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"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
While Simon was in Denmark during the summer of 1965, Tom Wilson, the producer of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., responded to requests for "The Sound of Silence" from American radio stations and dubbed an electric guitar, bass, and drums onto the original track. He then released the song as a single, whereupon it entered the United States pop charts.
Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966.The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". [2]
While “In Restless Dreams” (a title drawn from a lyric in “The Sound of Silence”) will leave several of Simon’s songs echoing through one’s head for anyone familiar with them, Gibney ...
A still of Simon onstage in <i>In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon</i> Credit - Courtesy of MGM+. I f you didn’t grow up with a well-worn copy of Sounds of Silence, Bookends, or Bridge ...
[2] [3] James Bennighof, author of The Words and Music of Paul Simon, considers the churning, distorted groove and electronic instrumentation an accompanying textural element to the subject matter: suicidal suburban youth. [4] "Save the Life of My Child" is a dramatic story involving drugs, violence and a mother and child relationship.
Simon opened the “SNL50” three-hour special doing a duet with Sabrina Carpenter of the 1960s Simon and Garfunkel classic “Homeward Bound.” He had first performed it on “SNL” as a duet ...
The song was covered by Wings during their 1975–1976 Wings Over The World tour (available on the 1976 album Wings Over America). Denny Laine sang lead. In the version released on Wings Over America, during the first chorus line Laine (jokingly) substitutes John Denver's name for Richard Cory's, thus inciting a roar of laughter and applause from the audience.