Unchained Melody

Posted by Robin on Feb 28, 2013 in Featured, Songs | Comments Off on The Way We Were, by Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand was at the height of her popularity when she paired with Robert Redford in The Way We Were. Movie: yawn. Song:...

Posted by Robin on Nov 8, 2012 in Featured, Songs | Comments Off on “Unchained Melody”

Remember the great 1955 prison film Unchained? Well of course you don’t. But Alex North and Hy Zaret wrote a memorable theme song for...

Posted by Robin on Aug 18, 2011 in Featured, Singer | Comments Off on Singers: The Righteous Brothers

The story goes that one night as Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield sang as part of a group called the Paramours, an African-American in the...

Posted by Robin on May 8, 2011 in Music | Comments Off on Music: Billboard Milestones

No explanation needed here, except to say that these accomplishments relate to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, created in 1958, and the...