{"id":524,"date":"2011-01-06T18:36:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T22:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=524"},"modified":"2011-01-06T18:36:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T22:36:51","slug":"172011-the-unchained-melody-cat-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2011\/01\/06\/172011-the-unchained-melody-cat-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/7\/2011 &#8211; The &#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221; Cat Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday Night Cat Fight Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Unchained Melody\" src=\"http:\/\/en.academic.ru\/pictures\/enwiki\/85\/UnchainedMelodySingle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"318\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Friday Night Cat Fight takes on one of the most popular, most covered and best selling songs of all-time with &#8220;Unchained Melody.&#8221;\u00a0 Originally, it was written for the 1955 motion picture, &#8220;Unchained,&#8221; but after Les Baxter released an instrumental version of the tune on Capitol and it hit #1, it became one of the biggest songs of 1955, with versions by Al Hibbler and Roy Hamilton topping the R&amp;B charts and charting top 10 on the pop lists.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll also feature some very unique and heartfelt renditions of &#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221; by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (1957), New York&#8217;s Vito &amp; The Salutations (1963) and the mega-selling 1965 Righteous Brothers classic. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So listen and then vote for your favorite version of &#8220;Unchained Melody.&#8221;\u00a0 With over 500 covers of this tune, I couldn&#8217;t feature them all, but I think all six that are featured here are worth your time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><div id=\"polls-90\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_90\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_90_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"dd95214ae4\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You Dig The Most? - \"Unchained Melody\"<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-90-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-307\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"307\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-307\">Les Baxter (1955)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-308\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"308\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-308\">Al Hibbler (1955)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-309\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"309\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-309\">Roy Hamilton (1955)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-310\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"310\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-310\">Gene Vincent (1957)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-311\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"311\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-311\">Vito &amp; The Salutations (1963)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-312\" name=\"poll_90\" value=\"312\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-312\">The Righteous Brothers (1965)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(90);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(90);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(90); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(90); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-90-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2863\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-524-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF94.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF94.mp3\">https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF94.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?powerpress_pinw=524-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"FNCF94.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Friday Night Cat Fight Podcast with Matt The Cat, six versions of the classic tune, &#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221; compete for YOUR vote.  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