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Art Garfunkel is an American singer born in 1941, best known as one half of the influential folk-rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His distinctive vocal talent and collaborative work in popular music have made him a significant figure in twentieth-century American music.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
- What is it all but luminous
- Fate for Breakfast
- Songs from a Parent to a Child
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-11-05
Discography
- Angel Clare1973
- Second Avenue1974
- Breakaway1975
- Bright Eyes1978
- Watermark1978
- Fate for Breakfast1979
- Scissors Cut1981
- Bright Eyes / Kehaar’s Theme1984
- The Animals' Christmas1986
- Lefty1988
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 478,662
- Total plays
- 3,897,794
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Art Garfunkel (born Arthur Ira Garfunkel on 5 November 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, NYC, USA) is an American singer and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel. He is of Romanian Jewish ancestry. He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade. Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as Tom & Jerry. Garfunkel ("Tom Graph") chose his nickname because he liked to track, or "graph" hits, on the pop charts. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Art+
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Quotes
- “We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.”
- “Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.”
- “Then I would sing a little in the synagogue. See, if you're a singer, you love to turn your own ears on. You look for those rooms where the reverb is great. I remember the synagogue had a lot of wood and it was a great room. And it was a captive audience and you could sing these minor key songs and make them cry, and that was a thrill.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Arthur Ira Garfunkel , ( 1941-11-05 ) November 5, 1941 (age 84) , New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- Folk rock pop
- Occupations
- Singer actor poet
- Years active
- 1956–present
- Labels
- Columbia Manhattan Atco
- Formerly of
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Spouses
- Linda Grossman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Kathryn Cermak ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
- Partner
- Laurie Bird (1974–1979)
- Website
- artgarfunkel .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland. Their combined presence in music began in the 1950s, and throughout the 1960s the duo of Simon & Garfunkel achieved great chart success with tracks such as "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson" (written for the 1967 film The Graduate), "Scarborough Fair", "The Boxer" and "Bridge over Troubled Water". The last song's title also served as the name of Simon & Garfunkel's final album in 1970. Simon & Garfunkel split for personal reasons, but the pair have occasionally reunited in the years since. Both men experienced success in solo careers in the years following the duo's breakup.
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