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Music [re] Neil Leslie Diamond
2011.11.16 06:28
 Neil Leslie Diamond was born on January 24, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family descended from Russian and Polish immigrants. His father, Akeeba Diamond, was a dry-goods merchant. Diamond grew up in several homes in Brooklyn, attending Abraham Lincoln High School.[3][4] At Lincoln, the school from which he received his high school diploma, he was a member of the fencing team. He later attended NYU on a fencing scholarship, specializing in saber, and was a member of the 1960 NCAA men's championship team; into his adult life he maintained his swordsmanship skills and continued to warm up with fencing exercises before his concerts.[citation needed] In a live interview with TV talk show host Larry King, Diamond explained his decision to study medicine by pointing out: "I actually wanted to be a laboratory biologist. I wanted to study. And I really wanted to find a cure for cancer. My grandmother had died of cancer. And I was always very good at the sciences. And I thought I would go and try and discover the cure for cancer." However, during his senior year in NYU, a music publishing company made him an offer he could not refuse: an offer to write songs for $50 a week. This started him on the road to stardom Neil Diamond is an American singer-songwriter who had a number of worldwide hits in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. As of 2001 Diamond had sold 115 million records worldwide,[1] including 48 million in the U.S.,[2] and was the third most successful Adult Contemporary artist ever on the Billboard chart, behind only Barbra Streisand and Elton John.[1] Diamond continues to tour; his songs have been recorded by performers from many different musical genres. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and in 2000 received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. On Monday, March 14, 2011, Neil Diamond was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Diamond has been named an honoree at the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors. From Wikipedia |
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황규정*65
2011.11.16 06:35
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방준재*70
2011.11.17 18:18
Remembering The Day I Met Neil Diamond;
It was Summer of 1971.
I was sitting at Resting Place where Soldiers could write letters
to their family, or just sipping barley tea,or others, resting after
their daily chores as Soldiers.I helped my Commander, Col. P install music system at the
Resting Place as his first project for the Soldiers' well-being.Actually, I was the one that enjoyed the place most, rather
than Soldiers of our batallion. One day I heard "Sweet Caroline
(1969)" on the air. And I immediately fell in love with Neil as
many did those days all over the world.Whenever I hear Neil's voice, I am going back to those days
when I was 26 years old and to the memories of the batallion
with Col. P. He was one of the great men I met in my life and
still we keep in touch _ Good Old Days! -
황규정*65
2011.11.18 02:50
이사람도 해병대 군의관시절 대대장을 두분 모셨는데 첫번
대대장님은 자상하고 인자한 아버님 같은 분으로 험한 해병대
생활을 하는데 잘 돌보아주셨고 두번째분은 해사출신 elite
member로서 엄격한 분이었으나 군의관! 군의관! 하시면서
핀잔비슷한 농담을 주시며 잘 살펴주신 분이었습니다.지금은 그분들 이름도 기억 나지 않지만 젊은 시절의 소중한
추억으로 지금도 귀중히 간직하고 있지요. 규정
Can you imagine Neil as a physician? What a waste of great talent would be!
I am glad he changed his mind! Enjoy the music ! KJ