Suite Caroline

Sean Daly: Sometime soon, maybe next year, next month, next week in the starmaking offices of Sony Music, the little girl's story will tilt toward legend, her life turned into a slick publicity tease:

When she was 2, Caroline Kudelko could sing on pitch, keeping up with songs on her father's car stereo. This included — and flacks will gush about this — a certain hit by Mr. Neil Diamond. "After she listened to a song one or two times, she could sing everything on key," says her father, Paul Kudelko. "I couldn't even do that."