“After four years of Freudian analysis, I realized I had written ‘Solitary Man’ about myself,” said Neil Diamond in 2005, nearly 40 years since the release of his debut single. Released on Diamond’s ...

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 ...