Elvis Presley Unchained Melody

Unchained Melody is a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is 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 obscure prison film Unchained. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. On June 21, 1977, just six weeks before his death, Elvis Presley performed Unchained Melody for what would be his last television appearance, Elvis In However, the recording that was ultimately released as a single and included on the Moody Blue album (the last released while he was alive) was from an earlier appearance at Ann Arbor, Michigan, featuring him on piano, as was invariably the case when Presley sang the song in concert.