Song sung blue - Mitä sisälläni on

Dave (see earlier entry) recorded "Mitä sisälläni on" (What's inside me) in 1972. It was released on eponymous album and also as a single. The latter one was a flop. The Finnish lyrics were provided by Chrisse Johansson. The original song was from the the productive pen of singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. He released "Song sung blue" in 1972, and it turmed out to be his second number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards - "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year - but won neither of those. You can see Neil perform the song live, here.

Here's the pair:

Cracklin' Rosie - Aikansa kutakin

Kisu recorded "Aikansa kutakin" (There's a time for everything) in 1971 for his album "Sinulle". It was not released as a single, although the original song was quite popular in Finland. The Finnish lyrics for this one were made by Chrisse Johansson. The original was from the composing pen of Neil Diamond and he also had a big hit with the song. "Cracklin' Rosie" was Diamond's first American number 1 hit. The single version released in 1970 was in mono, while the album version (from "Tap Root Manuscript") was in stereo. We present here the album version. You can see Neil perform the song, here.

Here's the pair:

Cherry Cherry - Cherry Baby

Rexi (see earlier entry) recorded "Cherry Baby" in 1977 for his album "Puhtaat purjeet". It wasn't released as a single. The lyrics were done by a fanous lyricist (we have many of those in Finland) Raul Reiman. The original song with slightly different name "Cherry, Cherry" was performed by one and only Neil Diamond. About a dozen of his songs have been versioned in Finnish, but for some reason none of them was a hit - at least not a big one. But this original song was a great success gor Neil. It reached number 6 in US Charts in 1966. Worldwide sales are said to have reached over one million copies. The song was produced by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, and they also sang background vocals. But the song was written by Neil himself.

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