George H. Diamond was born on February 15th 1861 to Jacob and Mary Diamond. In the 1880 census, his father is listed as being born in Ireland and his mother born in New York. He was the brother of Fred B, Ida M, and Mary E Diamond. He began performing in variety shows in 1888 and 1889, and was advertised as a famous contortionist. Beginning in 1890, he started touring the nation singing tin pan alley songs in vaudeville. His recording career was brief, beginning in 1892, but relatively successful. He started recording for the New Jersey Phonograph Co. and in 1893 recorded for the Columbia Phonograph Co. and the North American Phonograph Co. At this point in the recording industry, there was no way to duplicate records and singers recorded songs in batches, in front of multiple phonographs over and over again. He was already a famous performer before recording, and continued performing after he stopped recording in late 1893. He continued to find success as a singer in Bryant and Watson's Burlesquers and other vaudeville groups. He often performed "illustrated songs", where he would sings while an assistant projected slides (and later motion pictures). Between 1898 and 1906 he frequently performed on sheet music covers. He retired from performing in late 1910, and opened a publishing business in New York where he published his and other's compositions. His most successful composition was "Theres a mother old and grey who needs me" written in 1911. He married Emma R Penn in 1918, fell Ill in 1920, and remained in Ill until his death on August 15th 1922.