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"Cecilia" is a song by American musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Written by Paul Simon , the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a piano bench .
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]
"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" is a 2014 single by British pop band the Vamps, with a chorus adapted from Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 hit "Cecilia". The song appeared on their debut studio album Meet the Vamps (2014), but a later version featuring vocals from Canadian singer Shawn Mendes was released on 12 October 2014 as the album's fifth single.
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 ...
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.
"Cecilia" (Ace of Base song), a 1999 song "Cecilia" (Dreyer and Ruby song), a 1926 song written by Dave Dreyer with lyrics by Harry Ruby "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkel song), a 1970 song "Oh Cecilia" (Breaking My Heart), a 2014 song "Cecilia and the Satellite", a 2014 song "Cecilia", a Brett Kissel song from the 2017 album We Were That Song
The album's liner notes by Judith Piepe, state of the song: "This is, of course, a take-off, a take-on, a private joke, but no joke is all that private or any less serious for being a joke." In 1966, together with Art Garfunkel, Simon re-recorded the song for the duo's album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, with several changes to the lyrics ...
"Homeward Bound" is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released as a single on January 19, 1966, by Columbia Records. It was written by Paul Simon and produced by Bob Johnston . Simon wrote the song during his time in England, possibly while waiting for a train at Widnes railway station in the northwest of England.