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Forest Hills, Queens, NYC, USA (1956 – present)

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. Garfunkel attended Columbia University in the early sixties, where he sang with the Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group. While at Columbia, he was also a Brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. In 1962 Garfunkel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in art history, followed eventually by a Master’s degree in mathematics.

In 1963 he and Simon reformed the duo under their own names as Simon and Garfunkel and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo effectively split again after recording. The next year their producer Tom Wilson lifted the song “The Sound of Silence” from the record, redubbed an electric backing onto it, and released it as a single, which eventually went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts. They reunited and went on to become two of the most popular artists of the 1960s, releasing a total of five studio albums. However, citing personal differences and divergence in career interests, they split following the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, in 1970.

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  • Jenny_Psy

    <3

    March 2012
  • dardar227

    A gifted artist with an absolutely beautiful voice!

    November 2011
  • Alex_Mc_Lennon

    I adore you,Art!

    August 2011
  • DEATHINFIREX

    lol garfunkel

    April 2011
  • ralfsu

    What's with the uppercase?

    March 2011
  • seanlennon-

    Art is so talented. Not only does he make heart-wrenchingly beautiful music like this, he also is a great poet as well as a fantastic actor. Bad Timing is one of my favorite movies! I hope he tours soon so I can experience his music live.

    March 2011
  • sokoke

    this is a MUSIC

    January 2011
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    Happy Birthday!

    November 2010
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