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Unchained Melody Release Date: 2009-02-19 Label: OVC Media Duration: 23:04

"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. Rerecorded in 1965, it became one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.

In 1955, North used the music as a theme for the prison film ''Unchained'', hence the name.

Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. Les Baxter (Capitol Records catalog number 3055), released an instrumental version which reached #2. Then song recordings were released by Al Hibbler (Decca Records #29441) reaching #3 on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Young which hit #1 on the British charts, and Roy Hamilton (Epic Records no. 9102) reaching #1 on the R&B Best Sellers list and #6 on the pop chart. Hundreds of other recordings followed.

It was the July 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers that became a jukebox standard for the late 20th century, regaining massive popularity when used in the 1990 blockbuster film ''Ghost''.

	Song Title	Time
1	Unchained Melody	02:15
2	Just A Little Too Much	02:09
3	Lonesome Town	02:13
4	One Minute To One	02:02
5	Poor Little Fool	02:30
6	Restless Kid	01:52
7	So Long	01:59
8	Teenage Doll	01:39
9	That's All	02:03
10	True Love	02:14
11	Be Bop Baby	02:08

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