On Friday, Dec. 5, Bryan Hartley saw an email from local radio station WYXR. Focus Features and filmmaker Craig Brewer were promoting their new movie “Song Sung Blue,” and they partnered with the station to launch the contest. Memphis singers could enter their name and contact information, and the winner would get to record a cover of a Neil Diamond song at American Recording Studio where he had created “Sweet Caroline.”
The contest fit thematically with the film, which is about a Neil Diamond tribute band, and for Hartley, it was an intriguing possibility.
“That was a good opportunity to get to record, and I love ‘Sweet Caroline,’” he said. “That’s a great Memphis song. … So I thought I could jump in on it.”
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