“Song Sung Blue” was Diamond’s second #1 hit in the U.S., after 1970‘s “Cracklin’ Rosie“, and to date his last solo #1 song (he had a #1 duet with Barbra Streisand in 1978, with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers“).[3] In addition, “Song Sung Blue” spent seven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[4] The song had become one of Diamond’s standards, which he often performed during concerts, before he quit doing concerts because of Ill health.
