Unchained Melody

"Unchained Melody" ▤
Music by	Alex North
Lyrics by	Hy Zaret
Original artist	Todd Duncan
Originally released	1955-01-19
Popularized by	The Righteous Brothers (1965), Elvis Presley (1977)
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"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. Originally written for the film Unchained^↗ and recorded by Todd Duncan for its soundtrack, it became widely known through the 1965 recording by The Righteous Brothers.^{scope: entire paragraph}

Angelina first performed the song at Nattjazz Festival in late of May 2015. Later that year, she performed it as a short version on the Lindmo talk show. In early 2018, she released a longer home studio recording on her Angelina Jordan CoverChannel. Then, starting in September 2023, she performed it in all of her US concerts up to early 2026, and also with KORK at a 2023 Nobel Peace Price event.

Original recording

The song was orinally performed in the 1955 movie Unchained^↗:

• Todd Duncan - Unchained Melody (Original in Color 1955)^↗ (1:18) – vintage video clips

Performances by other artists

Righteous Brothers (1965)

The song is particular known for the cover by the Righteous Brothers, with this legendary live TV performance:

• Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody [Live - Best Quality (1965)]^↗ (3:34) – DiscoBar80

Elvis Presley (1977)

From 2023 onwards, Angelina repeatedly stated in her concerts when performing the song that she was inspired by Elvis. Here is Elvis' last performance:

• Elvis Presley Unchained Melody Last Performance 1977^↗ (4:22) – Radio Blue Sky

Performances by Angelina

2015

Nattjazz Festival

Unfortunately, there is only a poor quality snippet available, wheree also Pitch and speed are likely somewhat off in the recording:

• [Pitch and speed are likely somewhat off in this recording!] (2015-05-31 - live)

  Extract from an Angelina Jordan concert in 2015^↗(fragment)

Prior rehearsals from 2014

• Rehearsal session with Egil, 2014 2 (2014 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan rehearsal (Unchain Melody) 7 years old^↗(fragment)

• Rehearsal session with Egil, 2014 3 + piano player (2014-10 +/- 1m - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan rehearsal (Unchain Melody)^↗

Lindmo talk show

• [NRK talk show with Anne Lindmo] (2015-11-14 - live)

  Angelina Jordan synger hos Lindmo^↗

Home recording (2017/18)

This was uploaded in early 2018, but might have been recorded somewhat earlier:

• with a backing track (2017 - recording)

  Angelina Jordan - Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers) - Sound remastered^↗

2023

Snippet from music video set

• [a cappella] (2023 - live)

  Angelina Jordan: Unchained melody acapella (new post 07.06) #angelinajordan #new #reaction^↗(fragment)

Napa Valley Wedding

This was uploaded by Mery on her TikTok:

• (2023-10 - live)

  Angelina Jordan singing "Unchained Melody"^↗ [There's a cut close to the end](fragment)

Portsmouth (NH) concert

• (2023-09-22 - live)

  Angelina Jordan UNCHAINED MELODY 1st Ever USA Concert, Portsmouth, NH 9-22-2023 custom audio mix^↗ [audio enhanced]

  [1]^↗ [horizontal, zoomed in](fragment)

A tribute to Narges Mohammadi

This was an event for the 2023 Nobel Peace Price, with KORK:

• [Noble Peace Price 2023] (2023-12-11 - live)

  A tribute to Narges Mohammadi^↗

Rehearsals

• [early stage getting the arrangement done] (2023-12 - rehearsal)

  Sweet moment with Angelina in rehearsal for Unchained Melody 💖^↗

• (2023-12 - rehearsal)

  [2]^↗

• (2023-12 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan UNCHAINED MELODY Nobel Peace Prize 2023 Tribute REHEARSAL^↗

2024

Las Vegas concerts

• 7pm (2024-02-29 - live)

  Angelina Jordan - Unchained Melody - Westgate Resort Las Vegas 2/29/24 - FULL VIDEO^↗

• 9:30pm (2024-02-29 - live)

  Angelina Jordan | "Unchained Melody" | Live in Las Vegas 2/29/24 | Two-Camera Edit^↗

Teaser

• preparation [promo clip] (2024-02 - )

  [3]^↗(fragment)

Rehearsal

• preparation [rehearsal] (2024-02 - )

  Angelina Jordan - Unchained Melody- Rehearsal for Westgate Las Vegas Concert^↗(fragment)

Glendale concert

• (2024-09-20 - live)

  Angelina Jordan (18) - 'Unchained Melody' (cover) - Alex Theatre, September 20, 2024, Glendale, USA^↗

2026

Las Vegas concert

• (2026-01-31 - live)

  [4]^↗ [from backstage]