A Tribute To Simon And Garfunkel

                                                                                         

The most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s, Paul Simon
and Art Garfunkel crafted a series of memorable hit albums
and singles featuring their choirboy harmonies, ringing
acoustic and electric guitars, and Simon's acute, finely
wrought songwriting.

They met in elementary school in 1953, when they both
appeared in the school play Alice in Wonderland.They formed
the group Tom and Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste
of success with the minor hit "Hey Schoolgirl." The duo
split up, and Simon continued to struggle to make it in the
music business as a songwriter and occasional performer,
sometimes using the names of Jerry Landis or Tico & the
Triumphs.

When they re-teamed, it was as a folk duo, though Simon's
pop roots would serve the act well in their material's
synthesis of folk and pop influences. Signing to Columbia,
they recorded an initially unsuccessful acoustic debut (as
Simon and Garfunkel, not Tom and Jerry) in 1964, Wednesday
Morning, 3 A.M. They again went their separate ways, Simon
moving to England, where he played the folk circuit and
recorded an obscure solo album.

Then with the help of Tom Wilson they reunited and made a
serious go at a recording career, Simon returning from the
U.K. to the U.S. In 1966 and 1967 they were regular visitors
to the pop charts with some of the best folk-rock of the
era, including "Homeward Bound," "I Am a Rock," and "A
Hazy Shade of Winter."

Their final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, was
an enormous hit, topping the charts for ten weeks, and
containing four hit singles (the title track, "The Boxer,"
"Cecilia," and "El Condor Pasa").A 1981 concert in New
York's Central Park attracted half a million fans, and was
commemorated with a live album; they also toured in the
early '80s, but a planned studio was canceled.

Simon and Garfunkel were among the most popular recording
artists of the 1960s, and are best known for their songs
"The Sound of
Mrs Robinson",[The Theme Song Of The
Graduate] "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer."
They have received several Grammys and are inductees of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Long Island Music Hall
of Fame (2007). In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Simon
and Garfunkel #40 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists
of All Time.

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