Born on October 13, 1941 in Newark New Jersey, Paul Simon is one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever. In 1957 he and high school pal Art Garfunkel wrote and recorded the single "Hey Schoolgirl" under the name 'Tom and Jerry'. After some failures they broke up. Simon still wrote and recorded music as 'Tico and The Triumps' and 'Jerry Landis'...See full bio »
2004Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends - Live on Stage
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(writer: "America" instrumental, "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "Cathy's Song" / lyrics: "America" / performer: "Old Friends", "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "I Am a Rock", "America", "At the Zoo/Baby Driver", "Hey, Schoolgirl In the Second Row", "Bye Bye Love", "Scarborough Fair", "Homeward Bound", "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "Slip Slidin' Away", "El Condor Pasa", "Keep the Customer Satisfied", "The Only Living Boy in New York", "American Tune", "My Little Town", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Cecilia", "The Boxer", "Leaves That Are Green", "The 59th Street Bridge Song Feelin' Groovy" / "Cathy's Song")
1980One Trick Pony
(writer: "Late In The Evening", "One-Trick Pony", "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns", "God Bless The Absentee", "Nobody", "Long Long Day", "Ace In The Hole", "Jonah", "Oh, Marion", "Soft Parachutes", "That's Why God Made The Movies" / performer: "Late In The Evening", "One-Trick Pony", "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns", "God Bless The Absentee", "Nobody", "Long Long Day", "Ace In The Hole", "Jonah", "Oh, Marion", "Soft Parachutes", "That's Why God Made The Movies")
1967The Graduate
(writer: "The Sounds of Silence" - uncredited, "April Come She Will" - uncredited, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - uncredited, "Mrs. Robinson" - uncredited, "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" - uncredited)
I'm generally enthusiastic when I'm working and when I immediately finish I'm enthusiastic. Shortly after that I don't want to hear it. It's always been my way. It's such an intense process for me and the process itself can take so long, and I get into it so completely, that by the time I've finished a piece of work I'm really finished with it...
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Before finding fame as a singer/songwriter under his real name, Paul Simon had a handful of minor hit singles under two psuedonyms. The best known psuedonym is "Jerry Landis", a name Simon initially used as a member of the duo "Tom and Jerry"; he also issued some solo material under this name. When the hits as "Landis" stopped coming...
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