Though “Unchained Melody” was written as the theme song for the 1955 prison film, Unchained, it’s since become one of the most well-known songs in popular music. Composed by Alex North with lyrics by ...

“Orchestra of Exiles” (unrated, 85 minutes, First Run Features): Josh Aronson’s film shows how the great violinist Bronislaw Huberman saved as many as a thousand lives from Hitler by creating the ...

Al Hibbler, the blind baritone singer who came to prominence with Duke Ellington’s orchestra in the 1940s and then scored a hit with his version of the Alex North song “Unchained Melody,” has died at ...