
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional 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”. Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have been featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. He also played in movies such as The Jazz Singer, a musical drama film.
Diamond 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. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
In 2019, his 1969 signature song “Sweet Caroline” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”
1 Song Sung Blue 1972
2 Cracklin’ Rosie 1970
3 I Am… I Said 1971
4 You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (with Barbra Streisand) 1978
5 Desiree 1977
6 Sweet Caroline 1969
7 Longfellow Serenade 1974
8 If You Know What I Mean 1976
9 Forever in Blue Jeans 1979
10 Love on the Rocks 1980
11 Heartlight 1982
12 Holly Holy 1969
13 Play Me 1972
14 Beautiful Noise 1976
15 September Morn’ 1979
16 Walk on Water 1972
17 Stones 1971
18 Soolaimón 1970
19 He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother 1970
20 Shilo 1970
21 Hello Again 1981
22 Yesterday’s Songs 1981
23 I’m a Believer 1971
24 I’ve Been This Way Before 1975
25 Skybird 1974
26 America 1981
27 Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon 1967
28 Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show 1969
29 Cherry, Cherry (live) 1973
30 Solitary Man 1970