WESTPORT, Conn. – Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99. Zaret died at his home ...

And that insistence proved prescient: “Unchained Melody,” in short order ... was the one that would bring North’s tune and Zaret’s lyrics to jukeboxes across America, making it a standard ...

I say "No. It's a real honor." I think "Unchained Melody" and "Lovin' Feeling" have probably been recorded about 5,000 times. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" was your first chart-topping single.

He wrote the lyrics for many songs and advertising jingles, but his biggest hit was “Unchained Melody,” written with composer Alex North for a 1955 prison movie called “Unchained,” starrin ...

In later years, Zaret had to fend off the claims by another man, electrical engineer William Stirrat, who said he wrote the “Unchained Melody” lyrics as a teenager in the 1930s and even ...

He relented and together they wrote “Unchained Melody.” However, Zaret refused to use the word “Unchained” in his lyrics. It eventually became known as the “Unchained Melody” even ...

In later years, Zaret had to fend off the claims by another man, electrical engineer William Stirrat, who said he wrote the “Unchained Melody” lyrics as a teenager in the 1930s and even ...

“But he found time to write the lyrics for ‘Unchained Melody.’” In 1955, “Unchained Melody” was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards and it’s now regarded as one of ...

He wrote lyrics for many songs and advertising jingles, but his biggest hit was “Unchained Melody,” written in 1955 for a film called “Unchained.” It brought Mr. Zaret and Alex North ...

Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently ... denizens of Tin Pan Alley who could compose lyrics to order. He wrote the song "One Meatball." ...