Historical Figure
Art Garfunkel
b. 1941
American singer (born 1941)
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Biography
Arthur Ira Garfunkel is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
In Their Own Words (3)
Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.
Then I would sing a little in the synagogue. See, if you're a singer, you love to turn your own ears on. You look for those rooms where the reverb is great. I remember the synagogue had a lot of wood and it was a great room. And it was a captive audience and you could sing these minor key songs and make them cry, and that was a thrill.
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.
Timeline
The story of Art Garfunkel, told in moments.
Simon & Garfunkel released "The Sound of Silence," which hit number one after a producer overdubbed electric guitars without telling them. The duo had already broken up. They got back together.
Bridge over Troubled Water became the best-selling album of the year and won six Grammys. Simon & Garfunkel split for good shortly after. Garfunkel turned to acting.
Reunited with Simon for a free concert in Central Park. Half a million people showed up. A planned reunion album collapsed because they couldn't get along.
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