Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". 38 songs by Diamond have featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.
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| Full name at birth | Neil Leslie Diamond
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| Claim to fame | Songs: "America", "Sweet Caroline"
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| Date of birth | 24 January 1941
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| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Net worth | $175,000,000 USD
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| High school | Abraham Lincoln High School.
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![Neil Diamond - Yours Retro Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (October 2021)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/s/e/senkvqfy9chxxn9q.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Neil Diamond - Popfoto Magazine Cover [Netherlands] (November 1971)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/y/n/ynuyldkv9igniyky.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Hit Parader Magazine Cover [United States] (February 1971)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/u/t/uthwiyg5sa2pi5t2.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Neil Diamond recorded the live album "Gold" with acclaimed artist Eddie Rubin in Hollywood, California at the Troubadour club in 1970.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.
- Originally denied Quentin Tarantino permission to use his hit song "Girl, You'll Be A Woman, Soon" for the famous scene in Pulp Fiction (1994) in which Uma Thurman lip syncs the words to the song. Diamond eventually relented after his agent assured him that Tarantino was an up and coming director.
- His 1982 Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-penned hit "Heartlight" was inspired by the movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
- Suggested for the lead role in Taxi Driver (1976).
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