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Posts Tagged ‘Simon and Garfunkel’
Happy 70th Birthday Art Garfunkel
Written by admin on November 5, 2011 – 11:39 am - |
Happy Birthday to Art Garfunkel who is 70-years-old today. Art was born on November 5, 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City and would achieve worldwide fame in the mid-1960s as a member of the legendary duo Simon and Garfunkel. |
Tags: All I Know, April Comes She Will, Art Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Bright Eyes, Mrs Robinson, Scarborough Fair, Simon and Garfunkel
Posted in 60s pop, Folk | No Comments »
Music legends feature on the “Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition”
Written by admin on October 6, 2011 – 11:43 am -| Reprise Records will release CD and DVD sets of “The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition” on October 24. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, James Taylor, Neil Young, R.E.M., Simon and Garfunkel, The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition, The Who, Tom Petty, Tom Waits
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Simon & Garfunkel Radio + classic album reissue
Written by admin on March 8, 2011 – 8:00 pm -For a limited period, fans of Simon & Garfunkel can listen to a channel on Sirius XM Radio dedicated exclusively to the legendary duo.
Simon & Garfunkel Radio features familiar songs and rarities spanning the duo’s entire catalogue, including solo projects and their early recordings as Tom & Jerry.
Tags: Bridge Over Troubled Water 40th anniversary edition, Simon & Garfunkel Radio, Simon and Garfunkel
Posted in 60s pop, Folk, New releases | No Comments »
Song of the Week #40 – “Homeward Bound”
Written by admin on February 7, 2011 – 8:00 am - |
This week’s Song of the Week is Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Homeward Bound.” |
Tags: Homeward Bound, Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme, Simon and Garfunkel
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Song of the Week #19 – “The Sounds of Silence”
Written by admin on September 13, 2010 – 7:00 am -| Simon and Garfunkel’s first big hit, “The Sounds of Silence” (also known as “The Sound of Silence”), is this week’s Song of the Week. |
Tags: Simon and Garfunkel, The Sounds of Silence, Wednesday Morning 3am
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