Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Hits List: Neil Diamond

The saying goes "Diamonds Are Forever" and this singer-songwriter is a living testament to that.  His career has now spanned 49 years, piling of dozens of hits and hundreds of memories along the way.  Count 'em--55 hits with 13 Top 10 hits and three #1's and 59 Adult Contemporary hits with 35 of those going Top 10 and 8 reaching #1.


1962:  "You Are My Love at Last" (with Jack Packer as Neil and Jack)
           "I'm Afraid"  (with Jack Packer as Neil and Jack)
1963:  "At Night"
1966:  "Solitary Man" (#66)
           "Cherry, Cherry" (#6)
           "I Got the Feeling (Oh No No)" (#16)
1967:  "You Got To Me" (#18)
           "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (#10)
           "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" (#13)
           "Kentucky Woman" (#22)
           "Some Day Baby"
1968:  "New Orleans" (#51)
           "Red, Red Wine" (#62)

           "Brooklyn Roads" (#58)
           "Two-Bit Manchild" (#66)
           "Shilo"
           "Sunday Sun" (#68)



1969:  "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" (#22)
           "Sweet Caroline" (#4, #3 Adult Contemporary)
           "Holly Holy" (#6, #5 AC)
1970:  "Shilo" (alternate version from 1968) --#24, #8 AC
           "Until It's Time for You to Go" (#53, #11 AC)
           "Soolaimon" (#30, #5 AC)
           "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"
           "Solitary Man" (#21, #6 AC)
           "Cracklin' Rosie" (#1, #2 AC)
           "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" (#20, #4 AC)
           "Do It" (#36, #25 AC)
1971:  "I Am...I Said" (#4, #2 AC)
           "Done Too Soon" (#65, #30 AC)
           "I'm a Believer" (#51, #31 AC)

           "Stones" (#14, #2 AC)
1972:  "Song Sung Blue" (#1, #1 AC)
           "Play Me" (#11, #3 AC)
           "Walk on Water" (#17, #2 AC)
1973:  "Cherry, Cherry" (live) --#31, #19 AC
           "The Long Way Home" (#91, #41 AC)
           "The Last Thing on My Mind" (#56, #15 AC)
           "Be" (#34, #11 AC)



1974:  "Skybird" (#75, #24 AC)
           "Longfellow Serenade" (#5, #1 AC)
1975:  "Morningside"
           "I've Been This Way Before" (#34, #1 AC)
           "The Last Picasso" (#7 AC)
1976:  "If You Know What I Mean" (#11, #1 AC)
           "Don't Think...Feel" (#43, #4 AC)
           "Beautiful Noise" (#8 AC)
1977:  "Stargazer"
           "Lady-Oh"
           "Desiree" (#16, #1 AC)



1978:  "God Only Knows"
           "Let Me Take Me In Your Arms Again"
           "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight"
           "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Barbra Streisand) --#1, #3 AC
           "The Dancing Bumble Bee/Bumble Boogie"
1979:  "Forever in Blue Jeans" (#20, #2 AC)
           "Say Maybe" (#55, #3 AC)
           "The American Popular Song"
           "September Morn" (#17, #2 AC)
1980:  "That Kind"
           "The Good Lord Loves You" (#67, #23 AC)
           "Dancing in the Street"
           "Love on the Rocks" (#2, #3 AC)
1981:  "Hello Again" (#6, #3 AC)
           "America" (#8, #1 AC)
           "Yesterday's Songs" (#11, #1 AC)



1982:  "On the Way to the Sky" (#27, #4 AC)
           "Be Mine Tonight" (#35, #2 AC)
           "Rainy Day Song"

           "Heartlight" (#5, #1 AC)
1983:  "I'm Alive" (#35, #4 AC)
           "Front Page Story" (#65, #5 AC)
1984:  "Turn Around" (#62, #4 AC)
           "Primitive"
           "Sleep With Me Tonight" (#24 AC)
           "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" (#28 AC)
1986:  "Headed for the Future" (#53, #10 AC)
           "The Story of My Life" (#11 AC)
1987:  "I Dreamed a Dream" (#13 AC)
1988:  "Cherry, Cherry" (live)
           "This Time" (#9 AC)



1989:  "The Best Years of Our Lives" (#7 AC)
          "Baby Can I Hold You" (#28 AC)
1991: "If There Were No Dreams" (#14 AC)
          "Don't Turn Around" (#19 AC)
1992:  "Hooked on the Memory of You" (with Kim Carnes) --#23 AC
           "All I Really Need Is You"

           "Morning Has Broken"



1993:  "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (with Dolly Parton)
           "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
1994:  "Play Me" (live)
1996  "Marry Me" (with Buffy Lawson)
          "One Good Love" (with Waylon Jennings)
          "Can Anybody Hear Me"
1998:  "As Time Goes By"



2001:  "You Are the Best Part of Me" (#28 AC)
           "A Mission of Love"
2006:  "Delirious Love" (#31 AC)
           "Delirious Love" (with Brian Wilson) --#27 AC
2008:  "Pretty Amazing Grace" (#30 AC)
           "If I Don't See You Again"
2009:  "Cherry Cherry Christmas" (#4 AC)



2010:  "Yesterday"
           "Midnight Train to Georgia"

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