Simon & Garfunkel, an American singer-songwriter duo, has released five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, four live albums, one extended play, twenty-six singles, one soundtrack, and four box sets since 1964. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first formed a duo in 1957 as Tom & Jerry, before separating and later reforming as Simon & Garfunkel.[1]
| Simon & Garfunkel discography | |
|---|---|
 Simon & Garfunkel performing at an outdoor concert in Dublin | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 26 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Box sets | 5 |
Simon & Garfunkel's debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., was released on October 19, 1964. Initially a flop, it was re-released two years later with the new version of the single "The Sound of Silence", which was overdubbed with electric instruments and drums by producer Tom Wilson.[2] The re-released version peaked at number thirty in the US Billboard 200 chart and at twenty-four in the UK Albums Chart, and later received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The overdubbed version of the eponymous single was released on their second studio album, Sounds of Silence, released on January 17, 1966.[3] It peaked at twenty-one on the Billboard charts and at thirty in the UK Album Charts, and later received a three-times multi-platinum certification by the RIAA. Besides the same-named single, the album also featured Simon's "I Am a Rock", a song that first appeared on his 1965 debut solo album, The Paul Simon Songbook.
Simon & Garfunkel's third album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, was released on October 10, 1966, and produced five singles. It peaked at number four in the US and number thirteen in the UK, and received a three-time multi-platinum certification by RIAA. The single "Mrs. Robinson" was included in the duo's first and only soundtrack, The Graduate, and was later included on their fourth studio album Bookends, which was released on April 3, 1968. It peaked at number one in both the US and UK, therefore becoming their first number one album, and received two-times multi-platinum in the US. On January 26, 1970, they released their fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water. It was their most successful to date, peaking at number one in several countries, including the UK and US. The album sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide,[4][5][6] and received eight-time multi-platinum in the US.
Despite the success of their fifth album, the duo Simon & Garfunkel decided to part company, announcing their break-up later that year. They have nonetheless made a number of reunion performances, including a free concert in New York City's Central Park in 1981, which drew a crowd of half-a-million people and resulted in the live album The Concert in Central Park.[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | |||
| Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||
| Sounds of Silence |
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21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme |
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4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 [B] |
|
| Bookends |
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1 | 3 | — | 3 | 40 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Bridge over Troubled Water |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Notes
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [22] |
NLD [13] |
NZ [23] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | |||
| The Concert in Central Park |
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Live from New York City, 1967 |
|
165 | — | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Old Friends: Live on Stage |
|
154 | 22 | 165 | 35 | 195 | — | — | — | — | 61 | |
| Live 1969 |
|
33 | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Soundtracks
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FRA [10] |
NOR [14] |
UK [16] | |||
| The Graduate |
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12][22] |
NLD [13] |
NZ [23] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | |||
| The Hit Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits |
|
5 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| The Simon and Garfunkel Collection |
|
— | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | — | 49 | 4 | |
| 20 Greatest Hits |
|
— | 21 | — | — | — | 58 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
|
| The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel |
|
— | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| The Best of Simon & Garfunkel |
|
43 | 66 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 145 [33] |
|
| Two Can Dream Alone[36] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel |
|
— | 15 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 8 | |
| Tom & Jerry[39] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Essential Simon & Garfunkel |
|
27 | 20 | 1 | 33 | 24 | 104 | 64 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 25 | |
| Before the Fame[41] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel[42] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| America: The Simon and Garfunkel Collection[43] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Box sets
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [8] |
FIN [9] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | |||
| Collected Works[44] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Old Friends |
|
68 | — | — | — | — | 170 [45] |
|
| The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) |
|
— | 43 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Collection: Simon & Garfunkel[46] |
|
— | 22 | 65 | 25 | 16 | 29 |
|
| Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Video albums
edit| Title | Album details | Certifications | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Concert in Central Park |
|
Reunion concert HBO TV special | |
| Old Friends: Live on Stage |
|
"Old Friends" reunion concert tour filmed at Madison Square Garden in 2003 |
Singles and EPs
edit| Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [49] |
US AC [50] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [51] |
GER [52] |
NLD [13] |
NZL [23] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | ||||
| "Hey, Schoolgirl"[C] b/w "Dancin' Wild" |
1957 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks (released as "Tom & Jerry") | |
| "Our Song"[C] b/w "Two Teen-agers" |
1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "That's My Story"[C] b/w "(Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye" |
1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Sound of Silence" b/w "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" |
1965 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | Sounds of Silence | |
| "Homeward Bound" b/w "Leaves That Are Green" (from Sounds of Silence) |
1966 | 5 | — | 20 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 12 | 9 |
|
Sounds of Silence (UK) Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (US) |
| "That's My Story" (1966 re-release)[E] b/w "(Uncle Simon's) Tiajuana Blues" |
1966 | — [C] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "I Am a Rock" b/w "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" (from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) |
1966 | 3 | — | 20 | — | 35 | 10 | 2 | — | 10 | 17 | Sounds of Silence | |
| "The Dangling Conversation" b/w "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" |
1966 | 25 | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 [D] |
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | |
| "A Hazy Shade of Winter" b/w "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) |
1966 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | Bookends | |
| "At the Zoo" b/w "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) |
1967 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 [D] |
||
| "Fakin' It" b/w "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" (non-album track) |
1967 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" b/w "April Come She Will" (from Sounds of Silence) |
1968 | 11 | 5 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme |
| "Mrs. Robinson" b/w "Old Friends/Bookends" |
1968 | 1 | 4 | 8 | — | 39 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | Bookends | |
| "Mrs. Robinson EP"[53] "Mrs. Robinson", "April Come She Will", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "The Sound of Silence" |
1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | |
| "The Sound of Silence" (Australian 1969 re-release) |
1969 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sounds of Silence | |
| "The Boxer" b/w "Baby Driver" |
1969 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
|
Bridge over Troubled Water |
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" b/w "Keep the Customer Satisfied" |
1970 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | ||
| "Cecilia" b/w "The Only Living Boy in New York" |
1970 | 4 | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 51 [D] |
||
| "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" b/w "Why Don't You Write Me" |
1970 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — |
| |
| "Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night" (Netherlands 1970 re-release) b/w "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (non-album track) |
1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | |
| "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (A-side re-release) b/w "I Am a Rock" (from Sounds of Silence) |
1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (live) b/w "America" (single mix) |
1972 | 53 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits | |
| "America" (single mix) (A-side re-release) b/w "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (live) |
1972 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | ||
| "My Little Town" b/w "Rag Doll" (by Art Garfunkel), "You're Kind" (by Paul Simon) |
1975 | 9 | 1 | 46 | — | — | 17 | 24 | — | — | 56 [D] |
Still Crazy After All These Years/Breakaway | |
| "Wonderful World" [F] | 1978 | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Watermark | |
| "Wake Up Little Susie" b/w "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" |
1982 | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Concert in Central Park | |
| "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (UK 1991 re-release) b/w "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" (CD single also included "Bridge over Troubled Water") |
1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel | |
| "The Boxer" (UK 1992 re-release) b/w "Cecilia" CD single also included "The Only Living Boy in New York" (from Bridge over Troubled Water) |
1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
- Notes
- C ^ as Tom & Jerry.[54]
- D ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- E ^ Originally released as Tom & Jerry (BIG 618 & HUNT 319). Re-released by ABC Paramount under the name Simon & Garfunkel in 1966.[54]
- F ^ Credited to Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon
Other appearances
editStudio
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "The Star Carol" | 1967 | A Very Merry Christmas[55] |
Live
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "America" (live version) | 1997 | The Bridge School Concerts Vol.1[56] |
| "The Sound of Silence" (live version) "Mrs. Robinson" (live version) "The Boxer" (live version) "Bridge over Troubled Water" (live version) |
2010 | The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts[57] |
See also
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Further reading
edit- Charlesworth, Chris (1996). The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-5597-4.
External links
edit- Official website
- Simon & Garfunkel at AllMusic
- Simon & Garfunkel discography discography at Discogs