During his early days working as a songwriter in the Brill Building in New York City, Neil Diamond was nudged by his producers and mentors, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry—behind hits like the Dixie ...

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 ...

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," ...

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 ...