Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond
Informação geral
Nome completo	Neil Leslie Diamond
Também conhecido(a) como	The Diamond Cutter, The Jewish Elvis
Nascimento	24 de janeiro de 1941 (83 anos)
Origem	Cidade de Nova York, Nova York, EUA
Gênero(s)	Rock, pop, folk, country
Instrumento(s)	Vocais, guitarra, piano
Período em atividade	1958 – atualmente
Outras ocupações	Cantor, compositor, músico
Gravadora(s)	Bang, Uni, MCA, Columbia
Página oficial	http://www.neildiamond.com/

Neil Leslie Diamond (Nova Iorque, 24 de janeiro de 1941) é um cantor e compositor, que compôs inúmeros hits nos anos 60, 70 e 80, e até hoje mantém uma multidão de fãs. Nasceu numa família judaica, em Brooklyn. Estudou com Barbra Streisand na escola secundária Abraham Lincoln e chegaram a cantar juntos no coro da escola. Aprendeu a tocar guitarra após receber um presente no seu aniversário de 16 anos. Diamond começou cedo sua carreira como compositor na Brill Building. O seu primeiro sucesso aconteceu em novembro de 1965, com a canção “Sunday and Me”, seguida de "I´m a Believer", "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" e "Love to Love", gravado e lançado por The Monkees. Em 1973, compôs a trilha sonora do filme "Fernão Capelo Gaivota".

Frequentemente, Neil canta a história de sua vida, vivida essencialmente em Nova Iorque e Los Angeles. Alguns de seus êxitos: Sweet Caroline, Cracklin Rosie, Song Sung Blue, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Play Me, Be, September Morning, Love on the Rocks, Hello Again, America, Heartlight, entre outros.

O primeiro casamento de Neil foi com sua professora, Jaye Posner, com quem teve duas filhas, Marjorie e Elyn. O segundo foi com Marcia, com quem teve mais dois filhos, Micha e Joshua. Neil e Marcia se divorciaram também.

Muitos de seus discos ganharam certificados de ouro e de platina. Recebeu diversos premios doGrammy ao longo de sua carreira. Atuou no filme The Jazz Singer, com Sir Lawrence Olivier, em 1980, e em Savins Silverman como ele mesmo. O seu CD mais recente foi lançado em 2008, intitulado Home Before Dark.

O cantor é citado, na Temporada 7 Episódio 3, The Scanvenger Vórtex, pelas personagens Amy e Howard na série The Big Bang Theory.

Em 22 de janeiro de 2018, anunciou que sofre da doença de Parkinson e que vai se retirar das digressões.

Discografia

Ano	Título	Gravadora
1966	The Feel of Neil Diamond	Bang Records
1967	Just For You	Bang Records
1968	Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits	Bang Records
1968	Velvet Gloves and Spit	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1969	Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1969	Touching You, Touching Me	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1970	Gold	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1970	Shilo	Bang Records
1970	Tap Root Manuscript	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1970	Do It!	Bang Records
1971	Stones	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1972	Moods	Uni Records (MCA Records)
1972	Hot August Night	MCA Records
1973	Double Gold	Bang Records
1973	Rainbow	MCA Records
1973	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Columbia Records
1974	His 12 Greatest Hits	MCA Records
1974	Serenade	Columbia Records
1976	Beautiful Noise	Columbia Records
1976	And the Singer Sings His Song	MCA Records
1977	Love at the Greek	Columbia Records
1977	I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight	Columbia Records
1978	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	Columbia Records
1979	September Morn	Columbia Records
1980	The Jazz Singer	Capitol Records
1981	On the Way to the Sky	Columbia Records
1981	Love Songs	MCA Records
1982	12 Greatest Hits, Volume II	Columbia Records
1982	Heartlight	Columbia Records
1983	Classics: The Early Years	Columbia Records
1984	Primitive	Columbia Records
1986	Headed For the Future	Columbia Records
1987	Hot August Night II	Columbia Records
1988	The Best Years of Our Lives	Columbia Records
1991	Lovescape	Columbia Records
1992	The Greatest Hits: 1966-1992	Columbia Records
1992	Glory Road: 1968-1972	MCA Records
1992	The Christmas Album	Columbia Records
1993	Up on the Roof: Songs From the Brill Building	Columbia Records
1994	Live in America	Columbia Records
1994	The Christmas Album - Volume II	Columbia Records
1996	Tennessee Moon	Columbia Records
1996	In My Lifetime	Columbia Records
1998	The Movie Album: As Time Goes By	Columbia Records
1999	The Best of The Movie Album	Columbia Records
1999	The Neil Diamond Collection	MCA Records
1999	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	MCA Records
2001	Three Chord Opera	Columbia Records
2001	The Essential Neil Diamond	Columbia Records
2002	Love Songs (different version)	MCA Records
2002	Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings Plus!	MCA Records
2003	Stages	Columbia Records
2005	Neil Diamond Gold	MCA Records
2005	12 Songs	Columbia Records
2008	Home Before Dark	?

Singles

• 1961: You Are My Love At Last/What Will I Do?
• 1962: I'm Afraid/Till You've Tried Love
• 1963: At Night/Clown Town
• 1966: Solitary Man/Do It
• 1966: Cherry, Cherry/I'll Come Running
• 1966: I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No)/The Boat That I Row
• 1966: I'm a Believer/Crooked Street
• 1967: You Got To Me/Someday Baby
• 1967: Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon/You'll Forget
• 1967: Thank The Lord For The Night Time/The Long Way Home
• 1967: Kentucky Woman/The Time Is Now
• 1968: New Orleans/Hanky Panky
• 1968: Red Red Wine/Red Rubber Ball
• 1968: Brooklyn Roads/Holiday Inn Blues
• 1969: Shilo/La Bamba
• 1968: Sunday Sun/Honey-Drippin' Times
• 1969: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show/A Modern Day Version Of Love
• 1969: Sweet Caroline/Dig In
• 1969: Holly Holy/Hurting You Don't Come Easy
• 1970: Until It's Time For You To Go/And The Singer Sings His Song
• 1970: Soolaimon/And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
• 1970: Cracklin' Rosie/Lordy
• 1970: He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother/Free Life
• 1970: Solitary Man (1966 version)/The Time Is Now
• 1970: Do It (new version)/Hanky Panky
• 1971: I Am...I Said/Done Too Soon
• 1971: Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite
• 1971: I'm A Believer (new version)/Crooked Street
• 1972: Song Sung Blue/Gitchy Goomy
• 1972: Play Me/Porcupine Pie
• 1972: Walk On Water/High Rolling Man
• 1973: Cherry, Cherry/Morningside
• 1973: The Last Thing On My Mind/Canta Libre
• 1973: Be/Flight Of The Gull (instrumental)
• 1973: The Long Way Home/Monday Monday
• 1974: Skybird/Lonely Looking Sky
• 1974: Longfellow Serenade/Rosemary's Wine
• 1975: I've Been This Way Before/Reggae Strut
• 1975: The Last Picasso/The Gift Of Song
• 1976: If You Know What I Mean/Street Life
• 1976: Don't Think...Feel/Home Is A Wounded Heart
• 1976: Beautiful Noise/Signs
• 1976: Song Sung Blue/Song Sung Blue
• 1977: Desiree/Once In A While
• 1978: You Don't Bring Me Flowers com Barbra Streisand/You Don't Bring Me Flowers (instrumental)
• 1978: Forever In Blue Jeans/Remember Me
• 1979: Say Maybe/Diamond Girls
• 1979: September Morn/I'm A Believer (nova versão)
• 1979: September Morn/September Morn
• 1980: The Good Lord Loves You/Jazz Time
• 1981: Yesterday's Songs/Guitar Heaven
• 1982: On The Way To The Sky/Save Me
• 1982: Be Mine Tonight/Right By You
• 1982: Heartlight/You Don't Know Me
• 1983: I'm Alive/Lost Among The Stars
• 1983: Front Page Story/I'm Guilty
• 1984: Turn Around/Brooklyn On A Saturday Night
• 1984: Sleep With Me Tonight/One By One
• 1984: You Make It Feel Like Christmas/Crazy
• 1986: Headed For The Future/Angel
• 1986: The Story Of My Life/Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• 1987: I Dreamed A Dream/Sweet Caroline
• 1987: Cherry, Cherry/America
• 1988: This Time/If I Couldn't See You Again
• 1988: The Best Years Of Our Lives/Carmelita's Eyes
• 1996: One Good Love (dueto com Waylon Jennings)/Kentucky Woman
• 1988: Baby Can I Hold You
• 1991: Don't Turn Around
• 1991: Hooked On The Memory Of You (dueto com Kim Carnes)
• 1991: If There Were No Dreams
• 1992: All I Really Need Is You
• 1992: Morning Has Broken
• 1993: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (dueto com Dolly Parton)
• 1993: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
• 1993: Play Me
• 1994: Marry Me (dueto com Buffy Lawson)
• 1996: One Good Love (dueto com Waylon Jennings)
• 1998: As Time Goes By

Ver também

• Lista de recordistas de vendas de discos

Ligações externas

• Página oficial