He celebrated his 79th birthday in Art was the middle child with two brothers, elder Jules and the younger Jerome. His father's parents had immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century, and settled in Manhattan. Jacob had previously worked as an actor in Ohio.
Art Garfunkel first married archtiect Linda Marie Grossman in , and they divorced in He has since claimed that the marriage was turbulent, and he has not spoken to her since the divorce. He was romantically involved with actress Laurie Bird until her suicide in Speaking in interview, Garfunkel said: "I asked myself constantly why I didn't marry her, because surely she was the apple of my eye.
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Since their marriage in , these two have been all over each other -- and the PDA shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Getty Images. Soon, the duo began singing in school talent shows and practicing long hours in basements. During their high school years, the future Grammy winners performed as Tom Landis and Jerry Graph, fearing that their real names sounded too Jewish and would hamper their success. They performed original music by Simon and pooled their money to make their first professional recording.
Their Everly Brothers-influenced track "Hey Schoolgirl" was a minor hit, and secured the duo a recording contract with Big Records in They became frequent visitors to the Brill Building, offering their services as demo singers to the songwriters who were churning out hits like they were in music factory.
After that, their musical careers quieted down, and they worried that they'd hit their peak at age When high school was over, Simon and Garfunkel decided to go their separate ways and attend college. Garfunkel stayed close to home and attended Columbia University, where he studied art history and joined a fraternity.
He later earned a master's degree in mathematics, also at Columbia. Just as he would continue his academic work throughout his career, Garfunkel continued to sing while in college, releasing a handful of solo tracks under the name Artie Garr while becoming ensconced in the growing folk scene.
Once again, their parallel talents and interests brought Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel together. In , the former Tom and Jerry reunited as a new, more folk-oriented duo. In late , they released the studio album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.
Nothing much happened with it commercially, and Simon headed off to England, the duo having decided to go their separate ways professionally. Producer Tom Wilson remixed the song "The Sounds of Silence," from that album and released it, and it went to 1 on the Billboard charts. Simon headed back to Queens, where the duo reunited and decided to record and perform more music together.
With Simon writing the songs, and Garfunkel providing vocal arrangements and harmonies, they released one hit album after another, each record taking their music and lyrics to a new level.
Critical and commercial success came—and increased—with each of their releases: Sounds of Silence , Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme , and Bookends Around the time they were working on Bookends , director Mike Nichols asked them to contribute songs to the soundtrack of the movie The Graduat e.
As part of the seminal movie that addressed alienation and conformity, the duo furthered their reputation as the voices of a generation. The only original song, "Mrs. Robinson," became a 1 hit, appearing on both The Graduate soundtrack and on the Bookends album.
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