One of pop music�s best if not the greatest singer and writer that ever graced the music industry Neil Leslie Diamond. He is renowned as being the best. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s he gave out worldwide hits and gained a lot of fame and popularity during those years. But lets look at Neils early childhood and the experiences he had.

Diamond was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth and belonged to a Jewish Russian family. His father was a dry goods merchant. He was born on January 24 1941.He lived in numerous and varied houses in New York City in Brooklyn. He studied in Erasmus and Abraham Lincoln High Schools. At Erasmus he sang in the school choir. He on a fencing scholarship went to NYU and lives on the famous and widely watched talk show admitted that the only reason he seriously considered to study medicine was to find some cure for cancer. His grandmother died from this very deadly disease and he wanted to find a remedy for cancer. But fate had some other plans for Neil as he was paid fifty dollars to write songs. This was the first concrete step towards him becoming a musician. He tried his luck in the 1960s at music but failed to garner any wide response from the audiences although many critics showered some of his singles with praise. He spent his early years writing and he was quite successful at it too. He wrote numerous songs for himself but they were released earlier then expected. But luckily these songs garnered a very good response from people and he was on his way to becoming a star.

He has also tried his hand at acting. During the year 2001 he had sales of 115 million album sales all around the world and in the year 2002 he was third in the rankings for the most successful adult musicians, just behind Elton John and Barbra Streisand. He has sold 120 million records around the globe and which included 48 million in only the U.S.

We have neil diamond tickets, neil dimond event tickets, buy neal diamond concert tickets, niel diamond tickets and cheap neill diamond concert dates tickets. Due to new bands and young fans his popularity may have diminished a bit as compared to the early days he still performs and does concerts and tours with different artists. He still has a huge fan following as people love and adore him and come from far away places just to listen to his music. His fans have been very loyal to him and always support him and his music.

He has also been involved with charitable works including his willingness to work with an Australian artist named Sharon Davson to launch the project known as Hands Up.He just gave his handprints that had been signed by him but the project gained fame and momentum, Even now people use this method for different causes.

Neil Leslie Diamond will forever be remembered in the music industry for someone who strived hard for something and gave it everything he had to achieve it. His songs and works will never be forgotten.