Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941 - 67 years) is a singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (57P Covers Slide)
Neil Diamond is one of pop music’s most durable and successful singer-songwriters. Diamond scored a number of hits in the years 1960, 1970 and 1980. From the years 1960 to 1980 years, Diamond has been a successful pop artist, marking a number of visitors from around the world. As William Ruhlmann critic wrote: “In 2001, he claimed the world record sales of 115 million copies, and in 2002 it was ranked third, just behind Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of best adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart. “Starting from May 2005, it had sold 120 million records worldwide, with 48 million discs to the USA
Neil Diamond - Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon
Although his record sales declined somewhat after the 1980, Diamond continues to tour successfully, and maintains a very loyal following. Diamond’s songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from different musical genres.
Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, then in 2000 was given Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award.
Today, Diamond continues to tour and record. 12 Songs, recorded with producer Rick Rubin was released on November 8, 2005, in two editions: a standard 12-song release, and a special edition with two bonus tracks, including a voice of Brian Wilson. The album has debuted at # 4 on the Billboard albums, and received generally positive reviews; Earliwine describes the album as “Neil Diamond undoubtedly the best set of songs in a long, long time.” 12 Songs also come to be notorious for being one of the last albums to be pressed and published by Sony BMG with the infamous XCP digital rights management software loaded onto the disc.
On December 31, 2005 Diamond appeared on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin ‘Eve 2006.
In January 15, 2006, Diamond conducted a concert on the opening night of the new Stockton Arena in Stockton, California. Diamond was paid a fee of $ 1000000 to be done, but because of slow ticket sales and lack of time to promote the event, the city has suffered a budget of nearly $ 400000 loss, which led to the resignation of City Manager Stockton several days later.
In December 2007, 2008 United Kingdom visit was announced calling for Manchester on June 7 and 8, Birmingham on June 10 & 11 and London on June 21st, 23rd and 24.
In January 2008 United Kingdom new dates have been added, including Hampden Park in Glasgow, on June 5, Rose Bowl, Southampton on June 17 and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on June 19.
Sunday, January 13, 2008, the United Kingdom Mail on Sunday issued a free DVD of The Jazz Singer.
In January 31, 2008, he announced that he will appear at the next Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom.
He was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, 2007.
On May 27, 2006, he received an honorary doctorate from San Francisco State University (SFSU).
Diamond’s new album, “Home Before Dark” will be published on 6th May 2008.
American Idol 7 Top 5 - David Cook - Neil Diamond Week
On March 19, 2008, it was announced on the show, American Idol, that Neil Diamond would be a guest mentor for other competitors who would be Idol Diamond singing songs shows to be aired on April 29 and 30 in 2008.
On 8 April 2008, Diamond made a surprise announcement on a big screen broadcast at Fenway Park (home of world champion Boston Red Sox), it would be contained therein “Live in Concert” on August 23, 2008 in the part of his world tour. The announcement, which marked the first official confirmation of any 2008 concert dates to the USA, came during the traditional eighth round sing-along his “Sweet Caroline”, which became an anthem for Boston fans .
On 15 April 2008, Diamond announced a U.S. tour summer schedule, affecting 37 cities starting July 19 and ending October 30.
On 28 April 2008, Diamond appeared on the roof of the building Jimmy Kimmel to sing Sweet Caroline after Kimmel was arrested after jokingly tried to sing the song.
On 30 April 2008, Diamond appeared on American Idol, singing his song Pretty Amazing Grace on his new album Home before dark.
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