Biographie
Joel Diamond
Joel Diamond, 2x Grammy Award Nominee, has produced and/or written 47 Gold and Platinum recordings, over 100 Billboard Charted recordings, plus movie sound tracks and television themes. Among the many artists he has worked with are Engelbert Humperdinck (109 recordings), David Hasselhoff, Gloria Gaynor, Ike Turner, Sister Sledge, Helen Reddy, Ray J, Tony Orlando, Andrew Dice Clay, Five Browns (3 consecutive #1 albums on Billboard Classical Chart), Righteous Brothers, etc. In his over 40 years of experience in the music industry, he has run the gamut including music publishing, record production, song writing, management, and being a recording artist himself. He has served in both an executive and creative capacity for major music companies including Sony Music, as well as running his own record labels. He has had major successes in the past producing individuals, who the public would not necessarily think of as singers, such as David Hasselhoff-selling 4 million albums and becoming a huge sensation in Germany, Britt Ekland-a Bond Girl, Phoebe Cates-#1 record in Italy for 16 weeks, Katie Cassidy-David's daughter, Robey-super model scoring #1 with "One Night In Bangkok", and Joe Pesci singing a love song.
Joel began his music industry career by heading up Mercury Records music publishing, MRC Music. He organized MRC with keen instinct and by setting high standards for himself, including hiring his #2 man and assistant, Tommy Mottola.
Clive Davis, then President of CBS Records, became aware of Diamond's accomplishments, and brought Diamond on board and positioned him as the head of the Sony Music Publishing, April/Blackwood Music, as well as making him part of Clive's personal A&R staff at CBS Records. Clive became Joel's mentor.
With recognition always being the compliment of one's work, New York Magazine chose Joel Diamond, along with Jimmy Iovine and Phil Ramone, as one of "New York's Hottest Record Producers." Billboard Magazine described Diamond as, "one of Contemporary Music's Best Record Producers sitting behind the board."
Joel Diamond is currently in production on a very timely music driven TV limited series about the untold stories of the wildly popular national phenomenon American Bandstand, reflecting its beginnings in the conservative late 1950's, revealing the secrets of its famous teenage dancers who were forced into hiding their racial and sexual preferences.
Joel is the personification of unshakable confidence, explosive energy, unusual charisma, and infectious and relentless optimism. As one of Sony Music's top brass put it, "Joel is respected as one of the industry's more creatively oriented business people who always has his finger on the pulse of what's happening now!"
