• Neil Diamond – vocals • Alan Lindgren – music coordinator •
Elmer Bernstein – orchestra conductor • Sandy de Crescent – orchestra contractor
Arrangements •
Jonathan Tunick (1, 2, 16) •
William Ross (3, 7, 8) •
Jeremy Lubbock (4, 5, 12) • Elmer Bernstein (6) • Jon Kull (6) • Alan Lindgren (9, 15, 19) •
Patrick Williams (10, 11) • Tom Hensley (13, 18) •
Jorge Calandrelli (14)
Musicians Rhythm section ;Keyboards • John Berkman, Tom Hensley,
Michael Lang and
Randy Waldman ;Guitars • George Doering and
Dean Parks •
Ramón Stagnaro – guitar solo (14) ;Electric bass •
Leland Sklar ;Percussion • Wade Culbreath, Alan Estes, Greg Goodall, Daniel Greco, Peter Limonick and Tom Rainey
Brass and Woodwind section ;
Bassoon • Charles Coker, Rose Corrigan, Ken Munday, Michael O'Donovan and Dave Riddles ;
Clarinet • Emily Bernstein, Gary Bovyer, Jim Kanter, Samuel Karam, Marty Krystall, Steven Roberts and Ralph Williams ;
Flute • Louise Di Tullio, Martin Glicklich, David Shostac, Sheridon Stokes and Jim Walker ;
Oboe • Phil Ayling, Tom Boyd, Earl Dumler and John Ellis ;
French horn • Steve Becknell, David Duke, Todd Miller, Brian O'Connor, John A. Reynolds, Kurt Snyder,
James Thatcher and Phil Yao ;Trombone • William Booth, Alex Iles, Alan Kaplan, Ken Kugler and Phil Teele ;Trumpet • Rick Baptist,
Gary Grant, Warren Luening,
Malcolm McNab and Tim Morrison ;Tuba • Fred Greene
String section ;Cello • Robert L. Adcock, Paul Cohen,
Antony Cooke, Matthew Cooker, Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Steve Erdody, Christine Ermacoff, Todd Hemmenway, Paula Hochhalter, Judith Johnson, Anne Karam, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzie Katayama, Armen Ksajikian, Tim Landauer, Roger Lebow, Dane Little, David Low, Miguel Martinez, Steve Richards, Daniel Smith, David Speltz, Kevan Torfeh, Cecilia Tsan and John Walz ;Double bass • Nico Abondolo, Drew Dembowski,
Chuck Domanico, Steve Edelman, Donald V. Ferrone, Richard Feves, Neil Garber, Oscar Hidalgo, Christian Kollgaard, Steve LeFever, Edward Meares, Charles Nennecker, David Parameter, Nicolas Philippon, Dave Stone, Frances Liu Wu and Paul Zibits ;
Harp • Marcia Dickstein, Gayle Levant and
JoAnn Turovsky ;Viola • Marilyn Baker, Robert Berg, Denyse Buffum, Valerie Dimond, Jerry Epstein, Marlow Fisher, Matt Funes, Rick Gerding, Pamela Goldsmith, Keith Greene, Lynn Grants, Jennie Hansen, Scott Haupert, Roland Kato, Janet Lakatos, Vicki Miskolczy, Dan Neufeld,
Maria Newman, Simon Oswell, Karie Prescott, Michael Ramos, Cassandra Richburg, Carolyn Riley, Jimbo Ross, Robin Ross, Nancy Roth, Harry Shirinian, Ron Strauss, Ray Tischer and Mihail Zinovyev ;Violin •
Ayke Agus, Eun-Mee Ahn, Patricia Aiken, Richard Altenbach, Jenny Bellusci,
Charlie Bisharat, Jackie Brand, Robert Brosseau, Nicole Bush, Andrea Byers, Darius Campos, Lily Ho Chen, Phillipa Clarke, Ron Clark, Kevin Connolly, Mario DeLeon,
Joel Derouin, Assa Drori, Bruce Dukov, Jeanne Evans, Charles Everett, David Ewart, Ronald Folsom, Juliann French, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Julie Gigante, Harris Goldman, Galina Golovin,
Endre Granat, Alan Grunfeld, Julian Hallmark, Marilyn Harding, Clayton Haslop, Tamara Hatwan, Amy Hershberger, Tiffany Yi Hu, Lisa Johnson, Pat Johnson, Karen Jones, Peter Kent, Ovsep Ketendjien, Miran Kojian, Gary Kuo, Connie Kupka, Natalie Leggett, Brian Leonard, Dimitrie Leivici, Phillip Levy, Isabella Lippi, Rene Mandel, Liane Mautner, Jayme Miller, Dennis Molchan, Irma Neumann, Carolyn Osborn, Robin Olson,
Sid Page, Claudia Parducci, Rachel Perkin, Michele Richards, Rafael Rishik, Susan Rishik, Mark Robertson, Anatoly Rosinsky, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Marc Sazer, Kwihee Shamban, Haim Shtrum, Margaret Sims, Polly Sweeney, Olivia Tsui, Mari Tsumura, Jennifer Walton, Miwako Watanabe, Elizabeth Wilson, North Wood, Kenneth Yerke and Shari Zippert == Production ==