Simon and Garfunkel Tickets for Sale
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are back together for concerts in the USA.
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm in the Fargodome of Fargo, ND.
Saturday, May 8, at 8:00 p.m. at the Xcel Cnergy Center, Saint Paul, MN.
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Paul Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his success beginning in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair’s songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles charts, “The Sounds of Silence”, “Mrs. Robinson”, and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.[1] In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly-acclaimed albums over the next five years.[2] In 1986 he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music that helped fuel the anti-apartheid movement.[3] Besides music, Simon directed and starred in the film One Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.
Art Garfunkel’s love for singing “Came in the first grade. when we were lined up in size order, and after everyone else had left, I’d stay behind and enjoy the Echo sound of the classroom tiles and sing “Unchained Melody” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, learning the love this goose-bumps songs from the tender age of five.” Later, Garfunkel’s father bought him a wire recorder and from then on, Grafunkel spent his afternoons singing, recording and playing it back, so he could listen for flaws and learn how to improve.
He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade – PS 164, Queens, when they were both cast in the Elementary School Graduation Play, Alice In Wonderland (Garfunkel was The Cheshire Cat, Simon was The White Rabbit). At school, Garfunkel was shy, but was able to make friends due to his singing voice. He also had several girlfriends during his teens thanks to his voice, a sweet demeanor and a sense of humor. It has been said by Garfunkel that Simon first became interested in singing after hearing Garfunkel sing a rendition of Nat King Cole’s “Too Young” in a school talent show.
Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as Tom & Jerry. Garfunkel (“Tom Graph”) chose his nickname because he liked to track, or “graph” hits, on the pop charts. He also released some singles as a solo artist, under the name Artie Garr (A Shortened version of Garfunkel). In interviews, Garfunkel has noted himself how these early singles distingshed him as a Folk Styled Crooner,[citation needed] with songs like “Beat World” and “A Soldier And A Song” (Both released 1959).
