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Paul Simon

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One of the major singer/songwriters to emerge in the 1960s, Paul Simon helped define the parameters of folk-rock with the records he made with his partner Art Garfunkel. Over the course of five albums, Simon & Garfunkel created some of the most indelible music of the '60s, including such perennials as "The Sounds of Silence," "Mrs. Robinson," and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The duo split at the height of their popularity in 1970, leading Simon to launch a solo career with an eponymous debut in 1972, a record that established his increasingly adventurous musicality and lyrical sophistication. Simon's mastery of mature mainstream pop quickly became evident -- he regularly appeared in the Top Ten in the '70s with such hits as "Mother and Child Reunion," "Kodachrome," Loves Me Like a Rock," and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," the latter taken from his Grammy-winning Album of the Year, 1975's Still Crazy After All These Years -- but by the '80s he became artistically restless. An exploration of African music revitalized him creatively and commercially, resulting in the 1986 landmark Graceland, which became his second Album of the Year Grammy winner. The ensuing decades found Simon attempting a variety of experiments, ranging from a Broadway musical and a 2006 collaboration with Brian Eno, to the hushed mini-suite of 2023's Seven Psalms.

Paul Frederic Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 13, 1941. His father, Louis Simon, was an educator who also led a small jazz combo, while his mother, Belle Simon, taught English; when Paul was a few months old, they moved from Newark to Queens, New York. Paul grew up with a passion for baseball and music, particularly jazz and folk, and as he entered his teens, he developed a taste for the doo wop and R&B sounds that were a staple of Alan Freed's radio broadcasts, as well as first-generation rockabillies such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. When Simon was 11 years old, he met Art Garfunkel, and the two became fast friends who discovered they shared an interest in music. Paul and Art formed a harmony duo in the style of their heroes the Everly Brothers and made their stage debut at a junior high talent show. By the time they were enrolled at Forest Hills High School, the two were calling themselves Tom & Jerry (Art was Tom Graph, Paul was Jerry Landis), and they filled their spare time playing teen dances and parties. In 1955, the two wrote a song together, "The Girl for Me," which Simon registered for copyright with the Library of Congress. In 1957, Tom & Jerry were cutting a demo acetate of Simon's song "Hey Schoolgirl" when the president of a small record company (ironically named Big Records) happened by the studio. The label head liked what he heard and "Hey Schoolgirl" b/w "Dancin' Wild" was released in the fall of 1957. The record rose to number 52 on the Billboard pop singles charts, and scored Tom & Jerry an appearance on American Bandstand, but while they would cut a number of follow-up releases, "Hey Schoolgirl" was destined to be Tom & Jerry's only hit.

By March 1958, Simon was already looking toward a solo career, cutting a single, "True or False" b/w "Teen Age Fool," under the name True Taylor. Jerry Landis also landed his own record deal, releasing his debut single, "Anna Belle" b/w "Loneliness," in 1959, while Simon also worked with a studio group called the Cosines, who specialized in cutting demos for songwriters. (Another member of the combo was Carole Klein, who would soon enjoy a successful career of her own as Carole King.) By the end of the decade, Paul and Art were both enrolled in college, and Tom & Jerry took a back seat to academics, though Simon would record occasional sessions and wrote songs for others. In 1961, Simon teamed up with a handful of vocalists to form a group called Tico & the Triumphs; the group cut a single, "Motorcycle" b/w "I Don't Believe Them," which barely broke into the Billboard singles charts, making number 99 for one week, but received extensive airplay in Baltimore and became a local hit in the Charm City. "Motorcycle" was released by Amy Records, which soon turned to Simon to write and produce material for several of their artists, including Ritchie Cordell, the Fashions, Dottie Daniels, and Jay Walker & the Pedestrians. Simon also found time to cut another Jerry Landis single, and "The Lone Teen Ranger" spent three weeks on the Billboard charts in early 1963, peaking at number 97.

In the early '60s, the folk revival swept New York City, and a new breed of singers and songwriters introduced a new approach to the craft of creating tunes. Simon, who had been studying English literature, was influenced and encouraged by the new breed of folkies, and in 1963 he re-teamed with Art Garfunkel, this time using their real names and performing the more topical songs Simon was writing. Simon & Garfunkel started playing Greenwich Village folk clubs, and they scored a deal with Columbia Records, releasing their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, in the fall of 1964. The album was initially a flop, and Simon headed to England, where he made the rounds of folk clubs, recorded some BBC sessions, and even cut a solo album, The Paul Simon Songbook, which was released only in the U.K. Simon also co-wrote a few pop tunes with Bruce Woodley of the Seekers, one of which, "Red Rubber Ball," would become a big hit for the Cyrkle. In late 1965, Tom Wilson, who produced the Wednesday Morning, 3 AM album, learned that one of the songs from the LP, "The Sound of Silence," was getting scattered radio airplay, and he struck upon the idea of dubbing a rock & roll rhythm section over the acoustic track and issuing it as a single. The strategy worked: the new version of "The Sound of Silence" was a big hit, and Simon & Garfunkel quickly re-formed, cutting the album Sounds of Silence, which was released in 1966 and spawned the singles "I Am a Rock" and "Kathy's Song."

Simon & Garfunkel would enjoy impressive success over the next several years and were one of the few acts from the early-'60s folk revival that would enjoy success with acoustic-based music during the psychedelic era, thanks in large part to Simon's songwriting. But while 1970's Bridge Over Troubled Water was a massive commercial and critical success (and a superb reflection of the end-of-the-decade Zeitgeist of the day), long-simmering creative differences between Simon and Garfunkel came to a head while making the album, and a hiatus from collaborating became a proper breakup when Simon released his self-titled solo album in 1972. Paul Simon featured two hit singles, "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," and found Simon experimenting with reggae and Latin music, as well as polished soft rock.

Released in 1973, There Goes Rhymin' Simon was a more ambitious follow-up, sounding largely optimistic and dipping its toes into gospel and New Orleans jazz as well as R&B-based rock and pop. In 1975, Simon released Still Crazy After All These Years, an album informed by his divorce from his first wife, Peggy Harper. Still Crazy included the song "My Little Town," which reunited Simon with Art Garfunkel for the first time since Bridge Over Troubled Water. Simon's next project proved to have a long gestation period; he wrote a screenplay about a musician struggling to save his marriage and his career, and penned a set of songs to accompany it. Simon also starred in the subsequent film, and while One Trick Pony wasn't his first bit of film acting (he played a small but memorable role in Woody Allen's Annie Hall), he didn't fare well alongside a cast of seasoned professionals when the movie debuted in 1980. One Trick Pony's soundtrack album (his first album for Warner Bros. after a long working relationship with Columbia) spawned the hit single "Late in the Evening," but otherwise proved to be a disappointment in terms of sales.

In September 1981, Simon & Garfunkel played a massive reunion concert in New York's Central Park, which led to a brief reunion tour. The Central Park show was released as a live album that was a major commercial success, and the duo made plans to record a new album. But Simon and Garfunkel found themselves at odds in the studio, and Simon's next album, 1983's Hearts and Bones, featured no contributions from Garfunkel. The album sold poorly, and by Simon's own admission he was running short on inspiration when he heard an album of "township jive" by the South African group the Boyoyo Boys. Fascinated by the eclectic blend of creative elements, Simon began creating an album inspired by South African pop, recorded primarily in Johannesburg with a band of South African musicians. The result was 1986's Graceland, which became an unexpected smash hit, spawning several hit singles, introducing an international audience to South African rhythms, and prompting a renewed dialogue about the nation's repressive apartheid regime. (The album also generated a certain amount of controversy, as some believed the recording sessions violated a United Nations-led cultural boycott against South Africa; also, several members of the group Los Lobos, who appeared on the album, claimed Simon lifted their melody for the tune "All Around the World, or the Myth of Fingerprints" without giving them songwriting credit.) Simon turned to Brazilian music for inspiration on his next album, 1990's The Rhythm of the Saints, which also incorporated a number of the South African players who contributed to Graceland. If not as successful as Graceland, The Rhythm of the Saints still fared quite well with fans and critics, and the two albums reestablished Simon as a vital contemporary artist.

After releasing a live album from the tour in support of The Rhythm of the Saints, Simon retreated to work on another unusual project, a Broadway musical called The Capeman, which was based on the true story of Salvador Agron, a Latino gang member and convicted murderer turned poet and activist. Simon wrote the book for The Capeman in collaboration with Derek Walcott and composed a set of new songs for the show. However, the production proved difficult and the play, which opened in 1998, received poor reviews and closed after just 68 performances due to slow ticket sales. (A revised version of the show was staged in 2010, and received significantly better notices.) An album of Simon's interpretations of the show's songs was issued but was only a modest success; the original cast recording received a belated digital release in 2006.

Stung by the disappointing response to The Capeman, Simon returned to the studio in 2000 to record You're the One, an album that suggested a compromise between the African and Latin sounds he'd embraced and the more intimate approach of his early work. Two years later, Simon once again reunited with Art Garfunkel for a concert tour, and a live album, Old Friends: Live on Stage, was released in 2004. Simon returned in 2006 with Surprise, which found him working with an unlikely producer, Brian Eno. Released in 2011, So Beautiful or So What captured Simon returning to a more organic songwriting style than he'd employed since Graceland, though the tenor of the lyrics confirmed he was still keenly aware of the sounds and ideas of the present day. The album was also his first release for Hear Music; the same label released 2012's Live in New York City, taken from a special intimate hometown concert from the tour in support of So Beautiful. Simon returned in the summer of 2016 with Stranger to Stranger, an album co-produced by his longtime collaborator Roy Halee and released on Concord Records.

Simon embarked on a farewell tour in 2018, toward the end of which he released In the Blue Light, a collection of reinterpretations of songs he felt were overlooked when he'd written them.

Despite all these looks backward, Simon hadn't retired from songwriting. He returned in May 2023 with Seven Psalms, a suite of songs designed to be listened to as a collective piece. The acoustic-based mini-suite featured appearances by VOCES8 and vocals by Edie Brickell. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Love and Hard Times
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Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy
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Armistice Day
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I Am a Rock
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April Come She Will
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Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Demo - San Francisco 2/71
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You're the One
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How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
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You Can Call Me Al - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
You Can Call Me Al - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
858,688 5:11 1991-11-05
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
849,805 7:25 2012-09-18
The Sound of Silence - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
The Sound of Silence - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
840,816 5:46 1991-11-05
Hearts and Bones - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Hearts and Bones - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
840,101 6:00 2012-09-18
So Beautiful or so What
So Beautiful or so What
822,052 4:09 2011-04-08
Bridge over Troubled Water - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Bridge over Troubled Water - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
818,795 5:17 1991-11-05
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
806,044 3:14 1991-11-05
Song About the Moon
Song About the Moon
800,056 4:11 1983-11-04
The Boy in the Bubble - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
The Boy in the Bubble - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
791,239 5:59 1991-11-05
Spirit Voices (Work-In-Progress) - Bonus Track
Spirit Voices (Work-In-Progress) - Bonus Track
790,746 3:50 1990-10-16
Late in the Evening - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Late in the Evening - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
785,733 4:31 2012-09-18
Kodachrome - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Kodachrome - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
783,144 4:14 1991-11-05
I Know What I Know - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
I Know What I Know - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
771,457 4:45 1991-11-05
Graceland - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Graceland - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
764,775 5:31 1991-11-05
Bernadette
Bernadette
764,405 3:28 1997-11-18
The Vampires
The Vampires
761,692 5:06 1997-11-18
Crazy Love, Vol. II - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Crazy Love, Vol. II - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
758,084 5:56 2012-09-18
That Was Your Mother - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
That Was Your Mother - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
755,376 4:03 2012-09-18
Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
731,609 2:18 1965-08-01
How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
729,081 4:30 2018-09-07
Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
722,856 4:00 2018-09-07
Oh, Marion
Oh, Marion
721,605 4:01 1980-08-01
Kodachrome - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Kodachrome - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
719,996 3:06 2012-09-18
That's Why God Made the Movies
That's Why God Made the Movies
718,188 3:38 1980-08-01
Old
Old
709,729 2:20 2000-10-03
You Can Call Me Al - Groove Armada Dub Redemption
You Can Call Me Al - Groove Armada Dub Redemption
709,716 7:22 2018-06-01
Kodachrome - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
Kodachrome - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
687,489 3:21 2017-06-09
American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
685,675 4:02 1973-05-05
The Boy In the Bubble - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
The Boy In the Bubble - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
684,557 5:00 2012-09-18
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
684,008 9:32 1991-11-05
Take Me to the Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
Take Me to the Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
681,694 2:29 1973-05-05
Here Comes The Sun (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) - Live
Here Comes The Sun (with David Crosby and Graham Nash) - Live
678,712 3:23 2010-11-02
Cecilia - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Cecilia - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
671,479 3:24 1991-11-05
America - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
America - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
669,759 3:23 1991-11-05
Born at the Right Time - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Born at the Right Time - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
668,980 5:12 1991-11-05
God Bless the Absentee
God Bless the Absentee
666,575 3:18 1980-08-01
Rewrite - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Rewrite - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
660,765 4:38 2012-09-18
Mother and Child Reunion (with Jimmy Cliff) - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
Mother and Child Reunion (with Jimmy Cliff) - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
658,195 3:43 2017-06-09
Um Vento Passou (para Paul Simon) [Feat. Paul Simon]
Um Vento Passou (para Paul Simon) [Feat. Paul Simon]
658,073 4:37 2024-06-21
Still Crazy After All These Years - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Still Crazy After All These Years - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
657,373 4:04 2012-09-18
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
653,437 6:30 2017-06-09
Ace in the Hole - Live at the Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - September 1979
Ace in the Hole - Live at the Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH - September 1979
646,932 5:43 1980-08-01
Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
633,531 4:02 2011-04-08
Paul Simon: Hearts and Bones
Paul Simon: Hearts and Bones
628,548 4:51 2014-10-03
Allergies
Allergies
625,184 4:39 1983-11-04
She Moves On - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
She Moves On - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
623,957 6:26 1991-11-05
Late in the Evening - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Late in the Evening - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
621,770 4:45 1991-11-05
Gumboots - Joyce Muniz Remix
Gumboots - Joyce Muniz Remix
611,854 6:48 2018-06-01
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Everything About It Is a Love Song
597,834 3:57 2006-05-09
Darling Lorraine
Darling Lorraine
581,831 7:13 2018-09-07
When Numbers Get Serious
When Numbers Get Serious
573,389 3:26 1983-11-04
The Teacher
The Teacher
571,199 3:45 2018-09-07
Think Too Much (a)
Think Too Much (a)
566,041 3:05 1983-11-04
Love & Blessings
Love & Blessings
560,780 4:18 2011-04-08
Long, Long Day
Long, Long Day
559,313 3:50 1980-08-01
A Most Peculiar Man
A Most Peculiar Man
555,470 2:23 1965-08-01
The Afterlife - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
The Afterlife - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
555,012 4:26 2012-09-18
Gumboots - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
Gumboots - Live at Webster Hall, New York City - June 2011
554,943 4:22 2012-09-18
Still Crazy After All These Years - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Still Crazy After All These Years - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
551,180 3:43 1991-11-05
Train in the Distance - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
Train in the Distance - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
545,692 4:46 1991-11-05
Jonah
Jonah
545,246 3:31 1980-08-01
Amulet
Amulet
532,361 1:37 2011-04-08
The Side of a Hill
The Side of a Hill
531,630 2:17 1965-08-01
How Can You Live in the Northeast?
How Can You Live in the Northeast?
529,527 3:42 2006-05-09
American Tune (with The Jessy Dixon Singers & Urubamba) - Live 1973
American Tune (with The Jessy Dixon Singers & Urubamba) - Live 1973
528,991 4:02 1974-03-01
Nobody
Nobody
519,839 3:33 1980-08-01
Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes - Thievery Corporation Remix
Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes - Thievery Corporation Remix
519,029 6:01 2018-06-01
The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence
513,532 3:06 2019-04-29
Soft Parachutes (Unreleased Soundtrack Recording)
Soft Parachutes (Unreleased Soundtrack Recording)
500,962 1:52 1980-08-01
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012
500,529 4:31 2017-06-09
The Cool, Cool River - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
The Cool, Cool River - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
499,536 5:41 1991-11-05
Questions for the Angels
Questions for the Angels
499,345 4:01 2018-09-07
A Church Is Burning
A Church Is Burning
495,753 3:24