This was played at my mothers funeral 30 years ago. As a child I was brought up on a diet of Neil Diamond. Coming home from school in the 70s, if my mother was in a good place (and she wasn’t very often) I’d hear him at full volume coming from the house as I walked down Birdham Rd.
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This was too obvious for me to post, it was played at my nephew’s funeral in 1994, he was 19.
I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it for a good few years despite, as you say, it is beautiful.
Here’s to your nan and my Kev