who was the first person to record "unchained melody"?

Question

was it a south american.named "al hibbler" ?

Answer 1

Les Baxter, its the theme to a relatively unknown movie named "Unchained"

Answer 2

1) Al Hibbler 2) Les Baxter 3) Jimmy Young all in May 1955

Answer 3

The first UK single release of "Unchained melody" was sung by Jimmy Young, which charted in May 1955, but original vocals were by Todd Duncan.

In the 1950s, it was common for more than one artist to be in the charts with the same song at the same time. In 1955, there was three other versions in the UK chart sung respectively by Al Hibbler (May), Les Baxter (May) and Liberace (June).

Answer 4

"Unchained Melody" is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions.[1] One week in the 1950s saw no less than four different cover versions in the British charts alone. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles lists Jimmy Young, Les Baxter, Al Hibbler and Liberace in May and June 1955.

Originally written by renowned film composer Alex North as a theme for the now obscure 1955 prison film Unchained, the lyrics by Hy Zaret tell of a prisoner's anguished longing for his wife. (Note: the song was originally written, lyrics first, by William Stirrat aka Hy Zaret in 1936 at a summer camp in an attempt to woo a girl, Mary Louise "Cookie" Pierce. At this same camp he met Alex North and begged him to write a melody for it. Eventually he succeeded. They first wanted Bing Crosby to sing the song who was Alex North's neighbor at the time. It took them until 1955 to get Al Hibbler to sing it and in the year it was finally released it charted the top 30 by four different artists.) Les Baxter recorded it for the film's soundtrack (it was also released as a single, Capitol Records catalog number 3055, and reached #1 on the Billboard charts), and it was very soon after recorded by Al Hibbler (Decca Records catalog number 29441) that topped out at #3. Roy Hamilton's version (Epic Records catalog number 9102) reached #6, while June Valli took it to #29. The first hit version was by Harry Belafonte, who also sang it at the 1956 Academy Awards. There is also an uptempo doo-wop version by Vito & the Salutations.

Perhaps the best known version is from 1965, credited to the Righteous Brothers but performed as a solo by Bobby Hatfield, who later recorded versions credited solely to himself. It climbed to #4.

Answer 5

Al Hibbler recorded this song in 1955. I'm not sure if this is the first recording of it or not.

Answer 6

Les Baxter in 1955

Answer 7

Jimmy Young

Answer 8

Jimmy Young

Answer 9

Les Baxter

Answer 10

Righteous Brothers.