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Neil Diamond Wiki Biography

A famous musician, Neil Diamond was born on January 24, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, United States, to parents of Russian and Polish descent. Neil started his career in the 1960s, and has become an internationally known singer, with over 125 million copies of his recordings having been sold sold worldwide. Actually, Neil Diamond is one of the most popular Billboard artists, and there is no doubt that such success has helped Neil Diamond to amass a spectacular net worth.

So just how rich is Neil Diamond? Sources estimate that Neil’s net worth is $175 million, which he has  accumulated during his long singing and song-writing career.

Neil Diamond spent his childhood in a Jewish household, but what is interesting is that Neil`s dream was to become a laboratory biologist one day. As we may see now, he chose a totally different career which brought him not only fame but also fortune. He started his career in music at the time when he was just a student, studying at New York University, Neil Diamond received an invitation to write songs for some musicians, signing a deal that he would receive 50 dollars per week. Probably Neil had no idea that this would be his start in the entertainment industry which was later to become the main source of his net worth.

There are many singles that have helped Neil Diamond to boost his net worth, some of them are such as America, Longfellow Serenade, Desiree, Song Sung Blue, Heartlight, If You Know What I Mean, I`m a Believer, Cracklin` Rosie, You Don`t Bring Me Flowers, I`ve Been This Way Before, Yesterday`s Songs. All these songs entered the Hot 100 charts, and there is no doubt that Neil Diamond’s net worth increased considerably with the sales of these singles.

Moreover, Neil Diamond has released many studio albums, including Just For You; Touching You, Touching Me; Stones; Moods; Serenade; I`m Glad You Are Here with me Tonight; September Morn; On the Way to the Skyl Lovescapel The Christmas Albuml Three Chord Opera; and A Cherry Cherry Christmas. His first studio album was named The Feel of Neil Diamond. In addition to that, Diamond has released many live albums and compilations.

What is also interesting is that his song Holly Holy was used as one of the themes of Kevin James in the movie called “Here Comes The Boom”.

That Neil Diamond is a very talented singer is proven by the fact that many of his songsare  sung as covers by other musicians. Neil Diamond’s net worth has been boosted considerably from song writing as well, such that Neil was entered into the list of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Additionally, in 2000 Neil Diamond was rewarded with a Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2011 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Neil Diamond is also an honorarie at the Kennedy Center, an honour he received in 2011.

In Neil Diamond’s personal life, he has been married three times, firstly to school teacher Jaye Posner from 1963-69, with whom he has two children. Then to Marcia Murphey, a production assistant and they had two children, but the marriage ended in 1994. Neil has been married to Katie McNeil, his manager and producer of the documentary “Neil Diamond: Hot August Nights NYC”, since 2012. However, Neil had a long relationship with Australian Rae Farley from 1996 to 2008: she ran his merchandising operation.

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Neil Diamond Quick Info

Neil Diamond Trademarks

1. Deep grainy voice.
2. The gold-sequined outfits he wore in the 1970s.

Neil Diamond Quotes

• Love is the elixir of eternal youth.
• This is my job. Someone much greater than me gave me that job. He said, “You, you with that stupid look on your face – go out and sing until I tell you to stop.” I haven’t heard the word yet so I’m just going to keep doing it.
• I already have “Sweet Caroline”. Most of these people haven’t heard “Hell Yeah” or “Man of God”, but I see them and they’re listening, and that’s really all I want.
• Somehow, it’s dawning on me that I’m a more mature individual and I’m not a kid writing “Cherry, Cherry” anymore.
• I want to know what marathon runners do. Because I do the same thing. I run a two-hour marathon every time onstage. So I have my electrolytes kept at a certain level, and I do my carb-loading after the shows for the next night.
• I never expected that I would be doing this for as long as I’ve been doing it. So looking back and seeing that it’s been over 40 years since the first hits makes you think, “Is there a time that you stop?”. But I don’t think I’m ever going to stop. It’s the only challenge I have left in my life.
• I’m not there to entertain people. We’re there to do something together.
• My voice is unadorned. I don’t try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don’t fix them. That’s the way it is.
• It’s very difficult for me to say “I love you” but to sing “I love you” for me is easier.

Neil Diamond Important Facts

• Inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California on August 10, 2012.
• In an interview in 2009, he revealed that his inspiration for his 1969 song “Sweet Caroline” was Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy.
• Winner of the inaugural Billboard Icon Award, from Billboard magazine (2011).
• Recipient of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, along with Barbara Cook, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep.
• Ran away from his home in Brooklyn at age 13 and went to the Midwest where he formed a musical group called The Roadrunners. They performed in coffeehouses for two years, after which Neil went home.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, 2011. The other inductees were Darlene Love, Alice Cooper, Leon Russell, Tom Waits and Dr. John.
• Father of musician-turned-photographer Jesse Diamond.
• Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.
• Originally denied Quentin Tarantino permission to use his hit song “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman, Soon” for the famous scene in Pulp Fiction (1994) in which Uma Thurman lip syncs the words to the song. Diamond eventually relented after his agent assured him that Tarantino was an up and coming director.
• His 1982 Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-penned hit “Heartlight” was inspired by the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
• Suggested for the lead role in Taxi Driver (1976), which went to Robert De Niro.
• Was forced to pay $150,000,000 to former wife Marcia Murphey in their divorce settlement. This holds the record as the most expensive divorce in history.
• In 1981, his screen “acting” debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) beat out Kirk Douglas (Saturn 3 (1980)), Anthony Hopkins (A Change of Seasons (1980)), Richard Dreyfuss (The Competition (1980)), Michael Caine (The Island (1980)), Robert Blake (Coast to Coast (1980)) and four others to “win” the first-ever Worst Actor Razzie Award for 1980.
• Was a top fencer during his time at New York University.
• Father-in-law of actress Sheryl Lee.
• For his role in The Jazz Singer (1980), Diamond became the first ever “Winner” of a Worst Actor Razzie Award.
• Penned hits for other pop groups before making it on his own, including The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer”.
• His soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) grossed more than the movie itself.
• Was a pre-med student, interested in Biology, at New York University, but left with less than a year left, due to his dislike of organic chemistry. He was at New York University on a fencing scholarship.
• When he and Barbra Streisand had a smash hit in 1978 with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, it was not the first time that the Brooklyn-born superstars had sung together. While students at New York City’s Erasmus High School, they both sang in the school choir.
• Screen-tested for the lead in the movie Lenny (1974), based on the life of famed comedian Lenny Bruce, but turned it down.
• Seriously considered “Eyce Charry” and “Noah Kaminsky” for his professional name.

Neil Diamond Filmography

Neil Diamond Awards