Diamond's most popular piece is Rounds ( 1944 ) for string orchestra.

Other than drumming, he also sings back-up vocals and occasionally lead-vocals ( usually on cover songs, most of them humorous-the best examples are Prince's " Purple Rain ", Neil Diamond's " Cracklin ' Rosie ", Will Smith's song " Gettin ' Jiggy Wit It, and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd's " Bike ").

In 1997 Diamond's position in the comics industry, as " the sole source of most new comics products to comics specialty shops ," ultimately saw the company become the subject of " an investigation by the U. S. Justice department for possible antitrust violations.

This line was Diamond's most popular.

This line-up would be the most consistent in King Diamond's history.

He is most likely not a prince since he appears to look like Diamond's mother and he may be her son by an unnamed husband or a lover.

Although the film was a critical and financial flop ($ 27 million in grosses ), the soundtrack was enormously successful, eventually reaching multi-platinum status and becoming Diamond's most successful album to date.

The end result, 12 Songs, ended up being one of Diamond's most successful and critically acclaimed studio albums in years, debuting at # 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Diamond's biggest role on television to date came on Channel 4 computer and video game show Gamesmaster, which ran from 1992-1998.

The introduction of disease can also play a role and has worked to the advantages of both lesser technologically advanced and more technologically advanced societies, e. g. negatively for indigenous American civilizations and positively for Africans and some others < ref > See, for example, Jared Diamond's < i > Guns, Germs, and Steel </ i >.

It is never shown what he acts as but he appears to have some role in Diamond's military command.

A blue diamond with the same shape, size, and color as the Hope Diamond was recorded by John Francillon in the possession of the London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason in September 1812, the earliest point when the history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed, although a second less definitive report suggests that the Hope Diamond's " authentic history " can only be traced back to 1830.

The Gunny was a practicing Episcopalian as noted in the notes of journalist Marc Parrott who was present at Gunny Diamond's Episcopalian funeral services.

But the Sino-Japanese controversy, in Diamond's opinion, was " not much of a war ," and on June 10, 1933, he returned to the United States, disembarking from the USS Henderson ( AP-1 ) at Mare Island, California.

Journalist Marc Parrott notes that Diamond's funeral service was Episcopalian.

Mercyful Fate was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981 from the remaining members of Hank Shermann's band Brats and King Diamond's band Black Rose.

McNeil is Diamond's manager and was the producer on the documentary Neil Diamond: Hot August Nights NYC.

Diamond's first recording contract was billed as " Neil and Jack ", an Everly Brothers – type duo comprising Diamond and high school friend Jack Packer *( Jack Parker ).

" Sweet Caroline " was Diamond's first major hit after his slump.

The August 24 performance was recorded and released as the live double album Hot August Night ( the title being the opening words of Diamond's song " Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show ").

Also, Diamond's final concert of his 1976 Australian Tour ( The " Thank You Australia " Concert ) was broadcast to 36 television outlets nationwide on March 6.

In February 1979, the uptempo " Forever in Blue Jeans ", co-written with his guitarist, Richard Bennett, was released as a single from You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Diamond's album from the previous year.

" The Very Best of Neil Diamond ", a compilation CD of Diamond's 23 studio recordings from the Bang, UNI / MCA, & Columbia catalogs was released on December 6, 2011 on the Sony Legacy label.

Diamond's Piano Sonata No. 1 was inspired by Tureck's playing.

It was Jared Diamond's third nomination for the prize, having won twice previously.

The New York Times also suggested that Diamond's career troubles may have also been caused by his " difficult personality ... he said in the 1990 interview, " I was a highly emotional young man, very honest in my behavior, and I would say things in public that would cause a scene between me and, for instance, a conductor ".

Diamond's parents were of Irish ancestry, although her father was raised in Scotland.

Diamond's autobiography, ' Celtic & Me: Confessions From The Jungle ', was published in the UK by Black & White Publishing in August 2010.

The duo's intended follow-up to " Pac-Man Fever " was " E. T., I Love You ," which, despite permission from Steven Spielberg, was shelved by the label in favor of Neil Diamond's unauthorized " Heartlight ," which brought on a lawsuit.

Diamond no longer provides support for the Rio, and the last version of Microsoft Windows to work with Diamond's Rio software was Windows 98.

The last piece of the company was effectively sold in late 2003, when Best Data acquired the Diamond's Supra modem business along with rights to the Diamond Multimedia name for use in a new video card division.

It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album.

The third version was a remix found only on the initial CD release of Diamond's His 12 Greatest Hits.

Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Lucille Ball, Martin Short, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Ken Berry, Chevy Chase, Dick van Dyke's character " Rob Petrie " on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ensign Charles " Chuck " Parker ( Tim Conway ) on McHale's Navy, John Ritter's character " Jack Tripper " on Three's Company, Jim Carrey's character " The Mask ", Michael Richards's character " Cosmo Kramer " on Seinfeld, Dustin Diamond's character " Samuel ' Screech ' Powers " on Saved by the Bell, Bernadette Withers ' character Ginger Farrell / Loomis / Mitchell

During Dustin Diamond's cameo, Ricky refers to him as " Screech ", referencing Diamond's character on Saved By the Bell.

Diamond's Bang recordings were produced by legendary Brill Building songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, both of whom can be heard singing background on many of the tracks.

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart, and has received generally positive reviews ; Earliwine describes the album as " inarguably Neil Diamond's best set of songs in a long, long time ".

According to posts on Diamond's Twitter page, he is currently working on a new album, his third with Rick Rubin.

In 1978, Luther sang lead vocals for a disco band called Greg Diamond's Bionic Boogie on the song titled " Hot Butterfly.

A combination of the Cross of Lorraine and the infinity symbol on the cover of King Diamond ( band ) | King Diamond's The Eye ( King Diamond album ) | The Eye

He has received numerous entertainment industry awards and additional Grammy nominations including Best Engineered Recording for his work on the James Taylor album " JT " and Linda Ronstadt's " Simple Dreams ," a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for Kim Carnes " Mistaken Identity ," a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, an Emmy nomination for Best Engineered Recording of a TV Special for Neil Diamond's " Glad You're Here With Me Tonight ," as well as dozens of gold and platinum records.

This has been challenged in later work however as the exclusive cause ( biologically trained Jared Diamond's Collapse ( 2005 ); or more modern work on Easter Island ).

Diamond's widow claims that these characters were based on her husband's relationship with Wilder.

Also in 2005, Coyote served as the narrator for several prominent projects including the documentary film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and the National Geographic-produced PBS documentary based on Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Walliams and Diamond fell out after Walliams appeared as a guest on Diamond's Paramount show " Dom ' n ' Kirk's Night O Plenty "-after which Diamond said that Walliams and co-Little Britain star Matt Lucas were " complete arseholes ".

Pegg appeared on Diamond's Xfm Scotland Breakfast Show as a guest while promoting Hot Fuzz and revealed that seeing Diamond do stand-up comedy at Bristol University inspired him to do it as a career.