DESCRIPTION: Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present. As of 2001, Diamond had sold over 115 million records worldwide including 48 million in the United States alone. He is considered to be the third most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard chart behind Barbra Streisand and Elton John. His songs have been covered internationally by many performers from various musical genres. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Additionally, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and in 2011 was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors.In 1966 Diamond signed a deal with Bert Berns's Bang Records, then a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. His first release on that label - Solitary Man - became his first hit.
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Melinda was mine 'Til the time That I found her Holding Jim Loving him
Then Sue came along Loved me strong That's what I thought Me and Sue But that died too
Don't know that I will But until I can find me A girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man
I've had it to here Bein' where Love's a small word Part-time thing Paper ring
I know it's been done Havin' one Girl who loves you Right or wrong Weak or strong
Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man
Don't know that I will But until love can find me A girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man
