If you grew up in the USA, there's a decent chance that you have at some point gathered with friends around the bonfire to sing about hands touching hands, reaching out, or maybe skipped down the sidewalk humming the lines from "Solitary Man." Either way, the music of Jewish folk singer Neil Diamond is about as American as apple pie — more American, actually, since Diamond was born in Brooklyn and since the earliest recipe for apple pie actually comes from England...
The Tragic Reason Why You Don't Hear About Neil Diamond Anymore
If you grew up in the USA, there's a decent chance that you have at some point gathered with friends around the bonfire to sing about hands touching hands, reaching out, or maybe skipped down the sidewalk humming the lines from "Solitary Man." Either way, the music of Jewish folk singer Neil Diamond is about as American as apple pie — more American, actually, since Diamond was born in Brooklyn and since the earliest recipe for apple pie actually comes from England...
Only a handful of musicians have sold more records than Neil Diamond. He ranks with Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Madonna in terms of commercial, unit-moving success. That's because he's been actively...
Diamond told the Association Press in 2007 (as reported by The Guardian) that the inspiration for the song came while he was staying at a Memphis …
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert wrote: "The Jazz Singer has so many things wrong with it that a review threatens to become a list. Let me start …
2020 has had an incredibly rough start, thanks in no small part to the novel coronavirus. But in March 2020, to the joy of ears everywhere, a diamond shined through that roughness — specifically, a Neil...