Neil Diamond didn’t set out to be a performer. “The furthest-out thought that I could possibly have at the age of 16 was that maybe I could write songs,” he told Barbara Walters in 1985, and that he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn ...

The Very Best of Neil Diamond - The Original Studio Recordings includes "Recollections," a revelatory set of liner notes penned by Neil especially for this collection, providing anecdotal detail and ...

On rare occasions, cover songs will take an original tune and give it an entirely new life, which one UK band managed to do ...

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"And spring became the summer / Who'd believe you'd come along?" "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond, 1969. Neil Diamond will tour North America in 2012 to celebrate the release of "The Very Best of Neil ...

Neil Diamond is perhaps best known to modern generations for the tradition of "Sweet Caroline" singalongs at sporting events and celebrations. But at the peak of his success, from the '70s to the ...