Ultimate Classic Rock reports Simon wrote “The Sound of Silence” in 1964. The track, originally titled “The Sounds of Silence,” was part of the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The album was not a ...

The legendary songwriter reflected on his six-decade career and the song that continues to resonate with listeners around the ...

Simon and Garfunkel’s song “The Sound of Silence” rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January of 1966, even reaching No. 1 at the time. That’s more than 50 years ago, if that math wasn’t ...

The post Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” Takes Us Inside The Graduate appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Benjamin Braddock is staring down the barrel of his future — and he’s terrified ...

When I returned from home in the middle of November I brought with me a copy of the record. I showed it to a couple of people. “Simon and Garfunkel?” they said. “Are you kidding?” “It’s number one in ...

It was a perfect statement of the folk-rock sound, incorporating the truth and soul of the folk world with the amplification and style of the post-Beatles music world. Simon & Garfunkel quickly became ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A popular tune by Simon and Garfunkel written after John F. Kennedy’s assassination and Chubby Checker’s 1960s dance hit “The Twist” will be among 25 recordings selected for ...

which was written amid the turmoil following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, will join Chubby Checker's 1960s dance hit as two of 25 recordings selected for preservation at the These are ...

WASHINGTON — He joined Paul Simon to form the legendary folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. This weekend, Art Garfunkel performs “In Close-Up” at the Kennedy Center at 8 p.m. Saturday. Flanked by ...

The purity of Art Garfunkel’s voice — a tenor that could shoot straight up to heaven — defined an era when it blended with the sound and songwriting genius of his partner, Paul Simon. Both mood and ...

Paul Simon hates a lot of his finest songs, with there one Simon and Garfunkel classic that he absolutely 'loathes'. Read ...

Natalie Prass is a ridiculously talented songwriter who also happens to be ridiculously good at covering great songs of yesteryear. When I saw Prass perform at Outside Lands, she covered Janet Jackson ...