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"Hanukkah Rocks": My Only Slightly Guilty Playlist for This Year's Festival of Lights

David Wild | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Here are some songs that will go down easy for just about anybody along with a few latkes and an extra serving of holiday spirit.

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Neil Diamond Covers "The Chanukah Song" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Neil Diamon Chanukah Song, The Chanukah Song, Video, Hanukkah, Neil Diamond Adam Sandler, Neil Diamond, Funny Videos, Neil Diamond Hanukkah Song, Neil Diamond Chanukah Song, Neil Diamond Chanukah, Chanukah Song, Comedy News

Chanukah's a-comin, which means that any time you're near a radio, there's a chance "The Chanukah Song" will remind you that O.J Simpson is not a Jew....

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"Too Darn Hot": My Playlist To Help Heat Things Up At The Copenhagen Climate Summit

David Wild | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Brian Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boysl the Isley Brothers, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, New Edition, Paul Simon, Nick Gilder, Donna Summer, Pharrell Williams, General Public, Flo & Eddie, Katy Perry, Bill Lee Riley, The Beatles, Eddie Vedder, The Plastic Ono Band, U2, Crowded House, John Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, Snoop Dogg, Brad Paisley, Bobby Hebb, Quincy Jones, Green News

I really do believe in the threat of global warming, and in honor of the Copenhagen climate talks, here's my playlist to prove it.

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"Thank You Friends": A Very Special Thanksgiving Playlist For The Huffington Post Community

David Wild | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The James Gang, Neil Diamond, Sam & Dave, John Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Thanksgiving, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Davies, Jimmy Buffet, Led Zeppelin, Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan, Big Star, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, Abba, Sly & the Family Stone, Billy Paul, Natalie Merchant, Don Henley, Frank Sinatra, William DeVaughn, Thanksgiving Commentary, The Enchanters, Dido, Jay-Z, Entertainment News

Here's my personal Thanksgiving playlist, designed to help put us all in the proper mindset for Thursday's holiday, and arguably for every other day here on earth too.

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"Bad Moon Rising": My Playlist For All You Suckers Waiting On Line To See The Twilight Saga: New Moon

David Wild | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Fortunately, as the father of two sons, absolutely no one is asking me to see New Moon, but for those out there waiting in some bloody line, here's my moon-themed playlist.

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"Getting Better": A Playlist for President Obama on the Anniversary of Election Day

David Wild | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Rome wasn't built in a day, and apparently the United States won't be completely rebuilt in a year either. But here's to things at least "Getting Better."

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The Perfect Semitic Storm: Five Reasons Everybody Should Buy the New Christmas Albums by Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan And Barry Manilow This Season

David Wild | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Neil Diamond, Phil Spector, Irving Berlin, Christmas Gifts, Christmas, Barry Manilow, Bob Dylan, Chanukah, Entertainment News

Don't crucify me, but sometimes it takes a Jew to make truly great Christmas music. Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" poolside at the Arizona Biltmore.

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Celebrity Twitter Wisdom

beliefnet.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Twitter, LL Cool J, Neil Diamond, Inspiration, Jessica Simpson, Yoko Ono, MC Hammer, Fran Drescher, Alyssa Milano, Wellness, Celebrities, Tweet, Celebrity Twitter, Living News

Sure, a lot of celebrities on Twitter -- the popular social networking service that allows readers to post short messages (tweets) of 140 characters o...

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Beatles For Sale, John Leckie Interview on The Stone Roses, This Week's New Albums, plus Scott Weiland, Jason Mraz, and Glee

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Robin Trower, Kanye West, Comic-Con, Janis Ian, Lea Michele, Salt-N-Pepa, Kevin McHale, The Posies, Phish, Xtc, Circulatory System, Matthew Morrison, My Morning Jacket, Journey, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, Bethany Dylan, Rick Danko, Neil Diamond, Spencer Day, The Gears, Sweetwater, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Gary Mounfield, Vivian Girls, John Squire, Mark Sailing, Prefab Sprout, The Police, Sondre Lerche, Public Image Ltd., USA Today, They Might Be Giants, Julian Lennon, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jenna Ushkowitz, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, The Beatles Rock Band, Diana Agron, Entertainment News, Os Mutantes, Cinema Bizarre, Danko Jones, Andrew Dugan, Chic, Jay-Z, Scott Weiland, N.E.D., Be Bop Deluxe, Jason Mraz, Myspace, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howie Day, Queen, Gaither Vocal Band, A Fine Frenzy, Jayma Mays, John Leckie, Mayer Hawthorne, The Fall, The Beatles, Cory Monteith, Gene Loves Jezebel, Wild Beasts, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo, Jack Bruce, The Cribs, Mia Farrow, Eric Carmen, Simple Minds, Jimmy Clanton, Dalai Lama, Buckcherry, Brooks & Dunn, Robert Fripp, Magazine, Jane Lynch, Amber Riley, The Stone Roses, Chris Colfer, Ian Brown, Stone Temple Pilots, John Mayall, Mike & the Ravens, Jessalyn Gilsig, Rihanna, Alan Wren, Frank Turner, Boys Like Girls, The Verve, True Blood, Thousand Foot Krutch, Itunes, Robyn Hitchcock, Peter White, Geffen, Silvertone, Saosin, Raekwon, Candiria, Cruxshadows, Slipknot, Barlowgirl, Commodores, Erasure, Entertainment News

With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.

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Songwriting Legend Ellie Greenwich Gone at 68

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Phil Spector, The Raindrops, Mike Stoller, Neil Sedaka, MGM Records, Aretha Franklin, Leiber & Stoller, Blondie, Atlantic Records, Verve Records, RCA Records, Ellie Greenwich, Cyndi Lauper, John Gluck Jr., Tasha Thomas, Jerry Leiber, Bert Berns, Neil Diamond, United Artists Records, Carole King, Jerry Wexler, Cynthia Weil, The Leader of the Pack, Barry Mann, Gerry Goffin, Red Bird Records, Tommy West, George Goldner, Mikey Harris, The Bottom Line, Jeff Barry, The Ronettes, Entertainment News

Ellie Greenwich became one of the U.S.'s top songwriters in the sixties, and she is most famous for having co-penned classics such as "Be My Baby" and "Chapel Of Love."

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A Dream Goes On Forever: A Playlist for Senator Ted Kennedy

David Wild | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bob Marley, Neil Diamond, Donny Hathaway, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, Dixie Chicks, Congress, Bob Dylan, Ted Kennedy, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Senator Ted Kennedy loved to sing. And so it seems only fitting to make a playlist in memory of this singular American icon who did so much for so long to help so many.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Circle, The O'Jays, Imogen Heap, The Adventures, Janis Ian, Cate Bros., Rubicon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Woody Guthrie, Eric Burdon, REO Speedwagon, Otis Redding, Now That's What I Call Country, Matt Hires, Mark Schultz, Jack Ingram, Smile Empty Soul, Roy Hargrove, Billy Ocean, Cheap Trick, Rory Gallagher, David Guetta, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Matisyahu, Robert Glasper, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Cass Elliot, Neil Diamond, The Casualties, Roberta Gambarini, Patton Oswalt, George Benson, Elvis Presley, Phil Stacey, Tim Buckley, Delores O'Rioran, Carmen Appice, The Mamas & the Papas, Al Jarreau, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Entertainment News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Dukes, Paul Revere & the Raiders, 16 Horsepower, Collective Soul, Fun., Alan O'Day, Pilot, Now That's What I Call Music, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Da Housecat, Teddy Pendergrass, The Subdudes, James Carter, Adam Ant, Colbie Caillat, Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Golub, Jackie DeShannon, Island Records, Fame, Woodstock, Sounds of Blackness, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Smokie Norful, Irma Thomas, Mew, Tanya Stephens, Brian Bromberg, Willie Nelson, Jack Wagner, The New City Ramblers, Mott the Hoople, Love and Theft, New Releases, Deryl Dodd, Cross Country, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Kenny G, Jet, Niti Sawhney, Vander Graaf Generator, Sally Shapiro, John Denver, Jason Aldeean, Smokey Robinson, Taking Woodstock, Vandaveer, Najee, Selah, Needtobreathe, Latoya, Strawbs, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Advocate, Lgbt, Sony Legacy, Verve Records, Roberta Flack, Leonard Bernstein, Grammy, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Gramma Awards, Saturday Night Live, Wbai, Wnew, Miami Vice, Dar Williams, Birthers, Fox News, Cher, Teabaggers, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Mel Torme, Death Panel, Nina Simone, Entertainment News

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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An Interview With Buffy Sainte-Marie, Plus Train and Digital 45 Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chaka Khan, Columbia Records, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Scorr Underwood, The Doobie Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, Seals & Crofts, Air America, Vanguard Records, Commander John Herrington, The Charlatans, Cash for Clunkers, Sesame Street, Woodstock, Vietnam War, The Cradleboard Teaching Project, Chumbawamba, Van Morrison, Phil Ochs, Third Eye Blind, Jimmy Stafford, Georgia Satellites, Eric Anderson, Rhino Entertainment, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Digital 45, Donovan, Marc Cohn, Judy Collins, Folk, First Nations, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Train, Neil Diamond, Martin Terefe, Kellogg Foundation, Elvis Presley, Npr, Itunes, Rhino Records, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Pat Monahan, Nasa, Alannah Myles, Anita Baker, The Marcels, President Obama, The Highwaymen, Grateful Dead, Native Americans, Genesis, Keith Olbermann, Fred Neil, Glen Campbell, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, Tom Rush, Joe Cocker, Foghat, Ford Foundation, Pacifica, Gordon Lightfoot, Entertainment News, Jennifer Warnes, Morrissey, Bobby Bare, Tommy James and the Shondells, Randy Travis, Jon Stewart, Entertainment News

This being Woodstock Week, it seemed a perfect time to catch-up with this artist whose music influenced many of those who appeared at the culture-changing event.

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My Farewell Post: Why I've Decided To Stop Blogging. Tweeting Or Even Talking To You

David Wild | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Glenn Beck, Cbs, Neil Diamond, Britney Spears, Hot August Night: NYC, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

For the next few days, I feel it's important to focus on my family and first and foremost boring the people who really love me. So that is why you won't be hearing from me this week.

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Born In The U.S.A.: My Ethical Workout Tape Playlist for CNN's Pride And Joy, Lou Dobbs

David Wild | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnn, Obama Birth Certificate, Neil Diamond, Birther-Movement, Lou Dobbs, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Media News

I'm no Birther, so I thought that maybe I could try to talk a little sense to Mister Lou Dobbs in the only way that I know how: with a goofy but totally grooving playlist here on Huffington Post.

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Music Torture

Charles Warner | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Torture, Waterboarding, Music Torture, Neil Diamond, World News

Music torture is not as bad as waterboarding, but listening to blaring Neil Diamond singing day and night is close. What music would it take to make you confess?

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Bob Dylan Exclusive Interview: Reveals His Favorite Songwriters, Thoughts On His Own Cult Figure Status

Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Together Through Life, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan Favorite Musicians, Bob Dylan Favorite Songwriters, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Bob Dylan Jimmy Buffett, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Interview, Bill Flanagan, Bob Dylan Album, Bob Dylan Randy Newman, Folk Music, John Prine, Robert Hunter, Entertainment News

In anticipation of the release of his 33rd album, Together Through Life, Bob Dylan sat down with rock critic and MTV producer Bill Flanagan for a rare...

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HuffPost Reviews: Leonard Cohen - Live In London / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! / Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Linda Ronstadt, Dino Soldo, Richard Thomspon, John Paul Jones, The Chieftains, Jimmie Rogers, Tim O'Brien, Cylon, Capitol Records, Dave Rawlings, Battlestar Galactica, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Robertson, Bela Fleck, The McGarrigle Sisters, Sean Watkins, New Wave, Sara Watkins, Benmont Tench, Punk, Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, U2, Warner Bros Records, Bow Wow Wow, Entertainment News, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Adama, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Bob Metzger, Pop, O2 Arena, The Webb Sisters, Chrissie Hynde, Adidas, The Strokes, Kate Voegle, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, Chris Eldridge, Sharon Robinson, Edie Brickell, Rock, Nickel Creek, Nick Zinner, Rafael Bernardo Gayol, Steve Lillywhite, Rayna Gellert, Ronnie McCoury, The Louvin Brothers, Jon Mark, White Stripes, Alex Woodard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Dan Wilson, Chris Thile, Javier Mas, Avenue C, Karen O, Laura Roslin, Roscoe Beck, Alternative, Bob Dylan, New York City, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Rea, Ben Lee, Jon Brion, Annabella, Svengali, I-Threes, Entertainment News

Leonard's voice really has grown better over the years, Yeah Yeah's new album is 42 minutes of electronically retro-licious pop, and Sara Watkins is as a serious lyricist with a mission.

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Jonas Brothers, Coldplay And More To Honor Neil Diamond

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Neil Diamond, Grammys, Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — No, it's not a celebrity karaoke contest: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Kid Rock, Jennifer Hudson and Jonas Brothers offering up their t...

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Five Last-Minute Hannukah Gift Ideas from a Real Live Jew: Helping the Chosen People Choose A Little More Wisely

David Wild | Posted 01.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Chanukah Gift, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Stock, Holiday Gifts, Style News

Gelt: In many ways, cash remains the perfect guilt-inducing gift item -- especially in this post-Madoff era.

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Raspy Neil Diamond Offers Refunds

AP | Posted 09.27.2008 | Entertainment

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in which the 67-year-old si...

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Neil Diamond: Pop' Renaissance Man

New York Times | Posted 09.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Four decades into a career as the sequined king of soft rock, celebrated in his 1970s peak as much for his rakish growl and helmet of wavy hair as fo...

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American Idol Top 5: Hey, Hey, Paula

Ken Levine | Posted 05.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol April 29, American Idol Finalists, Neil Diamond, Paula Abdul American Idol, Paula Abdul, American Idol, American Idol Neil Diamond, Entertainment News

This was the greatest night of American Idol ever. But all anyone will be talking about is Paula Abdul and that incisive critique of a song that no one heard.

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American Idol Top 5: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Reality TV, Syesha Mercado, David Cook, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrest, Neil Diamond, Brooke White, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Jason Castro, David Archuleta, Fox, American Idol Neil Diamond, Entertainment News

Diamond gave away little about his attitude towards the singers and since we didn't see him actually giving any tips or suggesting arrangements, changing keys, or doing much of anything, I assume he wasn't a very active mentor.

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"American Idol" Preview: Neil Diamond Night

LA Times | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Neil Diamond, American Idol, Neil Diamond American Idol, American Idol 2008, Entertainment News

While the Idols rehearse, I am puzzling over the Diamond songbook and trying guess which songs each might perform. My early read is that this is a p...

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