Bridge Over Troubled Water: Simon and Garfunkel
This album and single were released in 1970 and were named Album and Record Of The Year, respectively, and also won the awards for Best Engineered Record, Best Contemporary Song, Song Of The Year, and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists.
Simon and Garfunkel broke up in 1970.
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July 9, 2010 at 11:31 am
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July 9, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Mysteriously Simon and Carbunkle cancelled their tour due to Art’s strained vocal cords. That sorta coincided with a complete lack of ticket sales. In Michigan they wanted nearly $250 a ticket and you could sit wherever you wanted.
July 10, 2010 at 9:49 am
My Dear Hedley,
I would never pay that much to see any singer-that’s a plane ticket to somewhere wonderful.
July 9, 2010 at 11:38 pm
… much better.
Cheers
July 10, 2010 at 9:50 am
Minicapt,
Their voices are lovely. I always wish I could sing when I hear choirs. They look so thrilled to be singing.
July 11, 2010 at 1:46 am
addendums to my previous on this song 🙂
It is claimed that it is Columbia Records biggest selling album….
Simon started writing this In 1969 at a summer house that he and Garfunkel rented on Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles (Garfunkel was in Mexico acting in the film Catch 22 at the time). It was the same house where George Harrison wrote The Beatles song “Blue Jay Way.”
Simon wrote this in the key of G, but since Garfunkel sang in E-flat, the chords had to be transposed. This was accomplished by Jimmy Haskell, who did the strings for the song and was credited as co-arranger.
In 2008 it was reported that Paul Simon sued a musical clock company for using this song without permission. His lawyers claimed that Rhythm Watch Co Ltd and its subsidiary had used its tune on 40,000 clocks, making a profit of around $3.7 million.
and an Elvis Presley addendum:
Elvis Presley did a version of this song that helped win over many critics who claimed he was not a great vocalist. It appears on his 1970 album That’s The Way It Is.Paul Simon said this about the Elvis recording: “It was in his Las Vegas period and done with conventional thinking. He sang it well, but it would have been nice to hear him do it Gospel because he did so many Gospel albums and was a good white Gospel singer. It would have been nice to hear him do it that way, to take it back – as opposed to the big ending; he seemed to end everything with a karate chop and an explosion. So he didn’t really add anything to the song. It’s not nearly as significant as the Aretha Franklin recording. It’s just a pleasure for me that Elvis Presley recorded one of my songs before he died.”
July 11, 2010 at 10:52 am
sblake,
Never would I imagine Elvis singing this. I admit I am not an Elvis fan so my imagination is limited when it comes to him. I don’t know why, but I haven’t ever