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American folk music duo Use American English December 2024 Use mdy dates December 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = Simon & Garfunkel | image = SimonandGarfunkel.jpg | landscape = Yes | caption = Art Garfunkel (left) and Paul Simon performing in Dublin, 1982 | alias = Tom & Jerry (1956–1958) | origin = Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, U.S. | genre = hlist|Folk rock | discography = Simon & Garfunkel discography | years_active = hlist|1956–1958|1963–1970|1972|1975–1977|1981–1984|1990|1993|2003–2005|2007–2010 | label = Columbia Records|Columbia | website = URL|simonandgarfunkel.com | past_members = *Paul Simon *Art Garfunkel ''Simon & Garfunkel'' were an American folk rock duo comprising the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s. Their most famous recordings include three US number ones—"The Sound of Silence" and the two Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year Grammy Award|Grammy winners "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water"—and "Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Homeward Bound", "I Am a Rock", "Scarborough Fair (ballad)#Simon & Garfunkel version|Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (also a cover hit for the Bangles, "America (Simon & Garfunkel song)|America", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Cecilia". Simon and Garfunkel met in elementary school in Queens, New York City, in 1953, where they learned to harmonize and Simon began writing songs. As teenagers, under the name Tom & Jerry, they had minor success with "Hey Schoolgirl" (1957, a song imitating their idols, the The Everly Brothers|Everly Brothers. In 1963, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Their debut album, ''Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'' (October 1964, sold poorly; Simon returned to a solo career, this time in England. In 1965, a remixed version of "The Sound of Silence", became a US AM broadcasting|AM radio hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100. They released their second album, ''Sounds of Silence'', in 1966, and toured colleges nationwide. They assumed more creative control on their ''Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme'', released in 1966. Their music featured prominently in Mike Nichols's 1967 film ''The Graduate'', and in 1968 the The Graduate (soundtrack)|soundtrack album and the duo's fourth album, ''Bookends (album)|Bookends,'' featuring the hit version of "Mrs. Robinson", alternated at number one on the List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1968|''Billboard'' Top 200. Simon and Garfunkel had a troubled relationship, leading to artistic disagreements and their breakup in 1970. Their final studio album, ''Bridge over Troubled Water'', released that January, became List of best-selling albums|one of the world's best-selling albums. Following their split, Simon hit big on both the singles chart (13 top-40 hits, 1972–1986) and the album chart, including the acclaimed ''Graceland (album)|Graceland'' (1986).cite web | title = Episodes: Paul Simon | work = American Masters | date = February 26, 2001 | publisher = PBS | url = https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/paul-simon/about-paul-simon/705/ | access-date = December 6, 2009 Garfunkel charted with hits such as "All I Know" (1973) and the two UK number ones "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1975) and "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)|Bright Eyes" (1979 in British music|Britain's top single of 1979, and briefly pursued an acting career, with leading roles in the Mike Nichols films ''Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22'' (1970) and ''Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge'' (1971) and in Nicolas Roeg's ''Bad Timing'' (1980). The duo have reunited several times; their 1981 The Concert in Central Park|concert in Central Park may have attracted more than 500,000 people, one of the List of highest-attended concerts|largest concert attendances in history.cite web | url= http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/09/19/hive-five-big-concerts-with-big-draws/ | author= Rebecca Raber | title= Hive Five: Big Concerts With Big Draws | work= MTV | date= September 19, 2011 | access-date= April 3, 2015 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110924181131/http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/09/19/hive-five-big-concerts-with-big-draws/ | archive-date= September 24, 2011 | df= mdy-all cite web https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/nyregion/23about.html Great Lawn: A Bubble of History Bursts |author=Dwyer, Jim |work=New York Times July 23, 2008 Simon & Garfunkel won seven Grammy Awardscite web Simon And Garfunkel https://www.grammy.com/artists/simon-and-garfunkel/8388 Grammy grammy.com November 4, 2022—plus four Grammy Hall of Fame|Grammy Hall of Fame Awards—and in 1990 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.cite web http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1977 The BRITs 1977 October 18, 1977 July 16, 2012 Richie Unterberger described them as "the most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s" and one of the most popular artists from the decade. They are among the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists, having sold more than 100 million records.cite news http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10081485.The_singer_with_Art/ The singer with Art|work=The Shuttle (newspaper)|The Shuttle December 1, 2012 February 26, 2018 They were ranked 40th on ''Rolling Stone's'' 2010 list of the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|Greatest Artists of All TimeCite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/simon-and-garfunkel-2-89998/ Simon & Garfunkel ranked 40th greatest artist|magazine=Rolling Stone December 3, 2010 August 26, 2021 and third on its list of the greatest duos.Cite magazine December 17, 2015 20 Greatest Duos of All Time https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-greatest-duos-of-all-time-16272/3-simon-garfunkel-239705/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US September 6, 2020
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