Hy Zaret was an American lyricist and composer who was born as Hyman Harry
Zaritsky in New York City, U.S., in 1907. He achieved early professional
recognition in 1936 with the pop standard "Dedicated to You", co-written with
Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn, and is famous for writing the lyrics to the 1955
hit "Unchained Melody". Originally written with the musician Alex North for the
film Unchained, the track became one of the most-recorded songs of the 20th
century and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song (1956).
His composition reached Number 1 on the U.K. si...