Talk:Unchained Melody

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    Infoboxes were requested for the the Les Baxter and Al Hibbler recordings of "Unchained Melody" (both from 1955) at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/14. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InnocuousPseudonym (talk • contribs) 05:32, August 27, 2007 (UTC) Reuters just had an article today that stated that this song is currently the tenth most popular song to be requested to be played at funerals in the UK. If we can find a less-temporary source for this (Reuters does not keep its articles up online for long, it seems), it would be good to add it in to the article, I think. 4.235.69.206 20:26, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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    [edit] William Stirrat

    This article claims the song was written by William Stirrat (aka Hy Zaret), however the William Stirrat page redirects to Hy Zaret, whose page claims that William Stirrat claimed untruthfully that Hy Zaret was his pen name. Who is lying here?

    It should be all clear now--Work permit 06:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

    It appears that this was dealt with by simply deleting all mention of Stirrat from the article. But since many people (including RPI, Stirrat's alma mater) are still passing this story around, it seems like the article should mention the controversy, no? -- 136.152.180.32 01:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

    There is an article on William Stirrat that outlines the whole case. There is a link to that article in the notes section for Hy Zaret. Do you think it needs mentioning here as well? --Work permit 02:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Structure

    The article has no structure, which needs to be addressed. LuciferMorgan 10:42, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

    I tried to structure it. Munaim 15:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] Roy

    Roy Orbison recorded a great version of this song. You can hear it on "The Essential Roy Orbison" and on "Roy Orbison's many moods" from 1969. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.196.237.102 (talk) 13:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC).


    [edit] few vocal works whose lyrics do not feature the title of the song

    Is it true that there are few such works? Subterranean Homesick Blues, Positively 4th Street, Black Dog (Led Zepplin), You Know My Name, Bohemian Rhapsody, Annie's Song, 59th Street Bridge Song, New York Mining Disaster 1941, Creeque Alley comes to mind. If you include those with only some of the title in the song (e.g. Weekend in New England ) the list gets bigger.--Work permit 04:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

    I decided to add a new page "User:Work permit/List of songs whose title does not appear in the lyrics" for such songs--Work permit 04:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Trivia

    I'd like to get a discussion going on whether the "notable versions" section contains too much trivia. With over 500 versions (AMG claims 697), clearly listing every version is trivia. But we should list more then a few. What's "notable"? Perhaps a version that charted, or a version by an artist that is very notable, or other ovious criterion (such as american idol versions).--Work permit 02:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Origin

    At a Righteous Brothers/Smothers Brothers concert around 2000 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, the Righteous Brothers claimed that the text was from a letter written by a prison inmate to his sweetheart outside. Is that just the plot of Unchained? Or is it perhaps a true story?--Brian Sniffen 11:03, 4 July 2007 (EST)

    [edit] Fair use rationale for Image:UnchainedMelodySingle.jpg

    Image:UnchainedMelodySingle.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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    BetacommandBot 11:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Fair use rationale for Image:UnchainedMelodySingle.jpg

    Image:UnchainedMelodySingle.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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    BetacommandBot 01:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Question about the release date

    I have a question. Is the release date 1965 or 1955? Many times, I have seen the date of composition as 1955 (and listening to the music, it sounds more like the 1950s music than the 1960s music) but in the infobox says that it was not released until 1965. So I just would like to know the actual release date to determine whether the infobox is correct or not. NHRHS2010 |  Talk to me  22:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)