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Harper James Simon (born September 7, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He is the son of Paul Simon and Peggy Harper. Simon has appeared on several studio albums, and has been featured in films and television shows, including HBO's Girls .
She is mentioned by name in at least two of Simon's songs: "Kathy's Song" and "America". She is also referred to in "Homeward Bound" and "The Late Great Johnny Ace". There is a photo of Simon and Kathy together on the cover of Simon's 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook. [106] Simon has been married three times, first to Peggy Harper in 1969.
The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his then-wife Peggy Harper. French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who was attending the same party, mistakenly referred to Paul as "Al" and to Peggy as "Betty", inspiring Simon to write a song.
Gibney frames Simon’s past—beginning with charming black-and-white publicity photos of teenage Paul and Art taken around the time of their first, baby-step hit, “Hey Schoolgirl,” in 1957 ...
"Still Crazy After All These Years" begins with the singer singing that "I met my old lover on the street last night." [2] The "old lover" has been variously interpreted to be either Simon's ex-wife Peggy Harper, from whom he was recently divorced, his former girlfriend from the 1960s Kathy Chitty, or even Simon's former musical partner Art Garfunkel, who appears on the following track, My ...
Related: Paul Simon's Wife Edie Brickell Picked Him Up in a 'Yellow 1972 Pickup Truck' for Their First Date. According to Simon, when Garfunkel was cast in the movie Catch-22, he expected him to ...
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Following Simon's divorce from his first wife Peggy Harper, Simon opted to take a more humorous approach to document the event. [2] He recorded the song at A&R Recording on 48th Street in New York City, [3] a small studio "in the heart of Broadway's theater district, and built the song around percussion—"martial drums" in particular—in order to "avoid clutter". [4]