[Snurple]

Interesting bit of history.

[americanophile]

Didn’t know that. Damn...I liked that song too.

[ken21]

i knew about this

but what i do not understand is how

he got from a child

to the love song.

?

[Kirkwood]

I really don’t believe him. If he is serious, then it is pretty creepy. Caroline Kennedy was 12 years old in 1969. How was she an inspiration about a song involving spending the night with a lover and touching one another?

[Clemenza]

None of this changes the fact that both the Red Sox and Yankees (and their fan base) deserve to go the way of the Taino Indians.

[Fiji Hill]

If this song was inspired by Caroline Kennedy, it wasn’t the first. In 1962, Jo Ann Morse, recording as Little Jo Ann, scored with “My Daddy is President” (Kapp Records #467) which made it into the Billboard Hot 100.

[shove_it]

My CO, Mike Groves, Honor Guard Co., 1st Bn, 3rd Inf. Regt., The Old Guard, was a favorite of Jackie Kennedy. She would request him to baby sit Caroline and little John. Imagine, a hard chargin’ infantry captain tapped for baby sitting duty by the First Lady, but he loved doing it. The assassination of JFK was an extremely stressful time for Captain Groves. In spite of the fact that he was in top physical shape, he suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the burial of Pres. Kennedy.

[Question_Assumptions]

Neil Diamond’s concert at Madison Square Garden not long after 9/11 was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. That he opened his show with a huge American flag and the song America certainly helped.