“Sweet Caroline” From President’s Daughter to Sport Anthem
“Sweet Caroline” was officially released in September 16th, 1968. This song was written and performed by Neil Diamond as a single. The single it self was started to appear on some television shows in autumn 1969. Sweet Caroline in that time has reached #4 on the Billboard chart and had got platinum for the record sales, which reached over one million singles.
Diamond revealed that the song “Sweet Caroline” was inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, who was eleven years old that time.
“Sweet Caroline” was becoming more popular as it was used as victory song for New York Rangers during 2005-2006 season. No long after that, the song began being played at Madison Square Garden by the PA System at the end of games that the Rangers were winning. The song then began only being played if a game was out of reach for the opponent or after the game.
In English Football season 2005-2006, Sweet Caroline was adopted by the players of Reading Football Club where the audience enthusiastically hail the song.
In Australia, the song is recited at St. John’s College, University of Sydney after sporting events and at formal dinners where the residents wear academic attire.
Here is Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline that I got from Youtube
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