![]() ![]() He began having success on his own with "Solitary Man" in 1966. Instead, he started making his way in the music business as a professional songwriter, working in the Brill Building with the other songwriters mentioned above. Neil Diamond (his birth name, by the way) released his first solo single in 1962. If you are put off by his slick, show-biz presentation and don't like his records, this may allow you to realize how good many of his songs are anyway. If you like his music career, this may allow you to enjoy his songs in a different way. So I've collected two albums of songs that treats Neil Diamond solely as a songwriter, with none of his own performances included. Yet he also started out as a stereotypical Brill Building professional songwriter for others, much like Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and so on. Generally speaking, this series focuses on songwriters who aren't famous for performing their own songs. I still have some more who started their careers before the 1960s, but I was listening to this one yesterday and feel like posting it now. I've realized lately I have a lot of artists to add to my "Covered" series. ![]()
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