rpk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Robert Krajewski) (04/17/84)
``Red Red Wine'' is penned by a very reggae-minded Neil Diamond, not the same as the glitz-pop songwriter. I think UB40 know their reggae well enough to tell the difference. -- ``Bob'' (Robert P. Krajewski) ARPA: RpK@MC MIT Local: RpK@OZ UUCP: genradbo!miteddie!rpk or genradbo!miteddie!mitvax!rpk
andrew@inmet.UUCP (04/22/84)
#R:mit-eddie:-162800:inmet:6600128:000:508 inmet!andrew Apr 21 14:37:00 1984 > ``Red Red Wine'' is penned by a very reggae-minded Neil Diamond, not the > same as the glitz-pop songwriter. I think UB40 know their reggae well > enough to tell the difference. Wrong. It was indeed written by the "glitz-pop" Neil Diamond, back around '66 or so. He released it as a single (Bang 556) in 1968. A reggae (if they called it that at the time) artist named Tony Tribe covered it; UB40's version is based on his. Andrew W. Rogers, Intermetrics ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew