Barry Philips Discos

Published by Barry Philips · March 12 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
13-Neil Diamond-Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed so Good.)
1969-It did not chart in the UK until 1971, when reaching Number 8.
Best Bit-At 1.04.Forget ‘We will Rock You,’ ‘We are the Champions,’ ‘Three Lions’ or ‘Eye of the Tiger,’ when attending a sporting event around the world this is the anthem you are most likely to hear.
Neil Diamond (see also best songs 536 and 426) is well known for teasing interviewers as to what his songs are about. Reading between the lines Diamond appears to have taken initial inspiration for the songs title after seeing a magazine cover photo of President John F.Kennedy’s daughter Caroline as a young child on a horse, with her parents. However in 2014 Diamond said the song was about his then wife Marcia, but he needed a three syllable name to fit it’s melody.
Diamond has said that he was due in the recording studio for a three hour session but he only had two songs to record, so the night before in his motel room he wrote ‘Sweet Caroline,’ he said it was one of the fastest songs he ever wrote. Of all the cover versions of the song he has said that the ‘Big Band’ rendition by Frank Sinatra is the best by far.
‘How can I hurt when I’m holding you.’
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