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Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens , New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland .
Simon and Garfunkel continued recording as solo artists: Garfunkel composed and recorded "Private World" for Octavia Records, and—under the name Artie Garr—"Beat Love" for Warwick; Simon recorded with the Mystics and Tico and the Triumphs, and wrote and recorded under the names Jerry Landis and Paul Kane.
Columbia decided to call them Simon & Garfunkel instead of Tom & Jerry, and according to Simon, this was the first time artists' surnames had been used in pop music without their first names. [14] Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., was released on October 19, 1964. It consisted of 12 songs, five of which were written by ...
Simon and Garfunkel singer married ‘Star Wars’ alum in 1983, ... Simon and Fisher married in 1983, in the midst of the singer’s reunion tour with Art Garfunkel, but they divorced just one ...
Years after Paul Simon said he and his onetime creative partner, Art Garfunkel, don't speak, Garfunkel has now revealed the two shared a tearful reunion lunch.
Simon and Garfunkel broke up in 1970 after releasing five studio albums together and writing hits like “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which ...
Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon are building a bridge over the troubled water of their fractured relationship. Art Garfunkel recalls emotional reunion with Paul Simon ‘to make amends’ Skip to ...
It has been described as one of Simon's most personal songs; [2] it is dedicated to Kathy Chitty, Simon's girlfriend and muse during his mid-1960s sojourn in England. [3] It has also been included on most compilation albums of the duo, such as Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel , [ 4 ] The Essential Simon and Garfunkel [ 5 ...