Booking Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond Biography

For over twenty-five years, Neil Diamond has enjoyed an impressive career as songwriter and singer, his popularity withstanding the drastic change in music over the decades. But long before his rise to fame, Diamond was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and attended New York University for a short while after his high school graduation. In 1965, he signed with Bang Records as a songwriter, providing hits for other groups such as The Monkees (“I’m a Believer.”)

Shortly thereafter, Neil Diamond released his singles “Cherry, Cherry” and “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon,” both which became the first of his career’s top twenty hits. Subsequent hits like “Sweet Caroline” would help to bring his albums to gold status, beginning with Touching You, Touching Me in 1969.  His 1976 album, Beautiful Noise, was the first to achieve platinum status, and throughout the 80’s and 90’s, his albums sold with consistency, although he produced little new material.  His live performances were incredibly lucrative, however; at one point, in the early 1990’s, Neil Diamond was the biggest concert draw in the United States.

Neil Diamond finally released Tennessee Moon in 1996, showcasing his first new material in half a decade. It became a hit on the country charts, going gold in less than a year and peaking at number three. In 1998, As Time Goes By: The Movie Album, followed. Since that time, Diamond has also released the albums: 12 Songs (2005), A Cherry Cherry Christmas (2009), All-Time Greatest Hits (2014), Melody Road (2014), and Acoustic Christmas (2016), a folk-inspired album of holiday classics.

Neil Diamond continues to write, record, and perform. He was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in September of 2010, and in August of 2012 he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Diamond recently wrapped his his 50th Anniversary World Tour, which launched in the spring of 2017 and ran through the year. His plans for the upcoming year include another studio album and additional tour dates, to be announced soon.