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This figured in Columbia's decision to release the five-minute version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" as a single. [32] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge over Troubled Water" also topped the adult contemporary chart in the US for six weeks. [33]
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records.Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit ...
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B-side of their signature hit, "Bridge over Troubled Water".
It also hit number 32 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart. [13] The single did not chart in the UK, despite being released as the follow-up to Simon and Garfunkel's number 1 hit "Bridge over Troubled Water", and most copies of the UK single misspelled the title as "Cecelia" on the label.
Their combined presence in music began in the 1950s, and throughout the 1960s the duo of Simon & Garfunkel achieved great chart success with tracks such as "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson" (written for the 1967 film The Graduate), "Scarborough Fair", "The Boxer" and "Bridge over Troubled Water".
In the United Kingdom, the album topped the charts for 35 weeks, and spent 285 weeks in the top 100, from 1970 to 1975. [97] It has since sold over 25 million copies worldwide. [99] [100] "Bridge over Troubled Water", the lead single, reached number one in five countries and became the duo's biggest seller. [15]
Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for Bridge over Troubled Water, hence the very lonely feelings of "The Only Living Boy in New York." Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as "Tom", alluding to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry , and encourages him to "let your honesty shine . . . like it shines on me". [ 1 ]
Bridge over Troubled Water (song) → – This is the correct name of the song. It is incorrect to write the "Over" in small letters. Numerous sources state "Bridge Over Troubled Water", eg Allmusic. It should be also consistent with the album of the same name. Regards. GoP T C N 11:54, 23 July 2012 (UTC)