Event: Neil
Diamond receiving star on Hollywood Walk of fame
When: 10
August 2012 @ 11.30am
Where: 1750
N. Vine St, north of Hollywood Blvd
Neil Leslie
Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning
over five decades from the 1960s until the present.
As of 2001,
Diamond had sold over 115 million records worldwide including 48 million in the
United States alone. He is considered to be the third most successful adult
contemporary artist ever on the Billboard chart behind Barbra Streisand and
Elton John. His songs have been covered internationally by many performers from
various musical genres.
Diamond was
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2011. Additionally, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2000 and in 2011 was an honoree at the Kennedy Center
Honors. He has had eight number one hit singles: "Cracklin Rosie",
"Song Sung Blue", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers",
"Love on the Rocks", "America", "Yesterday's
Songs", and "Heartlight".
Diamond
continues to record and release new material and maintains an extensive touring
schedule as well.
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