Round 8: Tossup 4

Just before his death, Elvis Presley performed this song to surprise the crowd in Rapid City, South Dakota. Simon Cowell broke through as a records executive in 1995 via a recording of this song, after spending several months harassing Soldier Soldier actors Robson Green (15[1])and Jerome Flynn into singing it. (15[2])Phil Spector hounded radio stations to get them to stop playing a release of this song, after he failed to bury it as the B-side to “Just Once in My Life;” that 1965 recording’s (*) high-pitched final verse melody was the personal touch of Bobby Hatfield. This song plays from a record player that appears to start on its own accord in a 1990 film starring Demi Moore. Alex North composed (10[1])this prison film theme, which was revived by the pottery wheel scene in Ghost. For 10 points, the Righteous Brothers (10[1])made a hit recording of what song known as its namesake film’s “melody?” ■END■

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