In his senior year at NYU, he was offered a 16-week job at $50/week to write songs for Sunbeam Music Publishing. However, Diamond began cutting pre-med classes to hang out at the Brill Building, where he attempted to sell his pop songs. He was a very talented fencer, and his team won the NCAA men’s national championship in 1960. Neil enrolled in New York University on a fencing scholarship. This inspired Diamond to buy a guitar and become a songwriter. While he was in high school, Neil attended a summer camp in the Catskills where he experienced a concert by legendary folksinger Pete Seeger. He attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, where he was a member of the school’s Chorus and Choral Club along with classmate Barbra Streisand. Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn in 1941, the son of Polish and Russian immigrants. His records have sold over 135 million copies over a 50-year career, and he has won a series of major awards for his accomplishments. Neil Diamond is a pop singer-songwriter superstar. We will review the original song by Neil Diamond we will then discuss covers by Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, and by UB40. This is an interesting pop song composed by Neil Diamond. Hello there! This week’s blog entry is Red Red Wine.
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