Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos. The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiancé's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money. He is informed of
Diamonds (Amanda Lear song) Diamonds (Amanda Lear song) "Diamonds" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1979 by Ariola Records as the second single from her album "Diamonds for Breakfast". The song was composed and produced by Anthony Monn, Lear's long-time collaborator in the disco era, and is an uptempo pop track. The Amanda Lear-penned lyrics are a praise for diamonds, which she says for her are "just the best" and "better than pearls", adding "I eat diamonds for my breakfast". "Diamonds" was released as the second single preceding Amanda's fourth album, "Diamonds for Breakfast", at the end of 1979. The