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  Song Artist/Date/Label Remade by
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 U.S. Male Jerry Reed 9-9-66
on lp RCA Victor 3756 Unbelievable Guitar & Voice Of Jerry Reed 		Elvis Presley
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 Ugly Woman (aka If You Wanna Be Happy) Roaring Lion 3-7-34
Banner 735 		Sir Lancelot, Jimmy Soul, Kid Creole & Coconuts
Hubert Charles, born in 1908 in Trinidad, began singing at an early age. He changed his name to Rafael De Leon, then Roaring Lion and traveled to NYC in the early 1930s to record calypsos, including "Ugly Woman."

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 Unchained Melody Les Baxter 1-17-55
Capitol 3055 		Al Hibbler (2-4-55), Roy Hamilton, June Valli (3-15-55), Righteous Bros., Elvis Presley, Sweet Inspirations et al.
First heard as instrumental theme music by Alex North, with a vocal version by Todd Duncan, in the 1955 film Unchained. As far as I can tell, Duncan's recording has not been released commercially nor has the movie even appeared on video.

Sixteen-year-old William Stirrat (aka Hy Zaret) wrote the "Unchained Melody" lyrics in 1936, the result of his infatuation with a young lady named Mary Louise "Cookie" Pierece. That same year Stirrat met Alex North, who composed the melody. It took 15 years to get it recorded but the payoff was immediate, and recurrent.

At least one source lists Baxter's recording date as 1-15-55.

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 Under Your Spell Again Buck Owens 6-16-59
Capitol 4245 		Johnny Rivers
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 Unicorn, The Shel Silverstein 11-13-62
on lp Atlantic 8072 Inside Folk Songs 		Irish Rovers
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 Universal Soldier Highwaymen 1963 (rel. 9-63)
United Artists 647 		Buffy Sainte-Marie , Donovan, Glen Campbell
The Highwaymen learned the song from writer Buffy Sainte-Marie while they appeared together at NYC's Gaslight Cafe.

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 Until It's Time For You To Go Buffy Sainte-Marie 1965
on lp Vanguard 9171 Many A Mile 		Buffy Sainte-Marie (1965 on Vanguard 35028), Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley
Buffy Sainte-Marie also had a 1970 issue of the song (Vanguard 35116) that was her original with added strings. Her 1965 single was a new recording that also included chorus and orchestration.

Another notable, if somewhat obscure, remake was by future Monkee Mike Nesmith. His early 1966 single (Colpix 792) was issued under the name Michael Blessing.