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About Art Garfunkel

False Starts

Singing regularly from childhood, Art Garfunkel was already performing live with Paul Simon from the age of 11. At the age of 15, the pair earned a recording contract under the name of Tom and Jerry, scoring a minor hit with “Hey, Schoolgirl”. However, the pair split as Garfunkel opted to go to college. When Garfunkel returned to New York, he met up with his old friend and they once again began performing together, this time under their own moniker. Gestating in the same New York folk scene that produced Bob Dylan, their first LP together, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (1964), was ignored by critics and audiences. It looked as if the duo might split again until producer Tom Wilson took “The Sound of Silence” and dubbed an electric rock band on top of the original. The result hit the top of the Billboard 100, launching Simon and Garfunkel to nationwide fame.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

The duo recorded a further four studio albums, each one finer than the last, while also scoring another major success with the soundtrack to Mike Nichols’ The Graduate. Eventually, this run culminated in Bridge Over Troubled Water, which spawned three hit singles and went platinum multiple times worldwide. Despite this, the pair’s relationship had grown fractious, and they split soon afterwards, reforming only for occasional tours. Since then, Garfunkel has released a variety of solo LPs, often to commercial and critical acclaim, although few have come close to the success of his work with Simon. Alongside this, he has also developed a small but respectable acting career, with a collection of poetry, Still Water, published in 1989. Though his output has slowed in the past few decades, Art Garfunkel remains busy releasing music and touring well into his 70s.