![]() ![]() ![]() All four of his grandparents were immigrants, from Poland on his father's side and Russia on his mother's. Early life and education ĭiamond was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He has also acted in films, making his screen debut in the 1980 musical drama film The Jazz Singer.ĭiamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, including " Sweet Caroline". Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: " Cracklin' Rosie", " Song Sung Blue", " Longfellow Serenade", " I've Been This Way Before", " If You Know What I Mean", " Desirée", " You Don't Bring Me Flowers", " America", " Yesterday's Songs", and " Heartlight". He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. 'Jack Nicholson' and 'John Lennon' turn up in brief cameos, both played by uncredited actors.Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Devotees will either be outraged or enthralled. ![]() If nothing else, however, "Daydream Believers." reminds us that The Monkees produced some of the most enduring pop songs of the 1960's (including 'Last Train to Clarksville', 'I'm a Believer' and the excellent 'All of Your Toys'), reproduced here in their entirety (the actors mime to original recordings). Fans will be astonished by the physical resemblance of the actors to their real-life counterparts (except for Lohr, whose similarity to Micky Dolenz is superficial at best), and their impersonations are equally remarkable, especially during the lengthy musical interludes (including a meticulous recreation of the famous 'Daydream Believer' promo, and the opening montage of the TV show), all realized with startling accuracy. Peter is shown smoking pot, and the guys' bickering descends into chaos as the band falls apart (they disbanded in 1970), but the script refuses to take risks, which means viewers are short-changed by a lack of historical accuracy: For example, there's no mention of the resentment caused when Peter Tork became the first to jump ship in 1969, only a bittersweet ending which barely mentions their break-up at all. Events are depicted in pastel shades, rather like the TV show, but without the laughs. Ron McGee's innocuous teleplay (based on Harold Bronson's book 'Hey Hey We're the Monkees') sketches the group's history in broad narrative strokes, from the audition which brought Davy (George Stanchev), Micky (Aaron Lohr), Peter (L.B.Fisher) and Mike (Jeff Geddis) together, to the international success of their madcap TV show (used as little more than a marketing tool) and their subsequent disillusionment, sparked by management's refusal to allow them greater creative input. Appropriately for a band as airbrushed and stage-managed as The Monkees, Neill Fearnley's entertaining biopic is equally airbrushed and stage-managed, dispensing with unpleasant reality (for the most part) in favor of feel-good party tricks. DAYDREAM BELIEVERS: THE MONKEES' STORY Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Sound format: Stereo The rise and fall of a manufactured pop group - America's answer to The Beatles - who struggled to be taken seriously as bona fide musicians. ![]()
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