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Neil Leslie Diamond Born January 24 1941 Is An American Singer And Songwriter Born In Brooklyn NY. From The 1960s To The 1980s Diamond Was One Of The More Successful Pop Music Performers Scoring A Number Of Hits. As Critic William Ruhlmann Writes "as Of 2001 He Claimed Worldwide Record Sales Of 115 Million Copies And As Of 2002 He Was Ranked Third Behind Only Elton John And Barbra Streisand On The List Of The Most Successful Adult Contemporary Artists In The History Of The Billboard Chart." 1 As Of May 2005 He Has Sold 120 Million Records Worldwide Including 48 Million Records In The U.S. 2 Though His Record Sales Declined Somewhat After The 1980s Diamond Continues To Tour Successfully And Maintains A Very Loyal Following. Diamond's Songs Have Been Recorded By A Vast Array Of Performers From Many Different Musical Genres. Diamond Was Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1984 And Then In 2000 Was Given Its Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In The Early Part Of 2011. In 2008 Neil Diamond Scored His First Ever Billboard Number One Album With "Home Before Dark" The Album Also Became His First Studio Album To Get To Number One In The UK.
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A 1974 Song By The American Singer-Songwriter Neil Diamond. The Song Was Written By Diamond Produced By Tom Catalano And Was Included On Diamond's Album Serenade. Released As A Single In The Fall Of That Year "Longfellow Serenade" Spent Two Weeks At # 5 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In November. 1 The Song Also Became Diamond's Second # 1 Hit On The Billboard Easy Listening Chart Following His 1972 Single "Song Sung Blue". 2 Diamond Described "Longfellow Serenade" In The Liner Notes To His 1996 Compilation Album In My Lifetime "Occasionally I Like Using A Particular Lyrical Style Which In This Case Lent Itself Naturally To Telling The Story Of A Guy Who Woos His Woman With Poetry." 2 The Title Of The Song Is A Reference To The 19th Century American Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 2
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Neil Leslie Diamond Born January 24 1941 Is An American Singer And Songwriter Born In Brooklyn NY. From The 1960s To The 1980s Diamond Was One Of The More Successful Pop Music Performers Scoring A Number Of Hits. As Critic William Ruhlmann Writes "as Of 2001 He Claimed Worldwide Record Sales Of 115 Million Copies And As Of 2002 He Was Ranked Third Behind Only Elton John And Barbra Streisand On The List Of The Most Successful Adult Contemporary Artists In The History Of The Billboard Chart." 1 As Of May 2005 He Has Sold 120 Million Records Worldwide Including 48 Million Records In The U.S. 2 Though His Record Sales Declined Somewhat After The 1980s Diamond Continues To Tour Successfully And Maintains A Very Loyal Following. Diamond's Songs Have Been Recorded By A Vast Array Of Performers From Many Different Musical Genres. Diamond Was Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1984 And Then In 2000 Was Given Its Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In The Early Part Of 2011. In 2008 Neil Diamond Scored His First Ever Billboard Number One Album With "Home Before Dark" The Album Also Became His First Studio Album To Get To Number One In The UK.
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a 1974 song by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. The song was written by Diamond, produced by Tom Catalano and was included on Diamond's album Serenade.
Released as a single in the fall of that year, "Longfellow Serenade" spent two weeks at # 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November.[1] The song also became Diamond's second # 1 hit on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, following his 1972 single, "Song Sung Blue".[2]
Diamond described "Longfellow Serenade" in the liner notes to his 1996 compilation album, In My Lifetime: "Occasionally I like using a particular lyrical style which, in this case, lent itself naturally to telling the story of a guy who woos his woman with poetry."[2] The title of the song is a reference to the 19th century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.