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"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, " The Sound of Silence ", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". [ 2 ]
In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, for which the promoters convinced them to open with a performance of "The Sound of Silence". The performance was satisfying for both, and they planned a full-scale reunion tour.
The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) is the third box set of Simon & Garfunkel recordings, released in 2001 by Columbia Records.This 5-CD set contains all of their studio albums from 1964 to 1970.
Both the DVD and the 2-CD set include a new studio song, "Citizen of the Planet", written by Paul Simon in the 1980s and recently completed with Art Garfunkel. The DVD contains two Simon & Garfunkel songs that were omitted from the 2-CD set: "Keep the Customer Satisfied" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)".
Simon and Garfunkel broke up in 1970 after releasing five studio albums together and writing hits like “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which ...
Art Garfunkel knows well the sound of silence. “I’ve crossed Europe, I’ve crossed America. I crossed Japan first,” says the higher-voiced half of the 100 million-selling Simon & Garfunkel ...
Simon & Garfunkel performing in Dublin, 1982 American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel recorded songs for five studio albums. Consisting of guitarist/singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel, the duo first met as children in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1953, where they first learned to harmonize with one another and began writing original material. By 1957, the teenagers had ...