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Neil Diamond wrote two songs that were #1 hits for other artists: "I'm A Believer" by The Monkees and "Red Red Wine" by UB40. His chart-toppers as a singer are "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue" and his Barbra Streisand duet, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers."
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Do you know who recorded the original versions of these ten hit songs?
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