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List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications; US [2] AUS [3] GER [7] NLD [8] NOR [10] UK [13] 1974 Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Released: March 1974; Label: Columbia; 33: 20 — — 19 — RIAA: Gold [15] 1991 Paul Simon's Concert in the Park ...
"Still Crazy After All These Years" begins with the singer singing that "I met my old lover on the street last night." [2] The "old lover" has been variously interpreted to be either Simon's ex-wife Peggy Harper, from whom he was recently divorced, his former girlfriend from the 1960s Kathy Chitty, or even Simon's former musical partner Art Garfunkel, who appears on the following track, My ...
Paul Simon's version of "Loves Me Like a Rock" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of October 6, 1973, kept from the summit by Cher's "Half-Breed". [6] It remained in the Top 40 for 14 weeks and was certified a gold record. [7] It also spent two weeks atop the Billboard easy listening chart in September 1973. [2]
Simon was born on October 13, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, to Hungarian-Jewish parents. [3] [4] [5] His father, Louis (1916–1995), a professor of education at the City College of New York, [6] was a double-bass player and dance bandleader who performed under the name Lee Sims.
[6] Record World said that it "shows [Simon's] perception of adult problems and relationships to be undimmed." [7] "Slip Slidin' Away" was released as a single in October 1977 and became a major hit, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. [8] The song was regularly performed at both Simon's solo concerts and Simon & Garfunkel ...
Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 17, 1975, by Columbia Records.Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (No. 1), "Gone at Last" (No. 23, credited to Paul Simon/Phoebe Snow), "My Little Town" (No. 9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the ...
One of his most popular singles, "50 Ways" was released in December 1975 and began to see chart success in the new year. It became Simon's sole number-one hit as a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and was his highest charting song in France, where it peaked at number two. Elsewhere, the song was a top 20 hit in Canada ...
"Mother and Child Reunion" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his second studio album, Paul Simon (1972), released on Columbia Records. The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1972.