Simon & Garfunkel

  Shining Like A National Guitar CD – Paul Simon (Warner 9362477212, 2000) (UK No. 6) Compilation

  The Very Best of Simon and Garfunkel – Tales from New York CD (Columbia SONYTV 81 CD, 2000) (UK No. 8)

  Grateful – The Songs Of John Bucchino CD (US RCA B0004SBV2, 2000)

  Art Garfunkel performs If I Ever Say I’m Over You with Bucchino

  You’re The One CD – Paul Simon (US Warner 9362 47844 2, 2000) (UK No. 20)

  That’s Where I Belong / Darling Lorraine / Old / You’re The One / The Teacher / Look At That / Senorita with a Necklace of Tears / Love / Pigs, Sheep And Wolves / Hurricane Eye / Quiet

  Live From New York City 1967 CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia Legacy 508067-2, 2002)

  He Was My Brother / Leaves That Are Green / Sparrow / Homeward Bound / You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies / A Most Peculiar Man / The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) / The Dangling Conversation / Richard Cory / A Hazy Shade of Winter / Benedictus / Blessed / A Poem on the Underground Wall / Anji / I Am a Rock / The Sound of Silence / For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her /A Church Is Burning / Wednesday Morning 3am

  Everything Waits to Be Noticed CD– Art Garfunkel with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock (UK Manhattan 7243 5 40990 2 1, 2002)

  Bounce / The Thread / The Kid / Crossing Lines / Everything Waits to Be Noticed / Young And Free / Perfect Moment / Turn, Don’t Turn Away / Wishbone / How Did You Know / What I Love About Rain / Every Now And Then /Another Only One

  The Essential Simon and Garfunkel CD (UK Columbia 5134702, 2003) (UK No. 25) Compilation

  Old Friends – Live on Stage 2CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Sony 519173 2, 2004) (UK No. 61)

  CD1: Old Friends – Bookends / A Hazy Shade of Winter / I Am a Rock / America / At the Zoo / Baby Driver / Kathy’s Song / Hey, Schoolgirl / Bye Bye Love (with Everly Brothers) / Scarborough Fair / Homeward Bound / The Sound Of Silence

  CD2: Mrs Robinson / Slip Slidin’ Away / El Condor Pasa (If I Could) / The Only Living Boy in New York / American Tune / My Little Town / Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia / The Boxer / Leaves That Are Green / (bonus track) Citizen of the Planet

  Surprise CD – Paul Simon (Warner 9362 49982 2, 2006)

  How Can You Live In the Northeast? / Everything About It Is a Love

  Song / Outrageous / Sure Don’t Feel Like Love / Wartime Prayers / Beautiful / I Don’t Believe / Another Galaxy / Once Upon a Time Thee Was an Ocean / That’s Me / Father and Daughter

  Father and Daughter – Paul Simon (UK Warner W 719CD, 2006) (UK No. 31)

  Radioplay single – That’s Me – Paul Simon

  Some Enchanted Evening – Art Garfunkel (US Atco 8122 74851 2 2, 2007)

  I Remember You / Someone To Watch Over Me / Let’s Fall In Love / I’m Glad There Is You / Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) / Easy Living / I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face / You Stepped Out Of A Dream / Some Enchanted Evening / It Could Happen To You / Life Is But a Dream / What’ll I Do / If I Loved You

  Live 1969 – Simon & Garfunkel (US Starbucks Entertainment – Opus Collection, 2008)

  An LP was intended in 1970 but then dropped. This was the first release of an ‘in concert’ album covering several venues from November 1969.

  Harper Simon CD – Harper Simon (US Tulsi 945.A171.022, 2009)

  Paul Simon co-wrote three songs and plays on The Audit

  This Better Be Good – Paul Simon (US Starbucks Entertainment – Opus Collection, 2009)

  Although this compilation was only available at Starbucks, it still made No. 60 on the US album chart. The CD came with a download code for a new track on iTunes, Questions for the Angels. It was released in 2011 on Simon’s next studio album.

  Bridge Over Troubled Water 2CD & DVD (Columbia Legacy 88697828292, 2011)

  CD1 is the standard album. CD 2 is a concert from 1969 and the DVD features the Songs of America TV special from 1969 and The Harmony Game, a documentary film about the making of the album. The repertoire of the concert CD is:

  Homeward Bound / At The Zoo / The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) / Song for the Asking / For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her / Scarborough Fair / Mrs Robinson / The Boxer / Why Don’t You Write Me / So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright / That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine / Bridge Over Troubled Water/ The Sound of Silence / I Am a Rock / Old Friends – Bookends Theme / Leaves That Are Green / Kathy’s Song

  So Beautiful Or So What CD – Paul Simon (US Hear 0888072328143, UK Decca, 2011)

  Getting Ready for Christmas Day / The Afterlife / Dazzling Blue / Rewrite / Love and Hard Times / Love Is Eternal Sacred Light / Amulet / Questions for the Angels / Love and Blessings / So Beautiful Or So What

  Radioplay single – So Beautiful Or So What

  The Traveler CD – Jerry Douglas (US E One B005DZMQ0Y, UK Membran B0085GOCGS, 2012)

  Paul Simon and Mumford & Sons join Jerry Douglas for The Boxer Live in New York City – Paul Simon 2CD & DVD package (Decca B008UTV658, 2012)

  CD1: The Obvious Child / Dazzling Blue / 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover / So Beautiful Or So What / Mother and Child Reunion / That Was Your Mother / Hearts and Bones / Crazy Love, Vol II / Slip Slidin’ Away / Rewrite

  CD2: The Boy in the Bubble / The Only Living Boy in New York / The Afterlife / Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes / Gumboots / The Sound of Silence / Kodachrome / Gone At Last / Late In the Evening / Still Crazy After All These Years

  Still Within The Sound Of Your Voice CD – Jimmy Webb (E One 23795, 2013)

  Garfunkel joins Webb for Shattered

  The Complete Albums Collection 14CD – Paul Simon (Sony 2013)

  Perfect for the beginner who wants everything and retailing at around forty pounds.

  The Complete Albums Collection 12 CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Sony 2014)

  All the original albums with live concerts which have been issued before. No bonus tracks. These albums have been reissued many times, but all the albums here are without the bonus tracks, which is a bit of a cheat when the cost is around forty pounds. Impossible to read the lyrics or the notes on the back of the sleeves now they have been reduced to CD size.

  New York Is My Home CD – Dion (US Instant, 2016)

  Paul Simon harmonises on the title track, which had made available on download in 2015.

  Stranger to Stranger CD – Paul Simon (US Virgin Deluxe B01DWK0634, 2016: vinyl does not have bonus tracks)

  The Werewolf / Wristband / The Clock / Street Angel / Stranger to Stranger / In A Parade / Proof of Love / In the Garden of Edie / The Riverbank / Cool Papa Bell / Insomniac’s Lullaby.

  Bonus tracks: Horace and Pete / Duncan and Wristband (both from The Prairie Home Companion) / Guitar Piece 3 / New York Is My Home (lead vocal: Dion)

  UNDER THE COVERS

  Tribute albums

  Instrumental Versions of Simon and Garfunkel LP – Don Costa (Fontana, 1968)

  Bridge Over Troubled Water LP – Paul Desmond (A&M, 1970)

  Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits LP – Caravelli and his Magnificent Strings (CBS, 1970)

  Strings for Pleasure Play Simon and Garfunkel LP (Music For Pleasure, 1970)

  Simon and Garfunkel History LP – Jim Nambara Quarter (US CBS, 1971)

  Simon and Garfunkel Songbook LP – Shiro Michi (US CBS, 1971)

  Alan Caddy Orchestra and Singers Pay Tribute To Simon and Garfunkel LP (UK Avenue, 1971)

  The Piccadilly Pops Orchestra Plays the Simon and Garfunkel Songbook LP (UK Concord, 1971)

  Portrait of Simon and Garfunkel LP – Mike Batt Orchestra (UK DJM Silverline, 1972)

  The Paul Simon Songbook CD – Various Artists (UK Connoisseur, 1992)

  The Paul Simon Album: Broadway Sings CD – Various Artists (US Varese Sarabande, 1998)

  Notable cover versions

  America – First Aid Kit, Razorlight, Yes (US No. 46, 1972) (‘I don’t really know the other versions,’ says Art Garfunkel. ‘I thought I hit a nice upper high suspension at the end and I like that.’)


  American Tune – Eva Cassidy, Willie Nelson, Gretchen Peters (as a response to 9/11), Starland Vocal Band, Curtis Stigers, Allen Toussaint

  The Boxer – Chet Atkins, Joan Baez, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Neil Diamond, Jerry Douglas (with Mumford & Sons and Paul Simon), Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Ben Howard, Waylon Jennings

  The Boy In The Bubble – Blue Aeroplanes, Peter Gabriel

  Bridge Over Troubled Water – Chet Atkins, John Barrowman, Shirley Bassey, Cilla Black, Alfie Boe, Susan Boyle, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Eva Cassidy, Merry Clayton, Linda Clifford (UK No. 28, 1979), Judy Collins, Perry Como, King Curtis, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin (US No. 6, 1971), Davey Graham, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir (UK No. 1, 2015), Senator J. Ervin Jr (hoping to catch some votes), Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jackson 5, Tom Jones, Annie Lennox, Barry Manilow, Bill Medley, Nana Mouskouri, Aaron Neville, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Buck Owens, PJB featuring Hannah and her Sisters ((UK No. 21, 1991), Elvis Presley, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Demis Roussos, Shadows, Supremes, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder

  Carlos Dominguez – Val Doonican, Tom O’Connor

  Cloudy – Richard Anthony, Cyrkle, Cliff Richard, Seekers

  The Dangling Conversation – Joan Baez

  El Condor Pasa (If I Could) – Chet Atkins, Perry Como, Placido Domingo, Julie Felix (UK No. 19, 1970), James Galway, Yma Sumac, Andy Williams

  The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, Val Doonican, Harper’s Bizarre (US No. 13, 1967: UK No. 34, 1967), Johnny Mathis, Seekers

  50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Sonny Curtis, Miley Cyrus

  For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – David Essex, Rick Nelson, Johnny Rivers

  Graceland – Big Daddy, Willie Nelson

  Groundhog – Peter Yarrow (Simon’s demo on YouTube)

  A Hazy Shade of Winter – Bangles (US No. 2, 1987; UK No. 11, 1988), Simon James (guitar instrumental)

  Homeward Bound – Beau Brummels, Cher, Glen Campbell, Davey Graham, Burl Ives, Jermaine Jackson, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Jack Jones, Quiet Five (UK No. 44, 1966), Cliff Richard, Sandie Shaw, Mel Tormé

  I Am a Rock – Coolies, Hollies

  I Do It For Your Love – Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock

  I Wish You Could Be Here – Richard Anthony (No known version by Simon), Cyrkle (US No. 70, 1967)

  Keep the Customer Satisfied – Marsha Hunt (UK No. 41, 1970), Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Buddy Rich Big Band, Robson and Jerome

  Kodachrome – Christiane Noll

  Late In The Evening – Eva Cassidy, Tom Jones

  Loves Me Like A Rock – Dixie Hummingbirds, Oak Ridge Boys

  Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Boston Pops

  Mrs Robinson – Booker T. & the MG’s (US No. 37, 1969), Davey

  Graham, Yank Lawson, Lemonheads (UK No. 19, 1992), Hank Marvin, Billy Paul, Frank Sinatra

  Most Peculiar Man, A – Harvey Andrews

  Mother and Child Reunion – David Cassidy, Randy California, Pioneers, Uniques

  Old Friends – Four Freshmen

  Peace Like a River – Joe Henderson, Jerry Lawson

  Punky’s Dilemma – Barbra Streisand, Lois Lane

  Red Rubber Ball – Cilla Black, Cyrkle (US No. 2, 1966), Seekers

  Richard Cory – Animals, Them

  St Judy’s Comet – Mickey Dolenz, Kenny Loggins

  Scarborough Fair – Harry Belafonte, Sarah Brightman, Marianne Faithfull, Kenneth McKellar, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (US No. 16, 1968), Andy Williams

  Slip Sliding Away – Persuasions

  Someday, One Day – Seekers (UK No. 11, 1966) (No known version by Simon)

  Song for the Asking – Mary Travers

  The Sound of Silence – Bachelors (UK No. 3, 1966), Dickies, Disturbed (at the time of going to press their official music video on YouTube had received over 80 million hits!), Barney Kessel, Peaches & Herb (US No. 100, 1966), Ventures

  Still Crazy After All These Years – Carpenters, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Lacy J Dalton, Amanda McBroom, Willie Nelson

  Stranded in a Limousine – Michelle Shocked

  Still Crazy After All These Years – Amanda McBroom

  Was A Sunday Day – Paul Desmond (modern jazz saxophonist)

  Index

  Abbott, Jim 40, 45

  ‘Ace in the Hole’ 143

  Ackland, Joss 139

  Across America (album) 168

  Adams, Richard 138–9

  Adepoju, Demola 158

  Adler, Lou 64–5

  ‘Afterlife, The’ 189

  Alice in Wonderland 2

  ‘All Around The World or The Myth of Fingerprints’ 157

  Allegro Records 8–9

  Allen, Woody 106, 137, 154

  ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’ 146

  ‘All I Know’ 122, 167–8, 182

  ‘All My Love’s Laughter’ 138

  ‘All Through the Night’ 12

  All You Need Is Cash (TV film) 141

  Alpert, Herb 70

  Alsop, Marin 148

  Alterman, Loraine 76

  Altham, Keith 51

  Altman, Robert 79

  ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ 166

  ‘Amazing Grace’ 166

  Amerson, Steve 169

  ‘America’ (Simon) 23, 74, 112, 165, 192

  ‘America’ (West Side Story) 74

  American Bandstand 6

  ‘American Tune’ 118–20, 130, 137, 146, 159, 181

  ‘America the Beautiful’ 177

  ‘Amulet’ 190

  Anderson, Laurie 148

  ‘And I Know’ 140

  Andrews, Julie 177

  Andrews, Harvey 27

  Angel Clare (album) 121–123, 127

  Anka, Paul 153, 155

  Animals’ Christmas, The (album) 149

  ‘Anji’ 23–24, 33

  ‘Annabelle’ 10

  Annie Hall (film) 137, 140

  Ann-Margret 101

  ‘Another Galaxy’186

  ‘Another Lullaby’ 122

  Anthony, Marc 171

  ‘April Come She Will’ 29, 49, 68, 181

  Arkin, Alan 87

  ‘Armistice Day’ 107

  Armstrong, Louis 151

  Art Garfunkel Album, The (album) 150

  Arthur (cartoon) 166

  As Good As It Gets (film) 166

  ‘As Long as the Moon Can Shine’ 162

  ‘Ask Me Why’ 10

  Atkins, Chet 86

  ‘At the Zoo’ 63–64

  ‘Audit, The’ 191

  Austin, Patti 133

  Autry, Gene 79

  Avalon, Frankie 11

  ‘Baby Driver’ 6, 82, 94

  ‘Baby Mine’ 169

  ‘Baby Talk’ 8

  Bach, J S 118, 121

  Bacharach, Burt 11, 71, 77

  Bachelors, The 51, 53, 54

  ‘Back Seat Driver’ 13

  ‘Bad News Feeling’ 30

  Bad Timing (film) 140–1

  Baez, Joan 20, 82, 165

  Baker, Chet 88

  Baker, Ginger 151

  Balaban, Bob 88

  Bancroft, Anne 67

  Band, The 126

  Band Aid 149

  Band on the Run (album) 151–2

  Bangles, The 61

  ‘Barbara Allen’ 102, 122–123

  Barnes, Richard 53

  Bassey, Shirley 86, 171

  Batt, Mike 139, 150, 162

  Bay City Rollers, The 128

  Beach Boys, The 65, 128–9, 144

  Beatles, The 1, 35, 50, 64–5, 70, 73, 78, 85, 101, 152

  ‘Beat Love’ 13

  Beatty, Warren 112, 134

  ‘Be Bop A Lula’ 189

  Beckett, Barry 116

  Bedford, David 126

  Belafonte, Harry 151, 154–5, 160

  Bell, Al (Muscle Shoals) 115

  Bell, Alan (Blackpool Taverners) 25, 27

  Bell and the Drells,
Archie 70

  Bell Telephone Company 91

  Bender, William 116

  ‘Benedictus’ 20, 27, 65, 172

  Berg, Heidi 150

  Bergen, Candice 101

  Berkeley, Busby 128

  Bernstein, Leonard 79, 162

  Bernstein, Sid 172

  Berry, Chuck 4, 15, 90

  ‘Beyond the Tears’ 140

  Bieber, Justin 192

  ‘Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The’ 57, 68

  Big Brother & the Holding Company 102

  ‘Bingo’ 13

  Bird, Laurie 128, 138, 140, 144

  Bishop, Stephen 128, 140, 161–162

  Black, Cilla 34

  Black Simon and Garfunkel, The 188

  Blades, Rubén 160, 171–172, 176

  Blaine, Hal 88, 110

  ‘Bleecker Street’ 17, 21

  ‘Blessed’ 50

  Blood, Sweat & Tears 85, 140

  Bloomfield, Mike 71

  ‘Blue Moon’ 178

  ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’ 175

  Blue Sky Boys, The 4

  ‘Blues Run the Game’ 42–4, 46

  Blunstone, Colin 139

  Boggs, Dock 18

  Bookends (album) 68, 72–77, 78, 93, 112

  ‘Bookends Theme’ 73, 75, 141

  Booker T & the MG’s 85, 110

  Boone, Pat 55

  ‘Born at the Right Time’ 163

  ‘Born in Puerto Rico’ 173

  ‘Bounce’ 181

  ‘Boxer, The’ 81, 95, 107, 124–5, 134, 136, 166, 175, 184, 191

  Boxing Helena (film) 167

  Bowie, David 129, 140, 185

  ‘Boy in the Bubble, The’ 155, 159, 190

  Boyoyo Boys, The 154

  Bragg, Billy 30, 159–60

  Bread 83

  ‘Breakaway’ 129

  Breakaway (album) 127–130

  ‘Breakup, The’

  Brecker, Michael 133

  Brewer, Teresa 70

  Brickell, Edie 166, 189–191, 195, 199

  ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ 56, 82–3, 88, 93, 97, 104, 107, 112, 115, 123–5, 162, 165–6, 175, 14, 188, 192

  Bridge Over Troubled Water (album) 86, 90–91, 96, 100, 105

  ‘Bridge Over You, A’ 192

  Bridges, Robert 118

  Briers, Richard 139