 Unchained Melody by Vito and the Salutations Image by V. Smith, Houston, TX, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Vito And The SalutationsVito & the Salutations Vito & the Salutations 1960s doo-wop group Vito & the Salutations is an Italian/Irish/Jewish-American New York City doo-wop group from the 1960s. They began performing their four-part harmonies while still in high school, getting practice by singing in subways and at railroad stations. But they never expected anything to come of it, until one of the band members was introduced to someone at a local record company, and the band was asked to make some recordings.[1] Their first popular record, "Gloria," was a regional hit.[2] But Vito & the Salutations became best known for a surprise million-selling hit a year later, in the summer of 1963: they took "Unchained Melody," a 1955 hit ballad by Al… (Source: Wikipedia)
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