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"Unchained Melody" writer Hy Zaret dies Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99. Zaret died at his home Monday, about a month shy of his 100th birthday, his son, Robert Zaret, said Tuesday. He penned words to many songs and advertising jingles but his biggest hit was "Unchained Melody," written in 1955 for a film called "Unchained." It brought Zaret and Alex North, the composer, an Academy Award nomination for best song. Zaret refused the producer's request to work the...

Wilkin also was credited with discovering Kris Kristofferson NASHVILLE -- Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, who helped pen such classics as "The Long Black Veil" and "One Day at a Time," has died. She was 86. Wilkin died Saturday, said S. Reese, director of Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home. Wilkin had learned last year that her 2003 triple-bypass heart operation had failed and that she was not a candidate for another procedure. "It's OK," she said. "I have my faith. I am ready to go. Don't be sad for me." Wilkin was a founder of the Nashville Songwriters Association, a nonprofit group that...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A little-known Belgian songwriter won a plagiarism case against Madonna on Friday, leading a local court to ban the megastar's song "Frozen" from sale or broadcast in the country. Songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva's suit had alleged that Madonna's 1998 hit off the album "Ray of Light" plagiarized parts of his song, "Ma Vie Fout L'camp (My Life's Getting Nowhere)," which had been written five years earlier. "The judge has ruled Madonna must withdraw from sales all remaining disks, and orders that TV and radio can no longer play 'Frozen,'" Acquaviva's lawyer, Victor-Vincent Dehin, said. No damages were set....

Songwriter Carole King is a long time resident of Idaho. Her home is just North of Sun Valley, where John Kerry has a vacation home. She stumped for fledgling democrats across our state. She wrote this comment in a letter to our local newspaper: "If the current situation isn't working for you, please vote for Sen. Kerry. Women: you don't have to vote the way your father or husband does. It's a secret ballot." CAROLE KING Stanley

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<p>THIRTY-NINE pages of song lyrics by Lorenz Hart- almost all in the celebrated lyricist's own hand - have been discovered in a vault at the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.</p> <p>Most of the lyrics are of songs from shows Hart wrote with Richard Rodgers in the '20s. However, it also includes lyrics for songs for which the music was either lost or never written.</p>