Neil Diamond was born
on 24 January 1941. He wrote the Monkees’ “I’m
a Believer”, Lulu’s “The Boat that I
Row” and Deep Purple’s “Kentucky
Woman”. Respect. He did all right as a solo artist too. Legend has it that (insert
incredible percentage of your choice, starting at 80) of New Zealand homes had
a copy of his 1972 live album Hot August
Night. Here he is performing “I Am, I Said” in 1971.
Sample lyric:
“I am,” I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
And here he is
performing “Holly Holy”, maybe the best Jewish gospel song ever before Leonard
Cohen got the idea:
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