Stumbling onto Yahoo’s Homepage, what did I find but a tidbit of “news” on New York’s own Neil Diamond and his hit song “Sweet Caroline.” After decades of secrecy, he finally revealed to the world who the inspiration for the song was….Caroline Kennedy. Well blow me down!!! I had thought that everyone (along with his/her dog and cat) knew that one. (I don’t mean to brag, but I knew it since 1969.)
“I’ve never discussed it with anybody before–intentionally,” Diamond told the Associated Press . “I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday.” Diamond’s chance finally arrived when he performed via satellite at Caroline’s 50th birthday party.
When Diamond was a “young, broke songwriter,” he came upon a photo of Caroline “dressed to the nines in her riding outfit, beside her pony.” He was so impressed with the picture, immediately sensing a song in the “innocent, wonderful” picture, that he eventually wrote one while holed up in a Memphis motel in less than an hour. The rest is history, including a #1 on the charts hit song…and I love that song.
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