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Unchained Melody -- The Goons. Recorded in 1955, released in 1990.
The Goons - Unchained Melody
scuzzy983
Published on Apr 13, 2009
https://twitter.com/shanewhite1989
One of the fourteen singles released by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan a.k.a. 'The Goons'. From June 1955.
The success of The Goon Show inevitably led to approaches for The Goons to make commercial records, and in June 1955, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers entered EMIs Abbey Road recording studios to make the first Goons single.
The session featured a hilarious deconstruction of the ballad "Unchained Melody" as sung by Bluebottle and Eccles and a duet by Minnie Bannister and Henry Crun, "Dance with Me Henry". Despite the success of the session, both recordings remained unreleased for many years due to the publishers of the original "Unchained Melody" taking exception to the flippant treatment of the song in this parody. Unreleased for thirty five years, both recordings were finally released by EMI as a single in 1990.
scuzzy983
Published on Apr 13, 2009
https://twitter.com/shanewhite1989
One of the fourteen singles released by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan a.k.a. 'The Goons'. From June 1955.
The success of The Goon Show inevitably led to approaches for The Goons to make commercial records, and in June 1955, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers entered EMIs Abbey Road recording studios to make the first Goons single.
The session featured a hilarious deconstruction of the ballad "Unchained Melody" as sung by Bluebottle and Eccles and a duet by Minnie Bannister and Henry Crun, "Dance with Me Henry". Despite the success of the session, both recordings remained unreleased for many years due to the publishers of the original "Unchained Melody" taking exception to the flippant treatment of the song in this parody. Unreleased for thirty five years, both recordings were finally released by EMI as a single in 1990.
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Unchained Melody
"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 little-known prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.[1] It has since become a standard and one of the most often recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers.[2] According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.[3]
In 1955, three versions of the song (by Les Baxter, Al Hibbler, and Roy Hamilton) charted in the Billboard Top 10 in the United States,[4] and four versions (by Al Hibbler, Les Baxter, Jimmy Young, and Liberace) appeared in the Top 20 in the United Kingdom simultaneously, an unbeaten record for any song.[5][6] The song continued to chart in the 21st century, and it was the only song to reach number one with four different recordings in the UK until it was joined by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 2014.[7][8]
Of the hundreds of recordings made, the Righteous Brothers' version in July 1965, with a solo by Bobby Hatfield, became the jukebox standard for the late 20th century. Hatfield changed the melody and many subsequent covers of the song are based on his version. The Righteous Brothers recording achieved a second round of great popularity when featured in the film Ghost in 1990. In 2004, it was number 27 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
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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 little-known prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.[1] It has since become a standard and one of the most often recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers.[2] According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.[3]
In 1955, three versions of the song (by Les Baxter, Al Hibbler, and Roy Hamilton) charted in the Billboard Top 10 in the United States,[4] and four versions (by Al Hibbler, Les Baxter, Jimmy Young, and Liberace) appeared in the Top 20 in the United Kingdom simultaneously, an unbeaten record for any song.[5][6] The song continued to chart in the 21st century, and it was the only song to reach number one with four different recordings in the UK until it was joined by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 2014.[7][8]
Of the hundreds of recordings made, the Righteous Brothers' version in July 1965, with a solo by Bobby Hatfield, became the jukebox standard for the late 20th century. Hatfield changed the melody and many subsequent covers of the song are based on his version. The Righteous Brothers recording achieved a second round of great popularity when featured in the film Ghost in 1990. In 2004, it was number 27 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
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