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"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song by #AlexNorth with lyrics by #HyZaret. North composed the music as a theme for #itsNamesake1955PrisonFilm. The version of the song in the film's soundtrack was sung by #ToddDuncan. It has since become a #standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with the version recorded by #theRighteousBrothers in 1965 notable in its own right. According to the song's publishing administrator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7obNtXLYU

Vince is back with our #weeklypicks in time for your weekend reading! 📚

Featuring ✨

The Whisper Man by #AlexNorth
Dog On It by #SpencerQuinn
The Cruel Sea by #NicholasMonsarrat
Knots and Crosses by #IanRankin
The Golden Age of Magic by #LuanneGSmith
Molka by #MonikaKim
The Bronze Horseman by #PaullinaSimons
The Photonic Effect by #MikeChen
Taming Kane by #TessaStone
Salvation by #CWilliamLangsfeld
Empire of AI by #KarenHao
Small Joys by #ElvinJamesMensah

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"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song by #AlexNorth with lyrics by #HyZaret. North composed the music as a theme for #itsNamesake1955PrisonFilm. The version of the song in the film's #soundtrack was sung by #ToddDuncan. It has since become a #standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with the version recorded by #theRighteousBrothers in 1965 notable in its own right. According to the song's publishing administrator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjiA5RzosEY

Ein Moment, in dem das Kino seine ganze eigene Geschichte neu überschrieben hat: Dieser Film gehört ganz ohne Zweifel zu den ganz seltenen Fällen. Er ist noch immer ein Monument. Aber auch eines, das immer noch unter seiner Oberfläche brodelt. Kein sauberer Sandalenfilm, sondern ein hochpolitischer Kommentar. Einer, der unter der Last seiner eigenen Entstehungsgeschichte fast zerbrochen ist und genau daraus noch immer seine ganze Wucht zieht. Mit Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov und Laurence Olivier. (ARTE, Wh.)