Historically, the common law crime of arson had four elements: 1  The malicious. 2  burning. 3  of the dwelling. 4  of another.
Unchained Melody was written in 1955 by Hy Zaret and put to music created by Alex North. After it was rerecorded in 1965, Unchained Melody quickly became among the most recorded songs written in the 20th century.
The duo quickly re-recorded another version of Unchained Melody for Curb Records. Both the reissued and the re-recorded songs charted at the same times for several weeks, and the Righteous Brothers made history as the first act to have two versions of the same songs in the Top 20 at the same time.