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The beginning
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York. They were classmates at the Forest Hills High School in New York, and they sealed their friendship during childhood. In 1955 Simon composed some songs, including "Hey, Schoolgirl" (the first song of the duo), 1 and he proposed to Garfunkel to form a duo with only 16 years old, together they started with the name of Tom and Jerry (as the drawings animated), Simon was Jerry Landis (the surname was taken from Sue Landis, a girl he was dating at the time) and Arthur was Tom Graph (Garfunkel liked to "make graphs" -to graph, in English- to see the evolution of the albums in the charts).
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On November 22, 1957, they performed on the American Bandstand program, a live television program, playing the theme Hey, Schoolgirl after Jerry Lee Lewis performed "Great Balls of Fire." They also performed on the Alan Freed show.
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Attempts as soloists
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Later he would try his luck with Paul Kane's name, but he was not successful either.
Art Garfunkel recorded some songs for the record label Octavia Records while attending college, under the pseudonym Artie Garr. He recorded some ballads composed by himself, such as Private World. However, none of these singles reaped success and could not prosper as a soloist.
In early 1964, Simon leaves law school in Brooklyn and goes to London, where he meets Kathy, and falls in love with her. That woman was a strong support for Simon, who composed many of his most famous songs inspired by her, and storing many of the themes that would appear later in his later albums.
During his stay in the United Kingdom, Simon was dedicated to play for some nightclub clubs in Liverpool, London, Cambridge, Widness, and many other cities, participating even in the Folk Festival, held in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. That same year he recorded a single with the record label Oriole Records, the single was composed of two songs, "Carlos Domínguez" and "He Was My Brother", and was published in the United States under the nickname of Paul Kane
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Sello:
CBS – 19233
Formato:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation
País:
Argentina
Fecha:
1972
Género:
Rock
Estilo:
Folk Rock, Pop Rock
Pistas
A1 Sra. Robinson (Mrs. Robinson) 4:02
A2 Para Emilia, Cuando La Encuentre (For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her) 2:04
A3 El Boxeador (The Boxer) 5:07
A4 Canción Del Puente De La Calle 59 (The 59th Street Bridge Song) (Feelin' Goovy) 1:43
A5 Los Sonidos Del Silencio (The Sound Of Silence) 3:02
A6 Soy Una Roca (I Am A Rock) 2:50
A7 La Feria De Scarborough / Cantico (Scarborough Fair / Canticle) 3:08
B1 Camino A Casa (Homeward Bound) 2:30
B2 Puente Sobre Aguas Turbulentas (Bridge Over Troubled Water) 4:52
B3 America 3:34
B4 La Canción De Kathy (Kathy's Song) 3:16
B5 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 3:06
B6 Bookends 1:16
B7 Cecilia