‘Unchained Melody’ by The Righteous Brothers peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 28 1965)

(Saturday, August 28, 1965)“Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.

In 2004, Rolling Stone placed the Righteous Brothers version of the song at number 365 on their list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”