Neil Diamond Honored At The White House

Neil Diamond - a 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree - was honored in a ceremony at the White House by President Barack Obama.

Neil Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present.

As of 2001, Diamond had sold over 115 million records worldwide including 48 million in the United States alone. He is considered to be the third most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard chart behind Barbra Streisand and Elton John. His songs have been covered internationally by countless performers of all musical genres.

Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Additionally, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He has eight number one hit singles with "Cracklin Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "Love On The Rocks", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight".
Diamond continues to record and release new material and maintains an extensive touring schedule as well.

Read Neil Diamond's full bio here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond

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[robjla1]

poor George bush. hearing Obama just joking around is like 100 ties better than anything bush ever said.

[Abbie102349]

Boston Pops Orchestra you doing okay. You ain’t heavy, you are my brother. That’s all. Glad you got some attention. Now go flirt and have fun.

[IrisMG]

@VGerring What about Michael Jackson?

[VGerring]

@IrisMG And Michael Jackson.

[IrisMG]

Glad Neil got his Kennedy Center honor this month, which was televised last night. All the honorees are well-deserved and long overdue. Still waiting on Johnny Mathis to get his, though.