Neil Diamond is a famous American singer-songwriter, a trouper of the ‘Brill Building’ song factory, and one of the most successful artists of his time. His trademark style was his quasi-gospel, baritone voice, which helped him sell nearly 125 million records around the world, with over 18 platinum-certified albums. He wrote his first song, ‘Hear them bells’ for his girlfriend, which was recorded a number of years later. He has had the privilege of working with several record groups including ‘Columbia Records’ ‘Bang’ and ‘MCA’. His songs such as ‘I’ve Been This Way Before’, ‘Song Sung Blue’, ‘Cracklin’ Rose’ and ‘Desiree’ became extremely popular during his time, and he went on to become the ‘third most successful adult contemporary artist’ on a number of popular music charts. The last of his released albums was a compilation CD of some of the best records from his career, which was compiled into ‘The Very Best of Neil Diamond’. Career aside, he is known to have been a solitary and insecure person beneath all his fame and success and was also known to many as arrogant, though he was in true spirit; a performer and a showman.