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  • Oct 15, 1972
    "Sunflower" songwriter Neil Diamond performs at a Democratic fundraiser for presidential candidate George McGovern in Rockville, Maryland
    Sep 9, 1975
    T.G. Sheppard records "Motels And Memories" and a cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" at the Soundshop in Nashville
    Jun 30, 1976
    Acting on an anonymous tip, police raid the Los Angeles home of pop artist Neil Diamond looking for cocaine. They find less than an ounce of weed. Weeks later, Glen Campbell records Diamond's song "Sunflower"
    Jul 4, 1976
    Guitarist Richard Bennett marries Tina Ward at the Jockey Club Hotel in Las Vegas, with his current employer, Neil Diamond, giving away the bride. Bennett is destined to play on country hits by Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings and George Strait
    Aug 6, 1976
    Glen Campbell records the Neil Diamond song "Sunflower" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Sep 23, 1976
    Just weeks after Glen Campbell recorded his song "Sunflower," Neil Diamond is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, which proclaims him "The Frog Who Would Be King"
    Nov 25, 1976
    The Band performs its farewell concert, "The Last Waltz," at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, leading off with "Up On Cripple Creek." The show is filmed for movie release. Among others on the bill: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, The Staple Singers, Van Morrison and Neil Young
    Feb 14, 1978
    Months after Glen Campbell notched a country hit with his song "Sunflower," Neil Diamond and his wife, Marcia, have a son, Micah Joseph
    Oct 17, 1978
    Columbia releases Neil Diamond's duet with Barbra Streisand, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius will record a country version of the song two weeks later
    Nov 1, 1978
    Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius remake the Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" at RCA Studio A in Nashville

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