Syesha Mercado performs Thank the Lord for the Nighttime
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“Thank the Lord for the Nighttime”
Neil Diamond often shows off his Jewish soul and none more so on “Thank the Lord for the Nighttime.” With its right-out-of-a gospel choir chorus and finger-snapping backbeat, this is the seminal Diamond song to bring the house down.
Diamond’s stellar songwriting skills are on display on tracks such as this. The ability to transcend genres by bringing out a gospel chorus from the man who started as a Jewish folk singer in New York City is proof in the pudding of Diamond’s brilliance.
Watch Syesha Mercado’s Top 5 performance of Thank the Lord for the Nighttime on American Idol 7.
Here’s a recording of Thank the Lord for the Nighttime off of Neil Diamond’s first live album, “Gold”
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