Art Garfunkel

Born on 5 November 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, and had a love for singing at a very young age. When he was in sixth grade he was cast in the school play production of “Alice In Wonderland” and met his future singing partner Paul Simon. In 1963 Simon and Garfunkel reformed after taking a break to attend separate colleges, and released their first album entitled “Wednesday Morning, 3A.M” through Columbia records in 1964. Unfortunately the album didn’t fare well resulting in their parting ways once again; that is, until producer Tom Wilson lifted the single “The Sound of Silence” and dubbed an electric backing to it and re-released it, launching to number one on the Billboard Charts.Together again, the duo went on to record four more albums, “Sounds of Silence,” “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme,” “Bookends” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

During a three-year hiatus starting in 1970 Garfunkel spent time as an actor and as a math teacher. He spent the better part of the 70s on and off working with Simon, releasing a Greatest Hits album in 1972. In 1978 Garfunkel released his album “Watermark” an “Fate for Breakfast” in 1979. Unfortunately his album “Scissor Cuts” didn’t fare well and an unfortunate personal problem, he left the music scene in 1985.

His retirement from music lasted until 1988 when he released “Lefty” and in 1990 Simon and Garfunkel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2003 Garfunkel made his songwriting debut on his “Everything Wants To Be Noticed” album. Then in 2006 he signed with Rhino Records and continued to tour both as a solo artist and along with Simon.