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"Bridge over Troubled Water" features lead vocals by Art Garfunkel and a piano accompaniment influenced by gospel music, with a "Wall of Sound"-style production. [4] [5] It was the last song recorded for the album, but the first completed. [6]
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 ...
Interior view of the bridge. The inn overlooks the medieval 16th-century Bickleigh Bridge which was said since the 1960s to have been the inspiration for the song Bridge Over Troubled Water. [7] Paul Simon stayed at The Fisherman's Cot in the 1960s whilst performing nearby in Exeter. During his stay at the inn in Room Six, the river had flooded ...
Bridge over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel's final studio album, was released in January 1970 and charted in over 11 countries, topping the charts in 10, including the Billboard Top LP's chart in the US and the UK Albums Chart. [95] [96] It was the best-selling album in 1970, 1971 and 1972 and was at that time the best-selling album of all ...
Combining Paul Simon’s songwriting skills and Art Garfunkel’s hauntingly beautiful voice, they produced unforgettable folk-rock hits in the ’60s, like “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and ...
When interviewed by Dick Cavett in April 1970, Paul Simon credited the group with inspiring him to write the song "Bridge Over Troubled Water, specifically Jeter's line in one song: "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust in my name"—with Simon confessing: "I guess I stole it.'
On January 26, 1970, they released their fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water. It was their most successful to date, peaking at number one in several countries, including the UK and US. The album sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide, [4] [5] [6] and received eight-time multi-platinum in the US.
In 1979, she released her disco version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" from the album Let Me Be Your Woman. [8] In 1980, she released a duet album with Curtis Mayfield, The Right Combination, [8] and recorded a song "Red Light" for the Fame soundtrack in 1980. It peaked at number one on the American dance chart.