Throwing back to the week of May 17, 1955, we find a couple of repeats atop the Billboard chart in Perez Pablo’s ‘Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White‘ and Georgia Gibbs’ ‘Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower).’

In the #3 spot that week was Les Baxter’s version of ‘Unchained Melody,’ a short instrumental take with choral accompaniment. This is one of three versions of the song that bounced around the top ten in 1955 — the other two were by Al Hibbler and Roy Hamilton.

The song was originally written for the film Unchained and performed by Todd Duncan before it became one of the most covered songs of all time. The most famous version was recorded by The Righteous Brothers in 1965.

‘Unchained Melody’ was nominated for the Best Song Oscar and performed at the ceremony by Harry Belafonte (who had released a version of his own). It lost to ‘Love is a Many-Splendored Thing’ from the movie of the same name.