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- This song often appears with the title, Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good).. Soul man Bobby Womack recorded a popular version of this song that made #51 US in 1972. The song returned to the charts again in 2009 when it was covered by the cast of Glee.
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Sweet Adeline Sweet Nuthin', and “Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)” – none are as sugary as the a cappella “Sweet Adeline.” The early history of the song, however, was marked by sourness – and turns in the story of the song mark key dates in the shifting history of the music industry. 1  Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, “Sweet Adeline”.
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Lincliff The Lincliff estate was sold out of the Belknap family in 1922 according to the Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: JF-531 in the Jefferson County Office of Historic Preservation and Archives. In 1945 it was purchased by the C. Edwin Gheens family. Mr. Gheens owned the Bradas and Gheens Candy Company. His widow, later Mrs. Richard H. Hill, was involved in many civic and philanthropic causes and lived at Lincliff until her death in 1982. Lincliff is currently one of the principal residences of writer Sue Grafton and her husband Stephen F. Humphrey.
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Tiny Tim The name Tiny Tim was first popularized by author Charles Dickens, and has been used by several musical performers including a jump blues singer, and a rockabilly artist but is most commonly associated with Herbert Buckingham Khaury (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), an American singer who achieved temporary fame singing in a falsetto ...
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Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' Revealed! Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' Revealed! You’ve sung it at countless weddings (“So good! So good! So good!”), and now Neil Diamond has finally revealed the real-life woman who inspired his song “Sweet Caroline.” And the lucky woman was… President John F. Kennedy’s daughter Caroline. “I’ve never discussed it with anybody before – intentionally,” the 66-year-old singer-songwriter tells the Associated Press.
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- Good Times Never Seemed So Good For Red Sox Fans. Neil Diamond and the Boston Red Sox are two American institutions with a very loyal following. And since the late ‘90s these two pop culture icons have been linked together through one of the more odd traditions at Fenway Park. At every Red Sox home game, Diamond’s classic Sweet Caroline is played on the ballpark’s speakers before the bottom of the 8th inning. The sing-along song has become such a Fenway staple that it was even included in the 2005 movie Fever Pitch.
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Neil Diamond: 'didn't like Sweet Caroline' In 2007, however, Diamond performed the song via satellite at Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party, and said that the song was about her. He told the Associated Press: I've never discussed it with anybody before-intentionally.
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Justin Guarini As âLilâ Sweetâ: Fans, Critics Compare Character In Diet Dr. Pepper Ads To Prince Justin Guarini As ‘Lil’ Sweet’: Fans, Critics Compare Character In Diet Dr. Pepper Ads To Prince. Singer Justin Guarini seems to be getting a lot of attention recently for his performance in several soda commercials. The American Idol alum plays the character “Lil’ Sweet” in a series of advertisements and commercials promoting Diet Dr. Pepper as “the sweet one.”.
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- The name Caroline became much more popular in the '90s, and by 2000 was the 65th most popular female baby name. In 1969, however, the name was relatively obscure, ranking just 225. This upward trend of the name certainly helped the song's fortunes, but a case can also be made that the song gave parents the idea.
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Caroline Caroline is a perennial classic, in the Top 100 since 1994. It now ranks at Number 62, roughly the same position it held in 1885. Caroline is elegant, calling to mind the Kennedy Camelot years and Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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Sweet Adeline (song) It did not become a hit until it was performed in 1904 by the group The Quaker City Four. John F. Fitzgerald, who served as mayor of Boston, represented Massachusetts in Congress and was the maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy, made Sweet Adeline his theme song in 1909. Over the next four decades, he personally sang it at countless political and social events and on the radio.
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- A popular medieval name, Emmeline was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It appeared as a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is famous in Britain as the name of the illustrious suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst.
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- Jesse Frederick is a film and television composer best known for writing the themes to television shows such as Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, and Step B…y Step.   In 1971, Frederick recorded a self-titled debut for Albert Grossman's Bearsville Records.
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Ain't She Sweet Share this page. In May 1961, the Beatles were hired as the backup band for singer Tony Sheridan, resulting in the recording of eight tracks, six of which featured Sheridan on vocals, one of which was an instrumental written by John Lennon and George Harrison, and one of which, Ain't She Sweet, featured a lead vocal by Lennon.
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Sweet Caroline The song was also played before the start of the Stockholm Marathon in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, June 1, 2013, as a tribute to those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. On April 25, 2013, Sweet Caroline was played following a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing during the NFL Draft.
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The Mystery of 'Sweet Caroline' and the Sox And finally, I did. I spoke to a woman named Amy Toobey(ph), who had been the music director before Megan Kaiser. It was Amy who started playing Sweet Caroline. The reason: She just liked the song. That's it. She just liked the song, and when she played it at Fenway the first time eight years ago, people went crazy. Crowd: (Singing) Good times never seemed so good. So good, so good, so good... ORLEAN: So good, so good, so good, so bad. Crowd: (Singing) Sweet Caroline, bah, bah, bah.
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- Fever by Peggy Lee. This tale of passionate love was originally recorded by a singer named Little Willie John. In 1937, he was born William Edgar John in Arkansas. He was one of the first R&B singers, fairly popular in the late '50s and early '60s.
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DOD Acquisition awards nomination period begins DOD Acquisition awards nomination period begins. DOD Acquisition awards nomination period begins. FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 14, 2015) —The nomination period for the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (USD (AT&L)) Awards Program begins today and runs through May 27.
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Fanny Brice (January 2013). Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American illustrated song model, comedian, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show.he May 29, 1951, episode of The Baby Snooks Show was broadcast as a memorial to the star who created the brattish toddler, crowned by Hanley Stafford's brief on-air eulogy: We have lost a very real, a very warm, a very wonderful woman.. Brice was cremated.
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- About the artist. Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph, known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single Lovin' You and her five-octave vocal range. Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center.
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Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars and family respond to news of Sawyer Sweeten's death Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars and family respond to news of Sawyer Sweeten's death. The actress who played Sawyer Sweeten's mother in Everybody Loves Raymond says her on-screen son was an exceptionally bright man whose death on Thursday in an apparent suicide was premature. Sweeten, 19, first appeared on the sitcom as Geoffrey Barone when he was 16 months old.
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List of Full House and Fuller House characters 1 Caroline (portrayed by Dorothy Parke) is a friend of Danny's, who was first seen in the season one episode Sea Cruise, as one of the dates who appear while Danny, Joey, and Jesse go on a fishing trip on a boat. 2  She also appeared in the episode The Big Three-O six episodes later.
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George Clooney Sings 'Sweet Caroline' With Neil Diamond at Carousel of Hope Ball (Video) George Clooney: actor, director, humanitarian -- and singer? At Saturday's Carousel of Hope Ball, where Clooney was the honoree, he joined up with Neil Diamond for a duet of the singer's classic Sweet Caroline..
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Neil Diamond: 'didn't like Sweet Caroline' Diamond has given different accounts of the origin of the song, which is about his second wife, Marcia Murphey, whom he married in 1969 (they divorced in 1995). He needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody, however, so Sweet Marcia didn't work.
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Sweet Caroline Sweet Caroline. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 23, 1969 and eventually went platinum for sales of one million singles.. Sweet Caroline was also the first of fifty-eight entries on the US, Easy Listening chart, on this chart the song peaked at #3.
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Minnie Riperton Minnie Riperton. Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single Lovin' You and her five-octave vocal range. Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.