![]() In Brooklyn he attended Erasmus Hall High School and was a member of the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club along with classmate Barbra Streisand. He grew up in several homes in Brooklyn, having also spent four years in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where his father was stationed in the army. His parents were Rose (née Rapaport) and Akeeba "Kieve" Diamond, a dry-goods merchant. On the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, he has had eleven No. 1 singles: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", "Heartlight".ĭiamond was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family descended from Russian and Polish immigrants. Additionally, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and in 2011 was an honoree at Kennedy Center. ![]() His songs have been covered internationally by performers from a variety of musical genres.ĭiamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. ![]() With 38 songs in the Top 10, he is the second most successful artist in the history of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 10 charts. One of the world's best-selling artists of all time, he has sold over 135 million records worldwide since the start of his career in the 1960s. ![]() Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. ![]()
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