Seeing the widely recognized singer perform, and watching other children singing songs for Seeger that they wrote themselves, had an immediate effect on Diamond, who then became aware of the possibility of writing his own songs. When he was 16 and still in high school, Diamond spent a number of weeks at Surprise Lake Camp, : 21 a camp for Jewish children in upstate New York, when folk singer Pete Seeger performed a small concert. įor his 16th birthday, he received his first guitar. Also on the team was his best friend, future Olympic fencer Herb Cohen. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." After his family moved to Brighton Beach, he attended Abraham Lincoln High School and was a member of the fencing team.
In Brooklyn, he attended Erasmus Hall High School and was a member of the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, along with classmate Barbra Streisand : 155 Diamond recalled they were not close friends at the time: "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn.
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 Rapoport 1918–2019) and Akeeba "Kieve" Diamond (1917–1985), a dry-goods merchant. All four of his grandparents were immigrants, from Poland on his father's side and Russia on his mother's.
ĭiamond was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He has also acted in films, making his screen debut in the 1980 musical drama film The Jazz Singer.ĭiamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, including " Sweet Caroline". 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". He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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