Neil Diamond is perhaps best known to modern generations for the tradition of "Sweet Caroline" singalongs at sporting events ...

For his fans, with a host of their favorite songs to choose from, the Houston arrival of the tour of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical offers a chance to bask in “Sweet Caroline,” “You Don’t ...

Home Before Dark was Diamond’s 27th studio effort, and his second consecutive album that was produced by Rick Rubin. Home Before Dark featured one charting single, “Pretty Amazing Grace,” which ...

That turned out to be an audition for the national tour of "A Bronx Tale," the Broadway musical based on Robert De Niro's ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're going back into our archive to listen to our 2005 interview with Neil Diamond. His life is the subject of the current Broadway musical "A Beautiful Noise," ...

Talk about an oxymoronic title, especially for a musical. Drawn from a 1976 Neil Diamond song title and applied to the whole arc of his life and career, “A Beautiful Noise” is a yoking worth pondering ...

When Broadway and television star Robert Neary decided to put together a Neil Diamond show, he didn’t want it to be your typical tribute, singing song after song without much else. “Being on the ...

Chances are whether in the produce aisle at the grocery story, having coffee at your favorite café or driving down the road with the windows down, if Neil Diamond's “Sweet Caroline” starts playing you ...

Neil Diamond started out writing songs for a music publishing company in the hopes that someone would record them. He wrote The Monkees' No. 1 hit "I'm A Believer," but it was Diamond himself who made ...

Diamond's life and music are the subject of a new Broadway show, A Beautiful Noise. In 2005, Diamond spoke to Terry Gross about his... Neil Diamond: The 'Fresh Air' interview TERRY GROSS, HOST: This ...