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Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter, born in Brooklyn, NY. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Diamond was one of the more successful pop music performers, scoring a number of hits. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, "as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart. |
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Latest News in english
about Neil Diamond
Knickerbocker owner to receive a Parnelli award Date: 06 Nov 2009
Bear Valley News -
The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Stan Miller will receive the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring his astonishing career in the live entertainment industry. Neil Diamond’s sound engineer since 1967, the technologically savvy innovator will be celebrated for his contributions at an awards ceremony in Orlando, November 20, 2009. Miller is an owner of the Kickerbocker ...
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MIXERS (The Jewish Advocate)
Date: 05 Nov 2009
DANCE PARTY 11/7: 7:30 p.m.- midnight. Free salsa lessons, DJ, raffles and cash bar. For singles 40+. Sponsored by Date Me I'm Jewish. At Temple Shalom in Newton. 508-333-1466. JEWISH VINYL 11/10: 7:30 p.m. Talk by Roger Bennett, author of "And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of our Vinyl," on Jewish musical legends like Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond.
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Soundscape of Immigrant Voices Shapes Exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage Date: 05 Nov 2009
Fast Company Magazine -
"Voices of Liberty" is a soundscape of voices of immigrants -- among them Daniel Libeskind, Henry Kissinger, Holocaust survivors, Soviet refuseniks, Rwandans fleeing genocide -- telling stories about arriving in America for the first time. Neil Diamond would approve. The view from the second floor of the Museum of Jewish Heritage at the tip of Manhattan is spectacular: It faces the Statue of ...
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Album Review: Neil Diamond, "A Cherry Cherry Christmas" (Columbia) (LiveDaily)
Date: 03 Nov 2009
Neil Diamond [ tickets ] 's entry into the holiday album sweepstakes isn't nearly as shocking or surprising as labelmate Bob Dylan's. In fact, Diamond released two previous Christmas albums in the '90s (1992's "The Christmas Album" and 1994's "The Christmas Album Volume II"). What is surprising is that eight of the 14 tracks on this effort are remastered versions of recordings from those sets ...
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Edgerton volleyball sings the blues in sectional Date: 30 Oct 2009
The Janesville Gazette -
Neil Diamond is officially out of Edgerton High girls volleyball coach Jason Knott's CD rotation.
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Long Player: The album that made Diamond a music gem Date: 30 Oct 2009
Otago Daily Times -
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album... A Neil Diamond fan is a loyal creature. Under attack, it will hold its lovingly worn copy of Hot August Night high, shielding itself from the stinging rain of musical snobbery.
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Arts Enter brings Pioneers of Rock Date: 28 Oct 2009
Eastern Shore News -
CAPE CHARLES -- On Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m., The Pioneers of Rock show will bring the energy and the flash of Vegas by showcasing the music of three of the industry's biggest icons, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley, at the Palace Theatre.
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'Time for Miracles' makes its chart debut; how'd it do? Date: 28 Oct 2009
USA Today -
Adam Lambert sold more than 46,000 downloads of Time for Miracles, putting it at #21 on the Nielsen SoundScan Top Digital Tracks chart. Time for Miracles was the second-best-selling American Idol download by fewer than 500 copies. The difference between it and the week's best-selling debut track was more pronounced: The Glee cast's cover of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline debuted at #13, selling ...
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