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

This marked the first chart-topping album of Diamond's storied career.

In 2002, thanks largely to Richard's efforts, Shell agreed to cover relocation costs for Old Diamond's residents: the first community relocation victory of its kind in the Deep South.

The station began as Signal Radio which first broadcast at 6am, 5 September 1983, with DJ John Evington selecting Neil Diamond's " Beautiful Noise " as its first track.

In 1983, Diamond hired an accounting firm, and in 1985 hired " no-nonsense CPA ," Chuck Parker " as Diamond's first controller.

The Green Diamond's nickname was the " Tobacco Worm ," because of its green color and after the " Tin Worm " nickname of the Union Pacific's first streamliner, the M-10000.

Jared Diamond's thesis that Easter Island society collapsed in isolation entirely due to environmental damage is contested by some ethnographers and archaeologists who argue that the introduction of diseases carried by European colonizers and slave raiding, which devastated the population in the 19th century, had a much greater social impact than environmental decline and that introduced animals, first rats and then sheep, were greatly responsible for the island's loss of native flora which came closest to deforestation as late as 1930 – 1960.

His first big film was Neil Diamond's The Jazz Singer of 1980.

Diamond's innovation created the Rio PMP300, one of the first consumer MP3 players, but they soon sold their MP3 player line and no longer provide support for it.

Lapis first meets the Habit Diamond as a teenager, arousing the noble's ire when he kills one of Diamond's sled dogs in order to save a child.

This Is Me Now is Amy Diamond's first studio album.

Boston Red Sox fans at Fenway Park, for example, sing along to Neil Diamond's recording of " Sweet Caroline ".

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.

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 most memorable role was that of the nerdy Samuel " Screech " Powers on the television show Saved by the Bell, a role he played for close to thirteen years from its beginning as Good Morning, Miss Bliss ( 1988 – 89 ) through its final incarnation, Saved by the Bell: The New Class ( 1994 – 2000 ).

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.

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 ".

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Their cover of Neil Diamond's song " Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon " appeared prominently in the movie Pulp Fiction, and became a hit in 1994.

It featured a number of original songs, including " The Cobra Clutch ," as well as a cover of Neil Diamond's " America.

In addition, they resolved long-standing rights issues with the music: the original theatrical version of the film made prominent use of The Four Tops ' " It's the Same Old Song ", but it had to be replaced with Neil Diamond's " I'm a Believer " ( made famous by The Monkees ) for the U. S. home video edition.

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.

Neil Diamond's Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show depicts a revival meeting.

Neil Diamond's " America " plays to the closing credits.

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 1979, Columbia Records turned over control of Neil Diamond's Bang master recordings to the artist himself, at the time one of the label's hottest stars, who has remixed and re-released them several times over the years.

In particular, he produced six complete albums for Neil Diamond, and the movie soundtrack albums for Diamond's The Jazz Singer and Little Shop of Horrors.

Neil Diamond's version was featured in the Coen brothers ' film Blood Simple in its US home video version, but was later replaced by the Four Tops ' " It's the Same Old Song ", which was the original choice for the film.

However, at the suggestion of Neil Diamond's drummer Dennis St. John, the brothers recorded and released the single " Let Your Love Flow ", written by Diamond's roadie Larry Williams.

The show's intro song was Neil Diamond's " Sweet Caroline ", which the audience often sang along to, particularly in vocalising the three beats after the song's eponymous line and chanting " so good, so good " in response to " good times never seemed so good ".

According to the band they were only familiar with Tony Tribe's version ( apparently they didn't realise that the writer-credited simply as " Diamond "-was in fact Neil Diamond ), and their version featured a lighter, reggae-style flavor compared to Diamond's somber, acoustic ballad.

He also scored a chart record in 1970 with Neil Diamond's " Red Red Wine ," years before it was turned into a number one hit by UB40.

In tune with his many collaborations, an unlikely combination of Sweeney and Neil Diamond was proposed by seminal producer Rick Rubin in 2008 to follow-up Diamond's Rubin-produced 2005 album " 12 Songs.