“In 1990 the movie Ghost came out, which featured our song ‘Unchained Melody.’ I told David Cohen we should call Mike Curb to see if we could get it re-released. Mike was the young ‘whiz-kid of the music business…He said there was a problem releasing ‘Unchained Melody’ again because of some leasing rights issue. However, Mike had an idea, ‘I’ll tell you what, go back in the studio and record it again.’ Bobby wasn’t really in ‘Unchained Melody’ shape, at least not to record it like the original with all those high notes—but, we went in the studio anyway and I worked with him and we got it…Artistically, a stupid idea; financially; a wonderful idea. The album when platinum” (Bill Medley and Mike Marino, The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother’s Memoir, 2014).
The Righteous Brothers “Unchained Melody”
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