# Neil Diamond-" Sweet Caroline " 3: 24

Other notable artists who recorded early Diamond songs were Elvis Presley, who interpreted " Sweet Caroline " as well as " And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind "; Mark Lindsay, former lead singer for Paul Revere & the Raiders, who covered " And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind "; the English hard-rock band Deep Purple, which interpreted " Kentucky Woman "; Lulu, who covered " The Boat That I Row ", and Cliff Richard, who released versions of " I'll Come Running ", " Solitary Man ", " Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon ", " I Got The Feelin ' ( Oh No No )", and " Just Another Guy ".

His sound mellowed, with such songs as " Sweet Caroline ", a US hit in 1969, " Holly Holy ", "' Cracklin ' Rosie " and " Song Sung Blue ", the last two reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Diamond admitted in 2007 that he had written " Sweet Caroline " for Caroline Kennedy after seeing her on the cover of Life in an equestrian riding outfit.

" Sweet Caroline " became a popular sing-along at sporting events, starting with Boston College football and basketball games.

The announcement, which marked the first official confirmation of any 2008 concert dates in the US, came during the traditional eighth-inning sing-along of his " Sweet Caroline ", which has become an anthem for Boston fans.

On April 28, 2008, Diamond appeared on the roof of the Jimmy Kimmel building to sing " Sweet Caroline " after Kimmel was jokingly arrested trying to sing the song.

Rushmore float singing a shorten versions of " America " and " Sweet Caroline " to promote tourism for the state of South Dakota.

* Sweet Caroline a song by Neil Diamond released in 1969.

The students also sing songs in unison including " Sweet Caroline " and "( Build Me Up ) Buttercup " The University of Wisconsin Marching Band performs its " Fifth Quarter " after every game.

# " Sweet Caroline "

Singer Neil Diamond performed Sweet Caroline in her honor.

At Boston's Fenway Park, a tradition has brought the singing of Sweet Caroline in the middle of the eighth inning.

Boston Red Sox fans at Fenway Park, for example, sing along to Neil Diamond's recording of " Sweet Caroline ".

The Washington Nationals have also adopted this tradition, as had the New York Mets before they recently dropped " Sweet Caroline " and replaced it with " Meet the Mets " ( though this tradition was started by fans of the New York Jets and New York Rangers.

Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts received considerable attention from Jackass star Bam Margera and the songs " My Velvet Little Darkness ", " Short Glance ", " Should " and " Sweet Caroline " along with a vocal excerpt from " Sad Theme for a Marriage " were played on his show Bam's Unholy Union.

*" Sweet Caroline " by Neil Diamond

" Sweet Caroline " is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single.

In the autumn of 1969, Diamond performed " Sweet Caroline " on several television shows.

In a 2007 interview, Diamond revealed the inspiration for " Sweet Caroline " was President John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, who was eleven years old at the time.

" Sweet Caroline " is popular at sporting events.

" She had noticed ' Sweet Caroline ' was used at other sporting events, and she decided to send the sweetness over the Fenway speakers.

In 1945, the first formal women's barbershop organization, Sweet Adelines, was formed.

His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty ( 1955 ), Trapeze ( 1956 ), and Sweet Smell of Success ( 1957 ).

That move was hinted at in their 1976 Top Ten hits " Sweet Love " and " Just to Be Close to You.

The first single, " Only Time ", was used in the film Sweet November and received U. S. radio airplay in late 2000.

Not only were Chandler's novels turned into major noirs — Murder, My Sweet ( 1944 ; adapted from Farewell, My Lovely ), The Big Sleep ( 1946 ), and Lady in the Lake ( 1947 )— he was an important screenwriter in the genre as well, producing the scripts for Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia ( 1946 ), and Strangers on a Train ( 1951 ).

Independent production usually meant restricted circumstances, but not always — Sweet Smell of Success, for instance, despite the original plans of the production team, was clearly not made on the cheap, though like many other cherished A-budget noirs it might be said to have a B-movie soul.

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam had a style that was less electro and more pop, and paved the way for artists such as Corina, Stevie B, George Lamond, Sweet Sensation and the Cover Girls to cross over into the pop market.

Nights of Cabiria was adapted as the Broadway musical Sweet Charity and the movie Sweet Charity ( 1969 ) by Bob Fosse starring Shirley MacLaine.

) It is assumed that the three-part song Sweet tyranness, I now resign was written by him as a child.

Loach opposes censorship in cinema and was outraged at the " 18 " certificate given to Sweet Sixteen.

Mötley Crüe has been featured on a number of VH1 countdown shows, " Dr. Feelgood " was ranked the No. 7 Greatest Air Guitar Song, " Live Wire " was ranked the No. 17 Greatest Metal Song Of All Time, and " Home Sweet Home " was ranked the No. 12 Greatest Power Ballad Of All Time.

A widely related story, attributed to Richard ( Prophet ) Jennings was that Davis, while in Detroit playing at the Blue Bird club as a guest soloist in Billy Mitchell's house band along with Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Betty Carter, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, Curtis Fuller and Donald Byrd stumbled into Baker's Keyboard Lounge out of the rain, soaking wet and carrying his trumpet in a paper bag under his coat, walked to the bandstand and interrupted Max Roach and Clifford Brown in the midst of performing Sweet Georgia Brown by beginning to play My Funny Valentine, and then, after finishing the song, stumbled back into the rainy night.

Finally, in 1879, after two years ' negotiating by Sweet, Furnivall, and Murray, the OUP agreed to publish the dictionary and to pay the editor, Murray, who was also the Philological Society president.

Robyn completed a short US tour to promote Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008.

It was re-released in 1999, with a bonus track, Crow's cover of the Guns N ' Roses song " Sweet Child o ' Mine ," which was included on the soundtrack of the film Big Daddy.

* Sweet Honey in the Rock's 1981 album, Good News, contains tracks titled " Biko " and " Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto ", which compares Biko's death to that of Chilean musician Victor Jara and was covered by Billy Bragg in 1992.

Sweet tea was once consumed as a punch mixed with hard liquour with flavorings of mint and cream, with mint julep being a close version of the punch drink with its similar ingredients.

He was a member of The Low And Sweet Orchestra and later the Cranky George Trio.

Suite XVI, the follow-up album to Norfolk Coast, was released in September 2006 ( the title is a pun on " Sweet 16 " and also a reference to the fact that it was the band's sixteenth studio album ) and continued the band's resurgence.

Foster met Elizabeth ( Lisa ) Braden during his sophomore year at Davidson ; she was the daughter of an insurance broker from Nashville and was attending Sweet Briar College.