You Don't Bring Me Flowers (album)
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You Don't Bring Me Flowers is an album by Neil Diamond
released in 1978
to capitalize on the success of the title song, a duet with Barbra Streisand
, which had originally appeared as a solo recording on Diamond's previous album, I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
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Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
released in 1978
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
to capitalize on the success of the title song, a duet with Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, which had originally appeared as a solo recording on Diamond's previous album, I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight
I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight is a Neil Diamond album released by Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"...
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Neil Diamond; except where indicated- "American Popular Song" (Tom Hensley)
- "Forever in Blue JeansForever in Blue Jeans"Forever in Blue Jeans" is a song by Neil Diamond which was co-written with his guitarist Richard Bennett. This up-tempo track, released as a single by Columbia in February 1979, was taken from the previous year's Neil Diamond album You Don't Bring Me Flowers.The song officially peaked at #20 on...
" (Diamond, Richard BennettRichard Bennett (guitarist)Richard Bennett is a touring sideman, session veteran, and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session player, he has worked with artists ranging from Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand to Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill...
) - "Remember Me"
- "You've Got Your TroublesYou've Got Your Troubles"You've Got Your Troubles" is a song by written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook which became a number two hit for The Fortunes in the United Kingdom and a number seven in the United States in August 1965. This was the fifth single for the group. It was included in the album The Fortunes...
" (Roger GreenawayRoger GreenawayRoger Greenaway , is a popular English songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook.-Career:...
, Roger CookRoger Cook (songwriter)Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England...
) - "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Diamond, Alan BergmanAlan BergmanAlan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
, Marilyn BergmanMarilyn BergmanMarilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
) - "The Dancing Bumble Bee / Bumble Boogie" (Diamond, Jack Fina)
- "Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons" (Bob GaudioBob GaudioRobert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons.-Early career:...
, Judy Parker) - "Memphis Flyer"
- "Say Maybe"
- "Diamond Girls" (Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
Personnel
- Neil Diamond - vocals
- Richard Bennett, Doug Rhone - guitar
- Reinie Press - bass
- Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren - keyboards
- Dennis St. John - drums
- King Errisson, Vince Charles - percussion
- Linda Press, Doug Rhone, Gene Morford, H.L. Voelker, Jon Joyce, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler, Venetta FieldsVenetta FieldsVenetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
- background vocals