Longfellow Serenade
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| Single by Neil Diamond | ||||
| from the album Serenade | ||||
| B-side | "Rosemary's Wine" | |||
| Released | 1974 (US) | |||
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Neil Diamond | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Catalano | |||
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"Longfellow Serenade" is the title of a 1974 song by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. It was written by Diamond, produced by Tom Catalano, and included on Diamond's album Serenade.
"Longfellow Serenade" spent two weeks at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1974.[1] It became Diamond's second #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, following his 1972 single, "Song Sung Blue".[2]
Diamond described "Longfellow Serenade" in the liner notes to his 1996 compilation album, In My Lifetime: "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."[2] The title of the song is a reference to the 19th-century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2] Diamond chose to reference Longfellow specifically after recalling an instance in which, while in his teens, Diamond had used one of the poet's works to successfully seduce a significantly older woman.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 177.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 150.
- ↑ Jackson, Laura (2005). Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion (ECW Press), page 112.
External links
- Single release info from discogs.com Retrieved 02-10-09.
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