Talk:Red Red Wine

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I have been informed that Neil Diamond was inspired by a Salvation army song that was written at the turn of the 20th century:

"Red Red Wine"
Originally an early 1900's Salvation Army song which Neil Diamond transformed into his 1968 hit "Red Red Wine". It was also a big reggae hit when Tony Tribe covered it in 1969.

Is this true? 87.240.15.26 20:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC) I heard that Neil Diamond did not in fact write this song, but it was written by a guy named Charles Mann from Lake Charles, La. Has anyone heard anything about this?

[edit] sean kingston

He more than sampled the beat, he just laid lyrics on top of the beat and called it a new song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.120.165 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)