Vito & the Salutations is a New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 doo wop group from the 1960s, whose first popular recording, "Gloria," was a regional hit.

Vito & the Salutations scored a success in 1963 with an up-tempo version of the song "Unchained Melody

Unchained Melody

"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....

," which reached number 60 on the Cash Box

Cash Box magazine

Cashbox magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industries in the USA which was published from July 1942 to November 16, 1996...

hit parade and made the top ten in many cities.

The group existed from 1961–1965, with a reunion in 1971. Lead singer Vito Balsamo also performed with the DelVons and The Kelloggs and still performs in The Golden Group Memories

The Golden Group Memories

The Golden Group Memories is a touring music group that contains former members of doo-wop groups. The 2006 line-up includes:*Vito Balsamo of the Salutations*Randy Silverman of the Impalas*Leo Lucas of the Cavaliers*Jimmy Merchant of The Teenagers...

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The group's doo wop version of "Unchained Melody" has been included in several movies, most notably the 1990 film Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese...

. It also can be heard in the Sci-Fi Dine-In restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Spanning 135 acres in size, its theme is show business, drawing inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s...

 at Walt Disney World.