"was written by Mike Batt for ""Watership Down"", with director Martin Rosen requesting a song about death. It plays when the rabbit Hazel, the lead character in the film, almost dies after being wounded by a farmer's gun. The song was very successful in the United Kingdom, staying at number one in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in 1979, selling over one million copies, becoming the biggest-selling single of the year. In the United States, it failed to reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It reached #27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) ""Bright"
"can tell you exactly how it sits with me... I know my musical taste. I know my ears, I know what I respond to."" Garfunkel has been arrested twice for the possession of marijuana: once in early 2004 and again in August 2005. Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult"
"Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned eight Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and Simon were inducted into the"
"Watermark (Art Garfunkel album) Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. The first single, ""Crying in My Sleep"", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of ""(What a) Wonderful World"" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The songs ""Watermark"" and ""Paper Chase"" had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums ""A Tramp Shining"" and ""The Yard Went On Forever"". This album is also"
"Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the bestselling music groups of the 1960s and became counterculture icons of the decade's social revolution, alongside artists such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan. Their biggest hits—including ""The Sound of Silence"" (1964), ""Mrs. Robinson"" (1968), ""The Boxer"" (1969), and ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide. The duo met in elementary school in Queens, New York, in 1953, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing"
"Garfunkel's biggest hit single, and it is often considered their signature song. It was a number one hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for six weeks, and it also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and New Zealand. It was a top five hit in eight other countries as well, eventually selling over six million copies worldwide, making it among the best-selling singles. It became one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century, with over 50 artists, among them Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, covering the song. It was ranked number 48 on ""Rolling Stone""'s"
"Garfunkel version also became a number-one US Adult Contemporary hit for five weeks. Despite Paul Simon's presence on the recording, the song was not credited as a Simon and Garfunkel single. Instead, labels for US copies of the Columbia Records single read, ""Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon"". A photograph from Discogs displays the label as it appeared. The song (as credited under the alternate title, (What A) Wonderful World"") was included on later versions of Garfunkel's solo album, ""Watermark"". It was added in place of another song (""Fingerpaint"") to capitalize on the single's success. The Garfunkel version"
"album and singles charts in the United Kingdom and the United States at the same time. The Beatles were the only ones who had done this until 1970 when Simon and Garfunkel achieved the same feat with their album ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" and its title track. The song was the fifth of seven songs by the Beatles to hit number 1 in a one-year period, an all-time record on the US charts. In order, these were ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"", ""She Loves You"", ""Can't Buy Me Love"", ""Love Me Do"", ""A Hard Day's Night"", ""I Feel Fine"""
"returning to England and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University. In the spring of 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout Florida. The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965. The song hit No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week ending January 1, 1966, leading the duo to reunite and hastily record their second album, which"
"Fate for Breakfast Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in March 1979 on Columbia Records. It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. However, the European release of the album does include a different version of the song ""Bright Eyes"", which was featured in the film version of the novel ""Watership Down"", and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, and became the biggest selling single of 1979 there. Likewise, the album itself garnered international success, reaching the"
"features a prominent reverb effect, creating a dreamy ambience. This version peaked at number 11 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It ranked as the 73rd biggest hit of 1959 by Billboard. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked the Flamingos' version as number 157 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. A recording of the song by Art Garfunkel was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in October 1975 for two weeks. The song was his first hit as a solo artist in the"
"reached number two. It was blocked from reaching the number-one position by Paul Simon's song, ""50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"". Break Away (Art Garfunkel song) ""Break Away"" (also known as ""Breakaway"") is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle and first recorded by Art Garfunkel for his 1975 album ""Breakaway"". Gallagher and Lyle released their own version on their 1976 album, also titled ""Breakaway"". ""Break Away"", with backing vocals by David Crosby and Graham Nash, was the second single release from Garfunkel's album. The song peaked at number thirty-nine on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and, in February"
"five on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, remaining on the charts for 12 weeks. Internationally, the song performed best in Canada, where it hit number two; it was also a top five hit in the Netherlands. A live version of the song is included on the compilation ""Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits"", and it was also performed during the duo's legendary 1981 reunion, The Concert in Central Park. ""Homeward Bound"" was written by Paul Simon after returning to England in the spring of 1964. He had previously spent time in Essex, and he became a nightly fixture at the Railway Hotel"
"and Carmichael agreed that Hughes could commission Harold Adamson to write suitable lyrics. In its film review, ""Time Out"" magazine commented: Re-released as a result, this time with the Adamson lyrics sung by Carmichael, the song again didn't do well in the Hot 100, but released through Decca Records hit No.1 in the United Kingdom and a number of other countries. The song became a perennial classic in the UK, with most releases since Carmichael's within that country. The best known is 1976's (Clive) Robin Sarstedt's, who became a one-hit wonder when the track reached No.3. The backing music to"
"UK, despite being released as the follow-up to Simon and Garfunkel's number one hit ""Bridge over Troubled Water"", and most copies of the UK single misspelled the title as """"Cecelia"""" on the label. Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song) ""Cecilia"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in April 1970 as the third single from the group's fifth studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970). Written by Paul Simon, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a piano bench. They recorded the sound with a tape recorder,"
"first) is in the bathroom. David Browne suggested that the name may be derived from the patron of music, Saint Cecilia. It has an unusually fast tempo compared to their prior songs. Featuring the rockabilly style of The Everly Brothers, ""Keep the Customer Satisfied"" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song ""Homeward Bound"". ""So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"" is a tribute to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright but also to Garfunkel, who wanted to train as an architect. It chronicles the early career of the duo and predicts their"
"peaked as a single at #7. ""Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits"" peaked on the U.S. albums chart at #5. On the UK Album Chart, it was a #2 hit. The album has proven a long and durable seller, currently being certified for 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone. It is easily their best-selling album in the U.S., and holds the record in the U.S. for the best-selling album by a duo. In 2003, the album was ranked number 293 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. All songs composed by Paul Simon"
"noted as being the final recording sessions of legendary saxophonist Paul Desmond who died of lung cancer shortly thereafter. Actress Laurie Bird, Garfunkel's girlfriend, made the album cover's photograph. All tracks composed by Jimmy Webb; except where indicated Watermark (Art Garfunkel album) Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. The first single, ""Crying in My Sleep"", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of ""(What a) Wonderful World"" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"Great Britain and Australia. The tune was also a Top 10 hit throughout continental Europe, Australia (#1), Japan, South Africa, Canada and Asia. The title track was taken from the album of the same name which sold over 3 million copies internationally and earned Warwick an RIAA USA Gold record award for the album. In Britain, the disc was certified Platinum. Warwick later stated to Wesley Hyatt in his ""Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits"" that she was not initially fond of ""Heartbreaker"" but recorded the tune because she trusted the Bee Gees' judgment that it would be"
"Angel Clare Angel Clare is the debut solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released on September 11, 1973. It is his highest charting solo album, peaking at number 5 and contains his only Top 10 hit in the US as a solo artist, ""All I Know"" which peaked at number 9. It also contained two other Top 40 hits, ""Traveling Boy"" (#102 Bubbling under the Hot 100, #38 Adult Contemporary) and ""I Shall Sing"" (#38 Hot 100, #4 Adult Contemporary). It was produced by long-time Simon & Garfunkel producer Roy Halee, alongside Art Garfunkel. The title, ""Angel Clare"", comes from"
"heard it. Garfunkel graduated in 1965, returning to Columbia University to do a master's degree in mathematics. By January 1966, ""The Sound of Silence"" had topped the Hot 100, selling over one million copies. Simon reunited with Garfunkel in New York, leaving Chitty and his friends in England behind. CBS demanded a new album, to be called ""Sounds of Silence"" to ride the wave of the hit. Recorded in three weeks, and consisting of rerecorded songs from ""The Paul Simon Songbook"" plus four new tracks, ""Sounds of Silence"" was rush-released in mid-January 1966, peaking at number 21 ""Billboard"" Top LPs"
"in 1973 in a 4 channel quadraphonic version. The album was reissued in the UK in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both the stereo and quadraphonic mixes. Angel Clare Angel Clare is the debut solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released on September 11, 1973. It is his highest charting solo album, peaking at number 5 and contains his only Top 10 hit in the US as a solo artist, ""All I Know"" which peaked at number 9. It also contained two other Top 40 hits, ""Traveling Boy"" (#102 Bubbling under the"
"top-ten in some European countries. The album was issued in five different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table. Side 1: Side 2: Fate for Breakfast Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in March 1979 on Columbia Records. It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. However, the European release of the album does include a different version of the song ""Bright Eyes"", which was featured in the film version of the novel"
"Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and included it on his eponymous 1965 album. Simon & Garfunkel set it in counterpoint with ""Canticle"" – a reworking of the lyrics from Simon's 1963 anti-war song, ""The Side of a Hill"", set to a new melody composed mainly by Art Garfunkel. It was the lead track of the 1966 album ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"", and was released as a single after being featured on the soundtrack to ""The Graduate"" in 1968. The copyright credited only Simon and Garfunkel as the authors, causing ill-feeling on the part of Carthy, who felt the ""traditional"""
"teaming up with US producer David Kershenbaum on their gold-selling fifth album ""Breakaway"". This set spawned two British Top 10 singles, ""I Wanna Stay With You"" and ""Heart on My Sleeve"", both of which also charted in the US; the latter song was covered successfully by Bryan Ferry. The album included ""Stay Young"", which Don Williams took to No.1 on the US C&W chart, while Art Garfunkel enjoyed a US Adult Contemporary No. 1 with the title song, ""Breakaway"". The duo's next album, ""Love on the Airwaves"", also produced by Kershenbaum, went silver in the UK but yielded only one"
"J.D. Souther's ""Black Rose"" album. From December 1976 to September 1977, Garfunkel worked on his next album. Garfunkel's next release was the 1977 album ""Watermark"" (US #19, UK #26). It failed to make an impression on the public upon release. Its main single, ""Crying in My Sleep"" (""Mr. Shuck 'N' Jive"") (UK #25) didn't reach the US Top 40. After a two-month hiatus, it was re-released in January 1978, with Garfunkel's cover of Sam Cooke's ""(What a) Wonderful World"" (B-Side: ""Wooden Planes""), reaching number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and seventeen on the pop chart. Paul Simon and mutual"
"Gold's material was British singer Petula Clark who covered ""Lonely Boy"" in French (""Poor Lonesome Play Boy"") on her ""Paris, Orleans, Paris"" album. On his 1976 ""Endless Flight"" album, Leo Sayer covered Gold's song ""Endless Flight,"" drawn from Gold's own debut album released the previous year. The year 1975 also marked a successful collaboration with Art Garfunkel, wherein Gold played most of the instruments on Garfunkel's solo hit ""I Only Have Eyes For You"" (which went to #1 on the UK Singles Chart), as well as several other cuts on Garfunkel's album ""Breakaway."" In 1977 Gold also played guitar on"
"on the UK Singles Chart on June 23, 2017. The song was performed by the following artists (in order of appearance): Bridge over Troubled Water (song) ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow-up single to ""The Boxer"" in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970). Composed by singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the song is performed on piano and carries the influence of gospel music. The original studio recording employs elements of"
"Break Away (Art Garfunkel song) ""Break Away"" (also known as ""Breakaway"") is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle and first recorded by Art Garfunkel for his 1975 album ""Breakaway"". Gallagher and Lyle released their own version on their 1976 album, also titled ""Breakaway"". ""Break Away"", with backing vocals by David Crosby and Graham Nash, was the second single release from Garfunkel's album. The song peaked at number thirty-nine on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and, in February 1976, went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for one week. On the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, ""Break Away"""
"29, and was No. 2 for the two weeks that ""The Sound of Silence"" was No. 1. Overall, ""The Sound of Silence"" spent 14 weeks on the ""Billboard"" chart. In the wake of the song's success, Simon promptly returned to the United States to record a new Simon & Garfunkel album at Columbia's request. He later described his experiences learning the song went to No. 1, a story he repeated in numerous interviews: For his part, Garfunkel had a different memory of the song's success: In 1999, BMI named ""The Sound of Silence"" as the 18th most-performed song of the"
"bass parts over drum tracks by Bernard Purdie, and Russ Kunkel. The single ""Second Avenue"" received airplay in the US and UK. But as it was headed up the US charts, Paramount, the parent company of Famous Music ceased its record operations. Meanwhile Art Garfunkel released a new version of Second Avenue. Garfunkel's version peaked at No. 34 on the ""Billboard"" magazine Hot 100 chart and number six Adult Contemporary. Moore's original peaked at No. 58 after he moved to Asylum Records. During 1975 Moore released the album ""Behind the Eyes"". This featured what remains his best-known song in the"
"Simon became the ""neighborhood hit."" His father wrote the words and chords on paper for the boys to use. That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress. In 1957, in their mid-teens, they recorded the song ""Hey, Schoolgirl"" under the name ""Tom & Jerry"", a name which was given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached No. 49 on the pop charts. After graduating from Forest Hills High School, Simon majored in English at Queens College and graduated in 1963, while Garfunkel studied mathematics"
"which contains a far bloodier depiction of the scene. The musical score was by Angela Morley and Malcolm Williamson, Morley replacing Williamson after the composer had fallen behind and only composed the prelude and main title theme in sketch form. A list of the musical cues for the film can be found on the composer's website, which also gives information about the different composers working on the project. The soundtrack includes Art Garfunkel's British No. 1 hit, ""Bright Eyes"", which was written by the British singer and songwriter Mike Batt. He also wrote other songs for the film which were"