Article: Gareth, 17, ousts Will with chart-topper; POP: Unchained Melody breaks record.(Arts)

Article: Stampede for Gareth's Unchained Melody.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 19, 2002 ;     510 words ... ... during ITV1's Pop Idol search and overcame ... Pepsi and Wella. Unchained Melody holds a record as ... he will depose Pop Idol winner Young who ... HOT DEMAND: Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates' debut single Unchained Melody

Article: I made a fortune with Jerome but the Pop Idols are being ripped ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Gareth Gates and his Pop Idol buddies are being fleeced ... such as I Believe and Unchained Melody. The 39-year-old ... those Fame Academy and Pop Idol kids by comparison to ... pop. Ironically, Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell was ...

Article: HY ZARET ; 'Unchained Melody' lyricist
The Independent - London;  July 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Robson Green to sing "Unchained Melody" at a wedding reception ... brief pop career. "Unchained Melody" was the first song ... television talent contest Pop Idol: "It's a song ... one of them was "Unchained Melody", he had quite a ...

Article: Unchained Melody a vital link for love
Belfast Telegraph;  February 13, 2004 ;     364 words ...THE classic hit Unchained Melody has topped a poll of Northern Ireland's best-loved love songs ... for the song accounted for more than 30% of the overall votes. Pop Idol contestants Will Young and Gareth Gates both have a spot in the ...

Article: `Unchained Melody' Is a Chart Repeater
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 25, 1993 ;     567 words ...Q. A friend believes she heard "Unchained Melody" by Al Hibbler in the early '50s ... Perhaps the first hit version of "Unchained Melody" you recall is the 1965 release by ... history of the many versions of "Unchained Melody" will sort this out for you. Written ...

Transcript: 'Unchained Melody' Lyricist Dies at 99
NPR All Things Considered;  July 3, 2007 ;     376 words ... ... Things Considered 07-03-2007 'Unchained Melody' Lyricist Dies at 99 Host: ROBERT ... do so much. (Soundbite of song "Unchained Melody") Unidentified Man #1: (Singing ... and others singing the lyric to "Unchained Melody," written in 1955 by Hy Zaret ...

Article: Unchained Melody lyricist Hy Zaret dies at 99
Winnipeg Free Press;  July 4, 2007 ;     393 words ... ... who wrote the haunting words to Unchained Melody, one of the most frequently recorded ... advertising jingles but his biggest hit was Unchained Melody, written in 1955 for a film called ... fragments into her song Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody. But most baby boomers remember the ...