“Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond (1969)
Many people believed that Neil Diamond was inspired to write “Sweet Caroline” by Life Magazine’s cover from September 7, 1962. The cover featured four-year-old Caroline Kennedy horseback riding. In five years’ time, Diamond composed the track apparently thanks to that feature. However, Diamond only spilled the beans about the story behind the tune 42 years later. The CBS Early Show had Diamond on as a guest and it was here where he chose to reveal that the track is in fact about Martha, his ex-wife, but he was in need of a female name with only three syllables for the melody, therefore Caroline was born.
“Sweet Caroline” By Neil Diamond 1969
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