1974 (Neil Diamond's COMPLETE performance on the Shirley Bassey 1974 TV Special. Shirley and Neil sing a duet of Diamond's hit song, 'Play Me' and then Diamond sings two moe of his Hits, Sweet Caroline and Longfellow Serenade.) <br /> <br />ABOUT the song, Play Me: <br />"Play Me" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album Moods. The song, the first single from Moods, was recorded in February 1972 in Los Angeles. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in September of that year. It was listed by Billboard as #27 of his best 30 songs. <br /> <br />LYRICS: <br />She was morning <br />And I was night time <br />I one day woke up <br />To find her lying <br />Beside my bed <br />I softly said <br />"Come take me" <br />For I've been lonely <br />In need of someone <br />As though I'd done <br />Someone wrong somewhere <br />I don't know where <br />Come lately <br /> <br />You are the sun <br />I am the moon <br />You are the words <br />I am the tune <br />Play me <br /> <br />Song she sang to me <br />Song she brang to me <br />Words that rang in me <br />Rhyme that sprang from me <br />Warmed the night <br />And what was right <br />Became me <br /> <br />You are the sun <br />I am the moon <br />You are the words <br />I am the tune <br />Play me <br /> <br />And so it was <br />That I came to travel <br />Upon a road <br />That was thorned and narrow <br />Another place <br />Another grace <br />Would save me <br /> <br />You are the sun <br />I am the moon <br />You are the word <br />I am the tune <br />Play me <br /> <br />ABOUT the song, Sweet Caroline: <br />"Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. Diamond revealed the inspiration for "Sweet Caroline" was President John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, who was eleven years old at the time. Diamond sang the song to her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007. The song reached #4 on the USA Billboard chart and eventually went platinum for sales of one million singles. The song reached #8 on the UK charts. <br /> <br />ABOUT the song, Longfellow Serenade: <br />"Longfellow Serenade" is the title of a 1974 song by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. This song spent two weeks at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November. The song became Diamond's second number-one hit on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, following his 1972 single, "Song Sung Blue". Diamond said, "occasionally I like using a particular lyrical style which, in this case, lent itself naturally to telling the story of a guy who woos his woman with poetry." The title of the song is a reference to the 19th century American poet
