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Neil Diamond

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ComposerLyricist b. 1941 On stage 1972

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 56.5 million records in the US alone, making him one of the best-selling musicians in history. Diamond has written and recorded ten singles that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 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" (which he co-wrote with Marilyn Bergman and performed with Barbra Streisand), "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight (co-written with Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach). Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reache…

On stage 1 production

1972 Neil Diamond: One Man Show Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Gannon

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Also credited on2 works

A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical
Fosse

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In the literature2 passages

  • Music and Lyrics by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Burns, George M. Cohan, Neil Diamond, Bob Haggart, Ray Bauduc, Gil Rodin & Bob Crosby, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren, Louis Prima, John Philip Sousa, Carole Bayer Sager & Melissa Manchester, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Felix Powell & George Asaf, Sigmund Romberg &…theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • and Lyrics, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Burns, George M. Cohan, Neil Diamond, Bob Haggart, Ray Bauduc, Gil Rodin, Bob Crosby, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Louis Prima, John Philip Sousa, Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Felix Powell, George Asaf, Sigmundtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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