Neil Diamond

Like Sylvester Stallone, Neil Diamond is an icon of the American Dream, wearing his
street-toughened ego as a badge of artistic authenticity. No other pop singer capitalizes
quite so heavily on the naked celebration of having Made It. If Diamond seemed garishly out
of place in Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz, the mere fact of his presence was a testament
to his indomitable will to conquer. But after well over a decade of making hits, N... More >