Neil diamond biography released in 2017
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Neil Leslie Diamond was born January 24th, 1941 to Rose and Akeeba (Kieve) Diamond in Brooklyn, New York.
Four years later, the Diamond family, which now included Neil's younger brother Harvey, moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Kieve was stationed with the United States Army.
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In 1956, while Neil was in high school, they moved to Brooklyn's Brighton Beach. On his sixteenth birthday, Neil received a guitar, a gift would change his life forever. From that point on, Neil focused on music lessons and later, songwriting.
As a teenager, Neil wrote his first song for his girlfriend.
Neil diamond biography released in 2017
It was called "Hear Them Bells", and although he never thought about recording it at the time, he did record it many years later. At age 18, Neil composed a tune called "Blue Destiny" and he was sure it was going to be a hit record, but it would take 8 more years before that moment came.
In 1962, Neil signed with Columbia Records, and recorded a song called "At Night" which was a compl