Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond performing.  (Photo by Robin Platzer//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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In a career that began in the 1960s, Neil Diamond became a major recording artist, an internationally successful touring act, and a songwriter whose compositions produced hits for himself and others. His earliest recognition, in fact, came as a songwriter associated with the Brill Building era of Tin Pan Alley in the early '60s. But he soon branched out into recording and performing, and ... Read More