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| - %22Sweet Caroline%22 is a song written and performed by American recording artist Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single with the title %22Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)%22. It was arranged by Charles Calello, and recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.The song reached #4 on the Billboard chart and eventually went platinum for sales of one million singles.In the autumn of 1969, Diamond performed %22Sweet Caroline%22 on several television shows. It later reached #8 on the UK singles chart in 1971. In a 2007 interview, Diamond revealed the inspiration for his song was John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, who was eleven years old at the time it was released. Diamond sang the song to her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007.On December 21, 2011, in an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Diamond said that a magazine cover photo of Caroline Kennedy as a young child on a horse with her parents in the background created an image in his mind, and the rest of the song came together about five years after seeing the picture.The song has proven to be enduringly popular, and as of November 2014 has sold over two million digital downloads in the United States.
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