Who wrote sweet caroline?

Question

Was it Neil Diamond

Answer 1

Yup, it's by Neil Diamond. I was around when it first came out and didn't need a source, lol. From Wikipedia: After Diamond had signed a deal with the MCA Records label of Universal Pictures' parent company, MCA Inc., whose label was then called the Uni Records label in the late 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, California in 1970. His sound mellowed, with such songs as "'Cracklin' Rosie," "Sweet Caroline," "Holly Holy", and the country-and-western tinged "Song Sung Blue", which reached #1 on the Hot 100. "Sweet Caroline" was Diamond's first major hit after his slump. Diamond recently admitted in 2007 he had written "Sweet Caroline" for Caroline Kennedy after seeing her on the cover of LIFE magazine in an equestrian riding outfit.[6] It took him just one hour in a Memphis hotel to pen the song.

Answer 2

Both Gaby and Hey There are correct except about the People magazine - it didn't come out until the late 70's or 80's.   Caroline Kennedy ? Hmmm,  It could have been in "Life" or "Look" or even the "Saturday Evening Post".

Answer 3

yes it was  

Answer 4

He did write the song. He was a song writer for many famous bands and singers before he went out on his own. The song is about Caroline Kennedy, he was inspired to write it when he saw a photo of her on a horse, as a child, with her family. I think it was in People magizine, some time in the 60's.