![]() ![]() In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 1977, their “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album was nominated at the Brit Awards for Best International Album. Over the years, they 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, childhood friends from the New York borough of Queens, created a body of work that resonated far beyond their generation and long after their partnership ended. Music Otis Junior Otis is the late morning host on WFPK. With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. 1990 inductees Simon & Garfunkel opened their set with a tender rendition of their 1964 classic 'The Sound of Silence.' Taken from their debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., its one of those songs that seems to only get better with time. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60’s to their dramatic split in 1970. Racial tensions were erupting across the US. Spring 1969: Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King were gone assassinated. Inspired by a single line from a gospel song, Paul Simon's classic Bridge Over Troubled Water has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The story behind Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel. Simon & Garfunkel Tabs Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Tab Subscribe to Plus. ‘‘Fantastic’’ – Elaine Paige, BBC Radio and “Authentic and Exciting” – The Stage Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and many more. The Simon & Garfunkel Story is touring North America again this year! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs. Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, February 16-18, 2023 ![]()
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