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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 ...
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]
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 ]
"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".
"Bridge over Troubled Water" (song), the title track from the album; Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album), an album of Simon and Garfunkel songs by Paul Desmond; Bridge over Troubled Water (Peggy Lee album), an album by Peggy Lee
The final single, "Bridge over Troubled Water", featuring vocals by John Legend and Tori Kelly, was released on 22 February. It is a cover of the song of the same name by Simon & Garfunkel , and features uncredited vocals from Yebba .
The cover of duo Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" was another idea they had to fill in the album's remaining space. Yes's version of "America" (by the same duo) was an inspiration for their version. [11] The second disc, Danger, starts with the 20-minute epic "Not Afraid, Pt 2", which was mostly conceived and sung by Morse.
Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic said that "Against the odds as determined by bopsters, Desmond finds something beautiful, wistful, and/or sly to say in each of these ten tunes, backed by Herbie Hancock's Rhodes electric piano and a set of ravishing, occasionally overstated (as in "America") orchestrations by Don Sebesky".