Sweet Caroline--Number 193 of the Top 200 Songs of All-Time

Hard to believe for the younger generation, but I grew up at a time when there was not a chorus of people singing 'so good, so good', after Neil Diamond sang, 'Good times never seemed so good' I loved Sweet Caroline, before it became the cultural phenomenon at Red Sox games and now at many other sporting events.



Neil Diamond has been an icon for fifty years. The Brooklyn born Diamond has sold over 120 million records worldwide. Think of all his songs---Cracklin' Rosie, Song Sung Blue, America, and the list goes on and one. His most popular song and my favorite is the classic Sweet Caroline, which he named in honor of Caroline Kennedy.

Sweet Caroline was Number 22 in the Billboard's Top 100 of the Year in 1969.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Number 193 of my Top 200 of All-Time is Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline






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