'Hello darkness my old friend' are the first words of which Simon and Garfunkel song?
"Simon & Garfunkel discography Simon & Garfunkel, an American singer-songwriter duo, has released five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, four live albums, one extended play, 26 singles, one soundtrack, and four box sets since 1964. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first formed a duo in 1957 as Tom & Jerry, before separating and later reforming as Simon & Garfunkel. Simon & Garfunkel's debut album, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", was released on October 19, 1964. Initially a flop, it was re-released two years later with the new version of the single ""The Sound of Silence"", which was overdubbed with electric instruments"
"Old Friends (song) ""Old Friends"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, ""Bookends"" (1968). ""Old Friends"" was recorded after production assistant John Simon's departure from Columbia, and was among the last tracks recorded for ""Bookends"", completed alongside the final ""Bookends Theme"" on March 8, 1968. ""Old Friends"" paints a portrait of two old men reminiscing on the years of their youth. The two men sit ""on a park bench like bookends,"" and ponder how strange it feels to be nearing the end of their lifetime. In ""Old Friends,"" the title generally conveys"
"The Sound of Silence ""The Sound of Silence"", originally ""The Sounds of Silence"", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City for inclusion on their debut album, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."". Released in October 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo breaking apart, with Paul Simon"
"that this renaming as ""Simon & Garfunkel"" marked the first time only artists' surnames had been used in pop music. Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", was released on October 19, 1964; it consisted of 12 songs in the folk vein, five written by Simon. The album initially flopped. While in the UK, Simon co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group the Seekers, including ""I Wish You Could Be Here,"" ""Cloudy"", and ""Red Rubber Ball"". Woodley's co-author credit was omitted from ""Cloudy"" on the ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" album. The American group"
"were previously issued on the 1997 retrospective, ""Old Friends"". All songs by Paul Simon, except as indicated. * - Bonus track Disc one: ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."" (1964; Stereo) Note: Paul Kane is one of the aliases used by Paul Simon. Disc two: ""Sounds of Silence"" (1966; Stereo) Disc three: ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966; Stereo) Disc four: ""Bookends"" (1968; Stereo) Disc five: ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970; Stereo) The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) is the third box set of Simon & Garfunkel recordings. This 5 CD Set contains all of their studio albums"
"Bookends (song) ""Bookends"", also known as ""Bookends Theme"", is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, ""Bookends"" (1968). It appears twice on the track listing, as the first and last song on side one of the original vinyl LP. The ""Bookends Theme"" that opens and closes side one is played on the acoustic guitar, with no additional instruments. The song is a brief acoustic piece (once compared to English rock band the Moody Blues) that evokes ""a time of innocence."" The reprise is preceded by ""Old Friends"", which segues into the song with"
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night ""7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). The track is sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol ""Silent Night"" with a simulated ""7 O'Clock News"" bulletin of the actual events of August 3, 1966. The track is a sound collage and simply constructed: it consists of the duo singing ""Silent Night"" two-part harmony over an arpeggiated piano section. The voice of the newscaster is that of Charlie O'Donnell, then a radio disc jockey. As the track"
"out during ""The Sound of Silence"", when the narrative voice refers to a large crowd of people in the dark: And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people maybe more After the 17th song, ""The Boxer"", which contained an additional stanza not included in the album version, Simon & Garfunkel thanked the audience and left the stage, but returned to deliver an encore of three songs – ""Old Friends / Bookends Theme"", ""The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"" and ""The Sound of Silence"". Simon then said that their planned use of pyrotechnics had been disallowed, and told"
"to love each other."" To promote the release of their debut album, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", the duo performed again at Folk City, as well as two shows at the Gaslight Café, which went over poorly. Dave Van Ronk, a folk singer, was at the performances, and noted that several in the audience regarded their music as a joke. Sounds of Silence' actually became a running joke: for a while there, it was only necessary to start singing 'Hello darkness, my old friend ... ' and everybody would crack up."" ""Wednesday Morning, 3 AM"" sold only 3,000 copies upon its"
"The Dangling Conversation ""The Dangling Conversation"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in September 1966 as the second single from the duo's third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). The song peaked at number 25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The theme is failed communication between lovers. The song starts in a room washed by shadows from the sun slanting through the lace curtains and ends with the room ""softly faded."" The two are as different as the poets they read: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost. Simon has compared this song to ""The"
"my old friend / I've come to talk with you again'."" In a more recent interview, Simon was directly asked, ""How is a 21-year-old person thinkin' about the words in that song?"" His reply was, ""I have no idea."" According to Garfunkel, the song was first developed in November, but Simon took three months to perfect the lyrics, which he claims were entirely written on February 19, 1964. Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as ""the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable"
"Sounds of Silence Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, ""The Sound of Silence"", which originally was released as ""The Sounds of Silence"". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", and later on the soundtrack to the movie ""The Graduate"". Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed by Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on"
"Simon and Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. It was released on the Columbia record label. The band had one more Top 20 hit, ""Turn-Down Day"" (#16), later in 1966. After the release of their debut album, ""Red Rubber Ball"", they recorded a second album, ""Neon"", in late 1966, and a movie soundtrack, ""The Minx"", in 1967. They followed that with various singles and then disbanded in late 1967. Both Dawes and Danneman became professional jingle writers after the Cyrkle disbanded. Dawes later wrote the famous ""plop plop fizz fizz"" jingle for Alka-Seltzer. Danneman wrote jingles for Continental Airlines"
"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"
"line courtesy of David Hood and percussion courtesy of Ralph MacDonald. The choruses of ""nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town"" are played with an increased intensity, especially the final repeat-and-fadeout section following the last verse, with some horns and backing vocals added to the mix. On October 18, 1975, Simon hosted the second episode of the premiere season of the NBC comedy sketch program ""Saturday Night Live"". During the musical numbers, Garfunkel performed with him, and together they sang three songs: ""The Boxer""; ""Scarborough Fair"", and their new collaboration, simply titled ""My Little Town"". The"
"production. The album largely consists of acoustic pieces that were mostly written during Paul Simon's period in England the previous year, including some recycled numbers from his debut solo record, ""The Paul Simon Songbook"". The album includes the Garfunkel-led piece ""For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"", as well as ""7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"", a combination of news reports of the day (the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the death of comedian Lenny Bruce), and the Christmas carol ""Silent Night"". Many critics have considered it a breakthrough in recording for the duo, and one of their best efforts. ""Homeward"
"their fifth and final album, but the first fully completed. The song's instrumentation was recorded in California while the duo's vocals were cut in New York. Simon felt his partner, Art Garfunkel, should sing the song solo, an invitation Garfunkel initially declined but later accepted. Session musician Larry Knechtel performs piano on the song, with Joe Osborn playing bass guitar and Hal Blaine closing out the song with drums. The song won five awards at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971, including Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song became Simon &"
"I Am a Rock ""I Am a Rock"" is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first performed by Simon alone as the opening track on his album ""The Paul Simon Songbook"" which he originally recorded and released in August 1965, only in the United Kingdom. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, as the American folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel, re-recorded it on December 14, 1965, and included as the final track on their album ""Sounds of Silence"", which they released on January 17, 1966. The song was not included on Simon & Garfunkel's first album, ""Wednesday Morning, 3"
"Homeward Bound (song) ""Homeward Bound"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel written by Paul Simon and produced by Bob Johnston. The song was released as a single on January 19, 1966 by Columbia Records. The song appears on the duo's third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966), although it was recorded during the sessions for their second album ""Sounds of Silence"" and included on that album in the UK. It was their second single, the follow-up to their enormously successful breakthrough hit ""The Sound of Silence"". It performed very well domestically, peaking at number"
"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"
"text."" Cloudy (song) ""Cloudy"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). It was co-written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of the Seekers; that band later covered it on their 1967 album ""Seekers Seen in Green"". The Cyrkle released a version of the song on their 1966 debut album, ""Red Rubber Ball"". The title track, ""Red Rubber Ball"", was also written by the duo of Woodley/Simon. ""Cloudy"" employs a ""breezy, almost jazzy musical style,"" with its title serving as a ""point of departure for [its] scattered,"
"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her ""For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"" is a song by Paul Simon and sung by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). It is sung solely by Art Garfunkel, and consists mainly of his vocals with heavy reverb and a 12-string acoustic guitar. The lyrics concern finding a lover, although Simon once characterized the subject matter as being about a ""belief,"" rather than about a specific individual. First issued as a single as the B-side of ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"" (1966),"
"Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is the debut studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Following their early gig as ""Tom and Jerry"", Columbia Records signed the two in late 1963. It was produced by Tom Wilson and engineered by Roy Halee. The cover and the label include the subtitle ""exciting new sounds in the folk tradition"". Recorded in March 1964, the album was released on October 19. The album was initially unsuccessful, so Paul Simon moved to London, England, and Art Garfunkel continued his studies at Columbia University in their native New York"
"friend James Taylor had contributed backing vocals to the song which was a huge hit on the US A.C. charts. In 1978, Garfunkel toured the U.S. and Canada extensively with noted guitarist Arlen Roth, John Barlow Jarvis on piano, and Leah Kunkel on second vocals. Garfunkel's last release of the 1970s was the 1979 album ""Fate For Breakfast"" (US #67, UK #2). It was his first US flop. The album's first single, ""In A Little While (I'll Be on My Way)"" (B-Side: ""And I Know"") (US AC #12) failed to break the top forty, as did his second single, ""Since"
"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, employing reverb and matching the rhythm created by the machine. Simon later wrote the song's guitar line and lyrics on the subject of an untrustworthy lover. The song's title refers to St. Cecilia,"
"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,"
"Shade of Winter"" video, due to complications with the licensing of the movie rights of the ""Less Than Zero"" scenes that appear on the video clip. A Hazy Shade of Winter ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on October 22, 1966, initially as a stand-alone single, but was subsequently included on the duo's fourth studio album, ""Bookends"" (1968). It peaked at number 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. In 1987, for the ""Less Than Zero"" soundtrack, the Bangles recorded a cover version which peaked at number two on the ""Billboard"""
"start of the guitar solo. ""Down in the Willow Garden,"" the second track, was a country classic popularised by singer-songwriter Charlie Monroe, about a young man who kills his lover in the town's willow garden, and the events that follow, from his attempts to hide the body to his father's hypocritical advice and, finally, his own demise. Paul Simon sang harmony on the final verse and chorus with Garfunkel, along with Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead playing lead guitar (overdubbed later by Roy Halee in San Francisco). Garfunkel went on to say it was one of his favourite country"
"also been covered by Simon and Garfunkel. The guitar intro to the song was not originally part of the song but was something that Don Everly had come up with that was just tacked on to the beginning. Chet Atkins was the lead guitar player on the session. Buddy Harman was the drummer. In 1974, George Harrison recorded ""Bye Bye, Love"" for his album ""Dark Horse"". As well as inserting a comma in the song title, Harrison wrote additional lyrics and a radically different melody line. Author Chris Ingham describes Harrison's version as ""recomposed in a minor key and featuring"
"Darkness"", with guest vocals on the third verse by Russell, who covered the song on his concurrent album, ""Leon Russell and the Shelter People"" (1971). After pausing to introduce the band, Harrison followed this with one of the best-received moments in both the shows – a charging version of the White Album track ""While My Guitar Gently Weeps"", featuring him and Clapton ""duelling"" on lead guitar during the long instrumental playout. Both the band introduction and ""While My Guitar Gently Weeps"" are among the few selections from the afternoon show that were included on the album and in the film."
"the album's back cover that read: ""Paul Simon asks Joan to note that the original line is, 'Is the theater really dead?'""(as you can read in the left side under arrangements on the backcover of the Original LP https://www.discogs.com/Joan-Baez-Joan/master/160723#images/8518357) Les Fradkin has a dramatic version on his 2006 album, ""Jangleholic"". The Dangling Conversation ""The Dangling Conversation"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in September 1966 as the second single from the duo's third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). The song peaked at number 25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The theme is"
"Beware of Darkness (song) ""Beware of Darkness"" is a song written by English musician George Harrison and originally released on his 1970 solo album ""All Things Must Pass"". It has also been covered by artists such as Leon Russell, Marianne Faithfull, Spock's Beard, Concrete Blonde, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. Harrison and Russell performed the song at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, and Eric Clapton performed it at the Concert for George in 2002. The song warns against permitting illusion from getting in the way of one's true purpose, an admonition that, like the content of ""My Sweet Lord"","
"My Little Town ""My Little Town"" is a 1975 song by the American duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was written by Paul Simon, who produced the track along with Art Garfunkel and Phil Ramone. Although the song would not appear on any of the duo's albums until subsequent compilation albums, it was included on both the solo releases for Simon (""Still Crazy After All These Years"") and Garfunkel (""Breakaway"") in 1975. It was the first single release credited to the duo since the 1972 release of ""America"", released in conjunction with ""Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits."". In 1970 Simon and"