50 Years On Stage: The Evolution Of Neil Diamond. Part 1 - The 1960s and 1970s
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- 50 Years On Stage: The Evolution Of Neil Diamond. Part 1 - The 1960s and 1970s
Neil Diamond, started his 5 decade spanning career back in the 60s first as "Neil and Jack" with high school friend Jack Packer.
His first success however came in November 1965 with "Sunday and Me", a Top 20 hit for Jay and the Americans.
In 1966, he released "Solitary Man", which was his first true hit as a solo artist, followed by"Cherry, Cherry" and "Kentucky Woman"
In 1969, his sound mellowed with such songs as "Sweet Caroline" (1969), "Holly Holy" (1969), "Cracklin' Rosie" (1970) and "Song Sung Blue" (1972), the last two reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100.
1973, Neil recorded the sound track for the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), which earned him a Grammy Award. He continued to release a string of successful albums during the 1970s, including Serenade (1974), Beautiful Noise (1976) - his 10th album overall and is considered his ‘finest all around alum, Love at the Greek (1977), You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (1978; featuring a duet with Barbra Streisand on the title track), and September Morn (1979).
In total, Neil Diamond has had ten No. 1 singles on the 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", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight".
The 1970s where also the decade, where Diamond truly shined, also proving his showman skills in a series of concerts.
In August 1972, he played again at the Greek, this time doing 10 shows. When the show was first announced, tickets at the 5000-seat theater sold out rapidly.[11]:93 He added a quadraphonic sound system for his performance to create full surround-sound. The performance of August 24, 1972, was recorded and released as the live double album Hot August Night.
Diamond recalled: "Hot August Night captures a very special show for me. We went all out to really knock 'em dead in L.A."[93 Many consider it his best work; critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Hot August Night "the ultimate Neil Diamond record... [which] shows Diamond the icon in full glory.
Diamond returned to live shows in 1976 with an Australian tour, "The 'Thank You Australia' Concert", which was broadcast to 36 television outlets nationwide. He also again appeared at the Greek Theater in a 1976 concert, Love at the Greek.
„I have a love-hate relationship with songwriting. I love it because it's so satisfying...when it works. I hate it because it forces you to dig inside yourself. It is without question the most difficult thing I do.
Performing, on the other hand, is the most joyful and happiest thing I do. The bigger the audience the more anticipation, the more excitement.“
Neil Diamond, 1977
How often do we find perfection. Just listen to Neil Diamond on the stage and you will have found it. Such a superb writer, poet, singer, musician who enhances our lives. It is wonderful to see Neil going through the years as he reaches being a great superstar. I feel so sad that he has Parkinson’s Disease. Life isn’t fair.
Our Beloved Neil, 83 years young, sounding I'm sure as you always did, your God given gift will never leave you, still waiting for some awesome lyrics, come on our Neil, You are the Words, bring the songs 🎤🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🎻🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🎸🎵🎶🎵🎧 we NEED more BEAUTIFUL NOISE, love him Katy, encoucourage him, we wait for songs we know still lie within his beautiful heart and mind 💚☘️🙏🙏☘️💚God bless🎤🎧
The best of the best. Ever!
🎼🎶💕🦋🍃 Watching Neil Diamond sing and dance his way through all the songs and years...I will say this...The awesome man has Rhythm and Rhythm and Rhythm to Spare. What a Beautiful Noise 🦋🍃💕🥰
NEIL DIAMOND, LOVE MADE SONG, A VERY SPECIAL VOICE. THE CHARISM AND ITS SWEETNESS. EVERY SONG IS A PIECE OF YOUR HEART. I LOVE YOU NEIL, YOU ARE DEFINITELY MY LIFE ❤️💎💋👑🇲🇽
Neil Diamond ❤ God's gift to the world 🌎 🕊️🌟🎶
A Legend that will never be replaced or matched....
The greatest singer songwriter I've ever heard. God bless you Neil and your band, 🌹🙏♥️
The most beautiful man Legend Neil Diamond forever
Simply wonderful! Thank you for that video. The more I listen to his voice, the more I realize how exceptional that singer is ...
OMG I love this beautiful man and his beautiful noise. Thank you Neil for all you have given us. You have a wonderful spirit within you.❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic! Thank you . He’s a unique talent! 👍
He is still the best
Oh,what memories of my younger life and my life long love of Neil Diamond’s continuous super god given talent! God bless!
There is only one Neil Diamond....no one can outdo him ...his songs style moves, lyrics of his songs, his good looking charisma, only he is the only one whose performance on stage is unbeatable.....when he sings, his heart goes with it.......From Manila Philippines...we luv ya, Neil..m
What an amazing video! Thank you so much 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Love this. All the best old dongs and for me, in my opinion, those were the best songs the truest!the video is great! Somehow, listening to those wonderful old songs, specially Brooklyn Rds and If I never knew your name, I get tears in my eyes. I seem to feel some regret! Thank you for your nice work
Lucky to of seen him many times ❤❤ the best
That man still can sing
Wouldl8vr to see him in person. L8ve u neil always
Neil is definitely America's diamond performer! He's been one of my favorite musical artists for many years! I've never been fortunate to see him in person, on stage, but I have watched and recorded some of his television specials ( and still have those recordings), transferred from VHS tapes to DVD format; archived for my personal viewing pleasure any time I wish! It's almost like my own private collection of concerts! I loved his Christmas Special!
So many great songs hard to choose just one favorite
Titan52berg I am replying as I would love to buy copies of your DVD formats. I am bed ridden and the joy that Neil Diamond gives me is just so wonderful.
You are 83 yrs. Young and take of your self ✨️ 💕 ♥️
has always been my platonic love😊😊😊
Neil voce e fantastico mesmo na velhice continua sendo sowou Deus abecoe muito a sua saude nos brasileiros te amamos muito tenho setenta anos mas e como eu tivesse ainda os meus quinze anilhos Obrigado canal por essas recordacoes !maravilhosas !E so saudades!!!!!!!!!!!!°°°°°°°°°°°°•°°°°
One of the best artists in the world, Neil Diamond is one of my favorite singer in English. Greetings from Spain. Uno de los mejores artistas del mundo. Neil Diamond es uno de mis cantantes favoritos en Inglés. Saludos desde España
Lo he seguido desde año 70 Bravo!!!!
A wonderful video showing all the span of Neil's talent as a musician, singer, entertainer and performer 🎼🎤🎵🎸🎶😍💕
Nen que eu viva200 anos jamais ouvirei outro
NeilDaimod.🥰😍💜
😢muy guapo ,Dios lo ayude en esta enfermedad 🙏 gracias por tu musica 🙏
The best
POSITIVELY WONDERFUL SAW THE SECOND PART GREAT CONTIPLATION THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely lovable 💖
Adorei esta retrospectiva da carreira do maravilhoso Neil Diamond!!!! Fantástico!!! Já salvei !! Aguardo a parte 2, 3, 4......
Obrigada!!! 👏👏👏😘
Wonderful as always. 🎶💎💖👏
👍👍thank you!
Meu.Deus!! Era tudo.oque eu queria.ja.salvei.Amo.desde.1976..Genio.🥰😍💙🤩
This takes me back to my early days of hearing a very young Neil Diamond and I became a fan right then, some of the songs presented here I haven't heard in a couple of decades but they soon took me to those times. He has been such a great performer and entertainer over the years and continued to perform great shows up until recent times and although never having had the opportunity to go to any of his shows even when he toured down to Australia and New Zealand where I live I have enjoyed watching the live performances that were recorded in various places around the world and particularly his shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It was a sad day when I read in news of his passing towards the end of 2022 🙏🙏. I will now watch the second video you have produced of the more recent years, and thank you so much for the effort you've gone to to compile these videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🇳🇿
Thank you for your lovely videos
Great video! amazing singer, his voice is a gift♥️ that version of holly holy...16:58
Love this.
Still loving you....
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Holly Holy! His band too is amazingly!!!!
Great talent with soul of a gentleman.
This is awesome!
Todos os vídeo do Neil Diamond eu salvo no playlist pois é o meu maior ídolo. Estão todos na minha biblioteca. Um abraço para todos os fãs dele. Muita paz e saúde.
Fantastic video, thanks for posting. Can`t wait to see part 2
He wrote from the heart
Great video, thanks for posting
wonderful forever
ADORO NEIL DIAMOND ,GOSTO DE OUVIR ELE CANTANDO .SEMPRE SUA FÃ .
Fabulous...... Incredible.......Superb!!!!!!!!!!
Great vido , thank you so much !! Love this 🎶🎸🕺💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Csodálatos orgánum!
Uno de los más grandes canta autores, de la historia de la música moderna.
❤
Mi cantante desde los 70s adorado
Es mi artista favorito
Niel has a k ways been a serious
My a icon u can see it in his face as he sings
This is awesome. I haved loved Neil all of my life. My mom that's all she played when we were growing up. God bless you Neil your band and family. 🌹🙏♥️
Maravilhoso Neil. Desde sempre
❣️🎯💐
Coming to America
Dont forget his Bariton at
Canta libre
His early songs remind me of Jim Crowchy, you know Bad Bad Leroy Brown.
Uh? never heard of him..
They all confessed in the end
Young and sexy Neil ❤❤❤
To what. U work it out ok