Paul Frederic Simon

Biography

American song writer and performer, Paul Simon was known for his collaboration with Arthur Garfunkel, initially within the group Tom & Jerry at the end of the the Fifties, then like member of the duet Simon & Garfunkel, formation pop with the folk influences which recorded several important albums between 1964 and 1970, of which Sounds off silence (1966) and Bridge over troubled toilets (1970). The duet also recorded the original soundtrack of the film the Prize winner (The Graduate) , realized in 1967 by Mike Nichols with Dustin Hoffman, from which the title Mrs Robinson was drawn, one of their greater successes.

After its separation of Art Garfunkel in 1971, Paul Simon wrote and recorded an album solo called Paul Simon in 1972. It was not its first attempt, since it had, many years before in 1965, carried out a first album in England, The Paul Simon Song Book . It continued to compose during the Années 1970, and left in 1986 its greater success solo, Graceland .

In 1992 Paul Simon marries Edie Brickell with which it will have three children.

Discography

Simon & Garfunkel

1964 : Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
1966: Sounds off Silence
1966: Scarborough Fair
1967 : Simon And Garfunkel
1968: The Graduate
1968 : Bookends
1970 : Bridge Over Troubled Toilets
1972: Simon And Garfunkel' S Greatest Hits
1982: The Concert in Central Park
2004: Old Friends: Live one Training course

Paul Simon

1965 : The Paul Simon Song Book
1972: Paul Simon
1973: There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1974: Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin
1975 : Still Crazy After All Thesis Years
1977: Greatest Hits etc
1980: One Trick Pony
1983 : Hearts and Bones
1986 : Graceland
1990 : The Rhythm off the Holy
1991: Paul Simon' S Concert in the Park, August 15,1991 (in public)
1993: The Paul Simon Anthology
1997: Songs From the Capeman
2000 : You' Re the One
2006: Surprised

Participations

In 2005, it sings I C It for Your Love on the album Possibilities of Herbie Hancock
In 2007, it sings Late In The Evening/Tarde In Noche on the album United We Swing of the group of Salsa Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

Last concerts in France

with Olympia, on Tuesday, October 31, 2000
with the Omnisport Palate of Paris Bercy, in duet with Art Garfunkel, in July 2004, for the round " Old Friends"

See too

:Category: Album of Paul Simon
Official site

Simple: Paul Simon

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