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Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens , New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland .
Their music featured prominently in Mike Nichols's 1967 film The Graduate, and in 1968 the soundtrack album and the duo's fourth album, Bookends, featuring the hit version of "Mrs. Robinson", alternated at number one on the Billboard Top 200. Simon and Garfunkel had a troubled relationship, leading to artistic disagreements and their breakup in ...
Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in October 1977 on Columbia Records.The first single, "Crying in My Sleep", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of "(What a) Wonderful World" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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 ...
Art Garfunkel says the future is hopeful for Simon & Garfunkel. The musician, 83, revealed in an interview with The Times that he recently had a tearful reunion with his former music collaborator ...
Art Garfunkel is an American singer, best known for participating with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.In a career spanning over 60 years, Garfunkel released ten studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums and twenty-nine singles.
Garfunkel and Oates went on their first tour in 2013. They starred in an eponymous comedy TV series (2014), which aired on IFC for one season. Their Vimeo comedy special, Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special (2016), was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The best-selling musicians of all time include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, and Whitney Houston. RIAA ranked the best-selling musicians of all time based on total album units sold in the US.