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Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present. As of 2001, Diamond had sold over 115 million records worldwide including 48 million in the United States alone. He is considered to be the third most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard chart behind Barbra Streisand and Elton John. His songs have been covered internationall ... y by many performers from various musical genres. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Additionally, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and in 2011 was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors. He has had eight number one hit singles: "Cracklin Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "Love on the Rocks", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Diamond continues to record and release new material and maintains an extensive touring schedule as well. Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family descended from Russian and Polish immigrants. His father, Akeeba Diamond, was a dry-goods merchant. Diamond grew up in several homes in Brooklyn, attending Abraham Lincoln High School. At Lincoln, the school from which he received his high school diploma, he was a member of the fencing team. He later attended NYU on a fencing scholarship, specializing in saber, and was a member of the 1960 NCAA men's championship team; into his adult life he maintained his swordsmanship skills and continued to warm up with fencing exercises before his concerts. In a live interview with TV talk show host Larry King, Diamond explained his decision to study medicine by pointing out: See more [+]

Sweet Caroline |||||

Where it began I can't begin to knowin' But then I know it's...

Solitary Man |||||

Melinda was mine 'til the time that I found her Holdin' Jim...

Cracklin' Rosie |||||

Cracklin' Rosie, get on board We're gonna ride till there ai...

Song Sung Blue |||||

Song sung blue Everybody knows one Song sung blue Every gard...

Play Me |||||

She was morning and I was night time. I one day woke up to f...

Forever In Blue Jeans |||||

Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and it don't walk ...

I Am I Said |||||

L.A. is fine, the sun shines most of the time And the feeli...

Love On The Rocks |||||

Love on the rocks, ain't no surprise Just pour me a drink a...

Song Song Blue |||||

Song sung blue, everybody knows one. Song sung blue, every g...

Longfellow Serenade |||||

Longfellow Serenade, such were the plans I made For she was ...

Hello Again |||||

Hello again hello, I just called to say hello. I couldn?t sl...

I'm A Believer |||||

I thought love was only true in fairy tales, Meant for someo...

Holly Holy |||||

Holly holy eyes, dream of only me Where I am, what I am What...

And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind |||||

Listen easy, you can hear God calling. Walkin' bare-foot by ...

Kentucky Woman |||||

Kentucky woman she shines with her own kind of light She'd l...

Heartlight |||||

Come back again I want you to stay next time Cause sometimes...

Pretty Amazing Grace |||||

Pretty amazing grace is what you showed me Pretty amazing gr...

Red, Red, Wine |||||

Red red wine, Make me for-get that I Still need her so, R...

September Morn |||||

Stay for just a while Stay and let me look at you It's been ...

Stones |||||

Stones would play … inside her head And where she slept … th...

You'll Be a Woman Soon |||||

I love you so much, can't count all the ways I've died for y...

Moon River |||||

Moon River wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style somed...

And I Love Her |||||

I gave her all my love That's all I do And if you saw my lov...

Blackbird |||||

Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken win...

Alone Again |||||

In a little while from now. If I'm not feeling any less sour...

Cherry Cherry |||||

Baby loves me, yes yes she does Ah, the girl's out of sight,...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |||||

The road is long, with many a winding turn, That leads us to...

Suzanne |||||

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river you can he...

If I Don't See You Again |||||

If I don't see you again It was a hell of a ride Don't need ...

The Boat That I Row |||||

Don't have a lot but with me that's fine. Whatever I got, we...

Lay Lady Lay |||||

Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay lady lay, lay ...

Desiree |||||

-6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 It was the third of June ...

If I Don't See You Again |||||

If I don?t see you again It was a hell of a ride Don?t need ...

The Gift Of Song |||||

Songs___ to make you free, And songs that take you to an - ...

We |||||

Love is all about chemistry Isn't something you go off to sc...

Yes I Will |||||

Yes I will, 'deed I will. If I may, if I might, if I can. On...

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