Top simon and garfunkel songs
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The 20 greatest Simon & Garfunkel songs ranked, from ‘America’ to ‘Mrs Robinson’
Exactly 50 years ago, Simon & Garfunkel were enjoying unprecedented commercial and critical success. Their fifth studio album Bridge Over Troubled Water was No 1 in the UK charts, eventually spending six months in pole position in the UK and 10 weeks at the top in the US. It would become the best-selling skiva of the 1970s. The title track from the album was also winging its way up the UK singles charts, and in late March, the duo simultaneously topped the singles and albums charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
However, just as Simon & Garfunkel reached the summit of their career, the duo broke up, much to the dismay of their legions of fans. They would get together periodically over the years for some memorable gigs, and if they reunited tomorrow, their concerts would surely sell out overnight. However, with Simon announcing his retirement from live work a couple of years ago, and with their rela
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Readers’ Poll: The 10 Greatest Simon and Garfunkel Songs
The first time that Art Garfunkel heard "Bridge Over Troubled Water," he told Paul Simon that he didn't want to sing it. "He couldn't hear it for himself," Simon told Rolling Stone in 1972. "He felt I should have done it. And many times, I think I'm sorry I didn't do it. Many times on a stage, though, when I'd be sitting off to the side and Larry Knechtel would be playing the piano and Artie would be singing 'Bridge,' people would stomp and cheer when it was over, and I would think, 'That's my song, man. Thank you very much. I wrote that song.'"
The song was one of the biggest hits of 1970, staying at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. It also won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Art is probably quite glad Paul convinced him to do it. It remains his signature song and it always brings down the house at his solo sho
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Simon & Garfunkel's 15 greatest songs ever, ranked
7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
7 O'clock News / Silent Night
A quirky collage of the Christmas carol with a (fake) news bulletin read by DJ Charlie O'Donnell makes for a udda, strange, ironic and alluring alternative Xmas classic.
The fight for Civil Rights, the death of Lenny Bruce, the indictment of mass murderer Richard Speck, HUAC and Vietnam all get referenced in increasing volume, clashing with the gentle piano and harmonised carolling.
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (Audio)
Paul Simon's immersion in what came to be known as World Music reached its peak with Graceland in the 1980s, but he was always taking cues and inspiration from music from around the world.
'El Cóndor Pasa' has a rich history, going back to Andean folk music, via the zarzuela (a sort of Spanish musical theatre/opera) El Cóndor Pasa by Peruvian composer