I chose “Unchained Melody” as my ‘U’ Elvis topic for the A to Z Blogging Challenge not because it is one of my favorite songs, but because it is VERY special to me as (along with “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”) it was the last song Elvis ever played – at the piano in the racquetball room the morning of his death.

“Unchained Melody” was written in 1955 by Alex North and Hy Zaret for a prison movied called Unchained. After the movie version, three versions were released in 1955 including one by Roy Hamilton. “Unchained Melody” was of course made famous by The Righteous Brothers in 1965, but it was Roy Hamilton’s version that Elvis covered in 1977 on his final album Moody Blue and sang at one of his final concerts and of course on the morning of death. (As I write these words, Elvis’ “Unchained Melody” just came on Elvis radio – haunting! wow!)

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