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Alex North

real name Isadore Soifer

US composer

Chester, United States · 1910-12-04 – 1991-09-08

Alex North is credited on 4,846 releases across 1,275 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,846

Credits

1,275

Albums

8

Decades active

517

In collections

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American composer born December 4, 1910 and died September 8, 1991.
Best known for writing the music for the song, "Unchained Melody", one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. He charted 31 times between 1955 and 2010, with 27 of those times with "Unchained Melody".

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Credited work

4,846 releases · 1,275 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Performance · 5,024
  • Other credits · 236
  • Production · 4

Studios: The Bohemian Caverns · Gold Star Studios · Webster Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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