Top singles from the past
12 October 2025
The now 84-year-old songwriting legend NEIL DIAMOND had his first No. 1 hit
in the US with CRACKLIN’ ROSIE. It topped the charts on 12 October 1970, today
55 years ago.
It also was on top of the charts in
New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa.
Billboard called it a “clever rhythm item that has it to hit with
all the potent sales of another ‘Sweet Caroline’ or ‘Holly Holy.”
Oh, I love my Rosie child
You got the way to make me happy.
You and me, we go in style…
Cracklin’ Rose, you’re a store-bought woman
But you make me sing like a guitar hummin’
Formidable live version.
