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  • Unchained Melody
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  • CD single
  • Cassette single
  • Gramophone record
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  • Number-one singles in New Zealand
  • Song recordings produced by Phil Spector
  • 2002 singles
  • 1996 singles
  • Number-one singles in Australia
  • »more»
abstract
  • %22Unchained Melody%22 is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North used the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained, hence the name. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some estimates having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.Les Baxter (Capitol Records catalog number 3055) released an instrumental version which reached number 1. Then came song recordings by Al Hibbler (Decca Records #29441), reaching number 3 on the Billboard charts; Jimmy Young which hit number 1 in the United Kingdom; and Roy Hamilton (Epic Records no. 9102), reaching number 1 on the R&B Best Sellers list and number 6 on the pop chart. Hundreds of other recordings followed. However, it was the July 1965 version by the Righteous Brothers that became a jukebox standard for the late 20th century, achieving a second round of great popularity when it was featured in the 1990 blockbuster film Ghost.
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  • Alex North
  • Hy Zaret
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  • d8c35e60-e320-4ba7-92f9-c03697ed98b8
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  • 5714dece25ac0d8aee40ec93
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  • USRC19900431
producer
  • Steve Mac
  • Phil Spector
  • Bill Medley
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wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 1125
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wsb:deezer_song_id
  • 15398781
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Curb Records
  • Sony BMG
  • Philles Records
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  • 1996
  • A-side Studios,
  • Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Unchained Melody
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