"anti-gay principles of Peter Robinson. Mrs. Robinson ""Mrs. Robinson"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, ""Bookends"" (1968). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it is famous for its inclusion in the 1967 film ""The Graduate"". The song was written by Paul Simon, who pitched it to director Mike Nichols alongside Art Garfunkel after Nichols rejected two other songs intended for the film. The song contains a famous reference to baseball star Joe DiMaggio. ""Mrs. Robinson"" became the duo's second chart-topper, hitting number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and peaking"
"over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, ""Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"" Simon and Garfunkel returned to the UK in the fall of 1968 and did a church concert appearance at Kraft Hall, which was broadcast on the BBC, and also featured Paul's brother Ed on a performance of the instrumental ""Anji"". Simon pursued solo projects after ""Bridge over Troubled Water"", reuniting occasionally with Garfunkel for various projects, such as their 1975 Top Ten single ""My Little Town"". Simon wrote it for Garfunkel, whose solo output Simon judged to be lacking ""bite""."
"Other musicians heard on the record include Elliot Fisher (electric violin), Manny Klein (piccolo trumpet) and Muzzy Marcellino, whose whistling is heard during the recording. Much to the surprise of Montenegro and the musicians who worked with him, this cover of the film theme became a hit single during 1968. It peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in June of that year, held off the top spot by another song from a film, Simon & Garfunkel's ""Mrs. Robinson"" (from the 1967 film ""The Graduate""). It spent three weeks atop the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart during the same"
"agreed to write songs for the Mike Nichols film ""The Graduate"". The resulting single, ""Mrs Robinson"", became a smash hit, and both ""The Graduate"" soundtrack and Simon & Garfunkel's next studio album ""Bookends"" were major hits on the album chart, with combined total sales in excess of five million copies. Simon and Garfunkel's fifth and final studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970) reached number one in the US album charts in January 1970 and became one of the most successful albums of all time. Davis lured artists Hoyt Axton and Tom Rush to Columbia in 1969, and both were"
"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"
"""Confetti"" and the title track were also released as singles in the UK. Actress Polly Noonan and her car appear on the cover of the album. After its initial release, the album was re-issued with a cover of the song ""Mrs. Robinson"", originally by Simon & Garfunkel. This version was released as a single, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the movie ""The Graduate"", for which the song and video appeared in the DVD release. The song had been recorded in Berlin, whilst on tour, with Nic Dalton on bass guitar. The album was re-issued as"
"is a Brazilian version adapted by Miguel Falabella. Several actresses have starred as Mrs. Robinson, including Kathleen Turner, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Hall, Amanda Donohoe, Morgan Fairchild, Anne Archer, Vera Fischer and Linda Gray. The Broadway production in 2002 starred Kathleen Turner, Jason Biggs, and Alicia Silverstone. The stage production adds several scenes that are not in the novel or the film. It also uses songs by Simon & Garfunkel not used in the film, such as ""Baby Driver"" as well as music from other popular musicians from the era such as The Byrds and The Beach Boys. In ""Home School"","
"large poster included in vinyl copies. Simon scoffed and viewed it as charging a premium on ""what was sure to be that year's best-selling Columbia album"". According to biographer Marc Eliot, Davis was ""offended by what he perceived as their lack of gratitude for what he believed was his role in turning them into superstars"". Rather than implement Davis' plan, Simon & Garfunkel signed a contract extension with Columbia that guaranteed them a higher royalty rate. At the 1969 Grammy Awards, the lead single ""Mrs. Robinson"" became the first rock and roll song to receive Record of the Year, and"
"1963, foreshadowing many of the social tensions of the 1960s which the book would come to represent. Through this novel, the character of ""archetypal seductive older woman"" Mrs. Robinson has found a permanent niche in American cultural history. The novel was made into a hugely successful film in 1967 by Mike Nichols. Webb has stated that he never felt comfortable with the attention the movie brought him because he felt it distracted from his status as a serious artist. Webb sold the film rights for a one-off payment reported to be $20,000. He was rarely associated with the movie's publicity"
"Nichols heard Paul Simon's song, ""Mrs. Roosevelt,"" he suggested to Simon that he change it to ""Mrs. Robinson."" The song won a Grammy after the film was released and became America's number 1 pop song. Nichols selected all the numerous songs for the film and chose which scenes they would be used in. The placement and selection of songs would affect the way audiences understood the film. Even actor William Daniels, who played Hoffman's father, remembers that after first hearing the songs, especially ""The Sound of Silence,"" he thought, ""Oh, wait a minute. That changed the whole idea of the"
"critics were dismissive of the show, although it had been a success during its earlier pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia. In 1966, songwriter Earl Robinson sought Harburg's help for the song ""Hurry Sundown""; the two collaborated on the song and are credited as co-writers. The song was intended for the film ""Hurry Sundown"", but was not used in the film. It was, however, recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary for their 1966 album ""The Peter, Paul and Mary Album"". The song was released as a single in 1967, and reached #37 on the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart. It was also nominated"
"in 1957. The song's author Earl Robinson released his own recording in 1957, on the Folkways album ""A Walk in the Sun and other Songs and Ballads"". (The album title refers to a song written for the 1945 film ""A Walk in the Sun"".) Reggae groups The Maytones, from Jamaica, and Greyhound, from the UK, both recorded the song in 1971, the latter achieving a UK top ten hit. Having heard the Greyhound version, Three Dog Night covered the song and included it on their 1972 album ""Seven Separate Fools"". Their version of the song peaked at number one on"
"to the life cycle. Side two largely consists of unused material for ""The Graduate"" soundtrack. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment, relationships, old age, and mortality. Much of the material was crafted alongside producer John Simon, who joined the recording when Paul Simon suffered from writer's block. The album was recorded gradually over the period of a year, with production speeding up around the later months of 1967. Initial sales for ""Bookends"" were substantial in the US, and the album produced the number-one single ""Mrs. Robinson"". The album sold best in the US and in the United Kingdom, where it peaked"
"The film was released in 1956, as was his psychological thriller ""Nightmare"". After a subsequent short absence from the screen, Robinson's film career—augmented by an increasing number of television roles—restarted for good in 1958/59, when he was second-billed after Frank Sinatra in the 1959 release ""A Hole in the Head"". Robinson went to Europe for ""Seven Thieves"" (1960). He had support roles in ""My Geisha"" (1962), ""Two Weeks in Another Town"" (1962), ""Sammy Going South"" (1963), ""The Prize"" (1963), ""Robin and the 7 Hoods"" (1964), ""Good Neighbor Sam"" (1964), ""Cheyenne Autumn"" (1964), and ""The Outrage"" (1964). He had a key"
"as a French and Russian language interpreter for the 1984 Olympics. He married Joan (who wrote under her birth name, Giovanna) Calistri on May 7, 1960, in New York City. Robinson had co-starring and supporting roles in more than 80 films and episodes of TV series during his career; his first film was ""Splendor in the Grass"" in the small uncredited role of Johnny Masterson. Some of Robinson's other film appearances include ""Take Her, She's Mine"", ""Dear Brigitte"", ""Shenandoah"", and ""The Singing Nun"". His many TV credits include ""77 Sunset Strip"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""Stoney Burke"", ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"","
"the role but was ultimately persuaded by Kramer and Russell. The composer Michael Garrett who also contributed to the score can be seen playing the piano in one scene. The film was one of the eight most popular films at the British box office in 1970. Released in Britain in 1969 and the US in 1970, the film was applauded as a good rendering of D.H. Lawrence's once controversial novel about love, sex and the upper class in England. During the making of the film, Russell had to work on conveying sex and the sensual nature of Lawrence's book. Many"
"1969 (film) 1969 is a 1988 drama film written and directed by Ernest Thompson and starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. The original music score is composed by Michael Small. The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting social tensions between those who support and oppose the war in small-town America. The boys, Ralph and Scott, hitchhike home from college, arriving on Easter morning and shout their greetings across the glen to their family during a lakeside Easter Sunrise service, much to the amusement of Ralph's younger sister, Beth, and mother, Ev, and embarrassment of"
"not used. The composer recorded three songs with vocals by Garfunkel, but only ""Bright Eyes"" made it to the film. The song ""When You're Losing Your Way in the Rain"" has a very similar feeling and arrangement, and was recorded by the former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone in 1979. Garfunkel's version was heard years later, on the TV series soundtrack released in 2000. The song, like many others which appeared on the TV soundtrack, was never used in the show. The film was an immediate success at the UK box office and has received a mostly positive critical reception, with"
"The Look of Love (1967 song) ""The Look of Love"" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by English pop singer Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It also received a Best Song nomination in the 1968 Academy Awards. The music was written by Burt Bacharach, and was originally intended to be an instrumental. But later Hal David added the lyrics, and the song was published in 1967. According to Bacharach, the melody was inspired"
"the film. The script was then passed to HandMade Films. After he read it, George Harrison agreed to fund the remainder of the film. Robinson's script is largely autobiographical. ""Marwood"" is Robinson; ""Withnail"" is based on Vivian MacKerrell, a friend with whom he shared a Camden house, and ""Uncle Monty"" is loosely based on Franco Zeffirelli from whom Robinson received unwanted amorous attentions when he was a young actor. He lived in the impoverished conditions seen in the film and wore plastic bags as Wellington boots. For the script, Robinson condensed four or five years of his life into two"
"Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home, loosely based on the 1812 novel ""Der Schweizerische Robinson"" (literally, ""The Swiss Robinson"") by Johann David Wyss. The film was directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London. It was the second feature film version of the story (the first film version was released by RKO in 1940) and was a commercial success. ""Swiss Family Robinson"""
"Italian at the off-campus Dickinson College, in Bologna. In May 1967 Guccini made his first appearance in television, on ""Diamoci del tu"", hosted by Caterina Caselli and Giorgio Gaber singing ""Auschwitz"". He wrote several songs for Caselli and for Nomadi, who made his song ""Dio è morto"" become widely popular; it became one of his most famous songs, despite being censored by the RAI for blasphemy. In 1968 Francesco Guccini translated Simon & Garfunkel's hit song ""Mrs. Robinson"" into Italian; it was first covered in this version by the Italian beat group and later was recorded by Bobby Solo on"
"Garfunkel offered another, incomplete song, which became ""Mrs. Robinson""; Nichols loved it. Simon & Garfunkel's fourth studio album, ""Bookends"", was recorded in fits and starts from late 1966 to early 1968. Although the album had long been planned, work did not begin in earnest until late 1967. The duo were signed under an older contract that specified the label pay for sessions, and Simon & Garfunkel took advantage of this, hiring viola and brass players and percussionists. The record's brevity reflects its concise and perfectionist production; the team spent over 50 hours recording ""Punky's Dilemma"", for example, and rerecorded vocal"
"straddled punk, rock, country, and metal, and sold about 9,000-11,000 copies. Dando spent some time in Australia to write songs with friends Nic Dalton and Tom Morgan, who would later start the band Sneeze. Some of his songs formed the basis for The Lemonheads' fifth album, ""It's a Shame About Ray"". In 1992, The Lemonheads recorded a punk-inflected cover of Simon and Garfunkel's hit ""Mrs. Robinson"" to help promote the video cassette release of ""The Graduate"" film for its 25th anniversary. The song reached number 19 on the UK Charts in December 1992, and was included in the album's re-release"
"hit ""Mrs. Robinson"". After the second song, ""Homeward Bound"", Simon delivered a short speech which began, ""Well, it's great to do a neighborhood concert."" He then thanked the police, the fire department, the park administration and finally Ed Koch. The audience booed at the mention of Koch but applauded as Simon continued. Simon & Garfunkel played twenty-one songs in total: ten by the duo, eight by Simon, one by Garfunkel, a cover of The Everly Brothers' ""Wake Up Little Susie"", and the medley version of ""Maybellene"". Each performer sang three songs alone, including one new song apiece. Garfunkel sang the"
"1967 Burt Bacharach album ""Reach Out"", which was also featured on the soundtrack for the film ""The Boys in the Band"". The Look of Love (1967 song) ""The Look of Love"" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by English pop singer Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It also received a Best Song nomination in the 1968 Academy Awards. The music was written by Burt Bacharach, and was originally intended to be an instrumental."
"first rock and roll song to win Record of the Year at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards in 1969; it also nabbed the honor of Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. The album, alongside ""The Graduate"" soundtrack, propelled Simon & Garfunkel to become the biggest rock duo in the world. Simon was approached by numerous film producers who wished him to write music for their films or license a track; he turned down Franco Zeffirelli, who was preparing to film ""Brother Sun, Sister Moon"", and John Schlesinger, who likewise was readying to shoot ""Midnight Cowboy"". In addition"
"thirteen measures of Scotch whisky and half a pint of ale. In 2010, McGann said that he sometimes meets viewers who believe the film was actually shot in the 1960s, saying ""It comes from the mid-1980s, but it sticks out like a Smiths record. Its provenance is from a different era. None of the production values, none of the iconography, none of the style remotely has it down as an 80s picture."" The film features a rare appearance of a recording by the Beatles, whose 1968 song ""While My Guitar Gently Weeps"" plays as Withnail and Marwood return to London"
"Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's musical career has spanned seven decades, with his fame and commercial success beginning as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel (originally known as Tom & Jerry), formed in 1956 with Art Garfunkel. Simon was responsible for writing nearly all of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the U.S. singles charts: ""The Sound of Silence"", ""Mrs. Robinson"", and ""Bridge over Troubled Water"". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity and Simon began a successful solo"
"Obie Award for her role in Errol John’s ""Moon on a Rainbow Shawl"". In February 1963, she returned to London as the Narrator in ""Black Nativity"" at the Piccadilly Theatre. Carroll also worked in film and television. She appeared in the films ""Up the Down Staircase"" (1967), ""Alice's Restaurant"" (1969), and others. She later appeared in ""The Last Home Run"", which was filmed in 1996 and released in 1998. In 1964, she received an Emmy Award for ""Beyond the Blues"", which dramatized the works of Black poets. She later returned to London with her company and performed in Peter Wessel"
"after ""Shop Around"". It was included on the album ""The Fabulous Miracles"" over three months after its release. The Miracles can be seen performing the song live on stage at the Apollo Theatre in New York (1963) on the Motown/Universal DVD release: ""Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The Definitive Performances 1963-1987"". This filmed performance, according to the DVD's liner notes, is the only known recorded live footage of the group with original Miracles member Claudette (Mrs. Smokey) Robinson. They also performed it live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium the following year (1964) for the American International Pictures concert film,"
"and won the Golden Globe Award for ""Best Original Song in a Motion Picture"" of 1967, beating the other nominated compositions ""Un homme et une femme"" by French orchestra leader Francis Lai, ""Born Free"" by John Barry, which won the 1966 Academy Award for Best Original Song, ""Alfie"" by Burt Bacharach, and ""Georgy Girl"" by Tom Springfield from the eponymous movies, the latter two also having been Oscar nominees of 1966. The overall score to the movie, often resorting to Latin and even seemingly Greek influenced imagery, found a more mixed reception. The soundtrack LP - in fact a rerecording"
"Turman. Several weeks later, Simon re-emerged with two new tracks, ""Punky's Dilemma"" and ""Overs"", neither of which Nichols was particularly taken with. The duo offered another new song, which later became ""Mrs. Robinson"", that was not as developed. Nichols loved it. ""Bookends"" was recorded in fits and starts from 1966 to 1968. John Simon's first session with the group was for ""Fakin' It"" in June 1967. The duo were signed under an older contract that specified the label pay for sessions (""As a folk duo, how much could recording costs be?"" said John Simon). Simon & Garfunkel took advantage of"