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Covers of Neil - World of Neil Diamond

Artist Song
Smash Mouth  I'm a Believer  
UB40  Red, Red Wine  
Johnny Cash  Solitary Man  
Urge Overkill  Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon  
Dave Matthews Band  Sweet Caroline (Live)  
Elvis Presley  And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind  
Frank Sinatra  Song Sung Blue  
Barbra Streisand  You Don't Bring Me Flowers  
Deep Purple  Kentucky Woman  
Shane MacGowan & The Popes  Cracklin' Rosie  
Lulu  The Boat That I Row  
Albert Lee  Long Gone  
Bobby Womack  Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)  
Junior Walker & The All Stars  Holly Holy  
The Groovie Ghoulies  Lookout, Here Comes Tomorrow  
Bunny Rugs & Upsetters  I Am I Said  
Marcia Griffiths  Play Me  
John Holt  Soolaiman  
The Music Machine  Cherry, Cherry  
Gladys Knight  Love On The Rocks  
Jane Olivor  Brooklyn Roads  
Martin Zellar  If You Know What I Mean  
David Hasselhoff  Forever In Blue Jeans  
Original Broadway Cast  Crunchy Granola  

Comment:

If you ever needed proof that Neil Diamond is one of the greatest songwriters of his — or any other — generation, just listen to five decades of his hits covered by your favorite artists. The Monkees handed Neil his first chart-topper — and had [i]their[/i] biggest smash — with “I’m a Believer,” which scored [i]yet again[/i] when Smash Mouth cut it for [i]Shrek[/i]’s soundtrack. Barbra Streisand’s solo recording of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” inspired a DJ to edit her version together with Neil’s — and, [i]wham[/i], the phones lit up like a Vegas casino. When Neil heard the remix, he and Barbra recut the song as a duet — and a #1 hit. Richie Blackmore’s most tasteful — and restrained — guitar solo ever graces Deep Purple’s psych-meets-prog-party cover of “Kentucky Woman.” And Urge Overkill kick-started hipsters’ Diamond rediscovery renaissance with their dreamily seductive cover of “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon,” from the [i]Pulp Fiction[/i] soundtrack. From an inexplicably large number of reggae covers, including UB40’s “Red Red Wine,” to Shane MacGowan and the Popes’ whiskey-over-gravel take on “Cracklin’ Rosie,” we’ve got Diamond covered.
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