"]. Best quality original version on YouTube, played from real vinyl!
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Songfacts®: This first appeared in the 1955 movie Unchained, starring the former football player Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. The movie takes place in a prison, and the song was written for the movie to reflect the mood of the prisoners as they wait for time to pass.