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ALBUMNot Sweet CarolineNeil Diamond
Albums by Neil Diamond
ALBUMClassic Diamonds With The London Symphony OrchestraNeil Diamond
ALBUMAcoustic ChristmasNeil Diamond
ALBUMMelody RoadNeil Diamond
ALBUMPassioneAndrea Bocelli & Neil Diamond
ALBUMDreamsNeil Diamond
ALBUMHome Before DarkNeil Diamond
ALBUM12 SongsNeil Diamond
ALBUMThree Chord OperaNeil Diamond
ALBUMThe Movie Album: As Time Goes ByNeil Diamond
ALBUMTennessee MoonNeil Diamond
Neil Diamond's Popular Music Videos
Sweet Caroline (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
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Sweet Caroline (Hands Washing Hands)
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America (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
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Something Blue
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Sweet Caroline (Global Singalong)
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Cherry, Cherry (Live At The Greek Theatre / 2012)
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Sweet Caroline (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 30, 1969)
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Sunflower (Lyric Video)
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I Am...I Said
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Holly Holy (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 30, 1969)
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Artist Playlists
Neil Diamond Essentials
Part crooner, part singer/songwriter, all machismo.
Inspired by Neil Diamond
The charismatic crooner fired up countless pop powerhouses.
Neil Diamond: The Songwriters
A pop wizard with a gift for catchy hooks and choruses.
Neil Diamond: Deep Cuts
The ace songwriter puts his stamp on covers and co-writes alike.
Artist Biography
When you consider Neil Diamond’s legacy, you have to specify which Neil Diamond you’re talking about: The professional songwriter who’s penned standards for countless artists? The exemplar of ultra-personal singer-songwriter fare? The glitzy entertainer behind anthems like “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “America”? Born in 1941 and raised in Brooklyn by Jewish immigrant parents who ran a clothing shop, Diamond first made his name as a Brill Building tunesmith (alongside folks like Carole King and Gerry Goffin), providing The Monkees with a jangle-pop gem worthy of their Fab Four forebears: 1966’s “I’m a Believer.” At the same time, his own solo albums teemed with soulful sing-alongs that proved adaptable to any genre: “Kentucky Woman” got rocked up into a breakthrough hit for Deep Purple, while UB40 famously gave “Red Red Wine” a reggae makeover in 1983. (And, of course, there’s not a karaoke bar in the world that hasn’t worn out its backing track of “Sweet Caroline.”) But Diamond’s swinging-’60s pop was undercut by disarming ruminations on loneliness, like “Solitary Man.” And in the ’70s, he reinvented himself as a denim-suited Sinatra on the lavish live set Hot August Night, while ascending to adult-contemporary sainthood with the strings-sweetened Streisand duet “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.” But a pair of intimate, Rick Rubin-produced albums in the mid-2000s remind us that behind the big-stage spectacle is an artist who’s always seeking to communicate heartfelt emotions in the simplest terms.
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Genre
Pop