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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 28. Chapters: Allies (song), All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, Alone (Heart song), Barracuda (song), Bebe le Strange (song), Crazy on You, Dog & Butterfly (song), Dreamboat Annie (song), Even It Up, Heartless (Heart song), Heart discography, How Can I Refuse?, If Looks Could Kill (Heart song), I Didn't Want to Need You, I Want You So Bad, Kick It Out (Heart song), Little Queen (song), Magic Man, Never (Heart song), Nothin' at All (Heart song), Secret (Heart song), Straight On, Stranded (Heart song), Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger, There's the Girl, These Dreams, The Woman in Me (Donna Summer song), This Man Is Mine (song), Unchained Melody, What About Love, Who Will You Run To, Will You Be There (In the Morning), You're the Voice. Excerpt: "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some estimates having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages. In 1955, Alex 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 #1. Then song recordings were released by Al Hibbler (Decca Records #29441) reaching #3 on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Young which hit #1 in the United Kingdom, 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. In 1955, Alex North and lyricist Hy Zaret were contracted to write a song as a theme for...