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Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits peaked on the U.S. albums chart at No. 5. On the UK Album Chart, it was a No. 2 hit. The album has proven a long and durable seller, currently being certified for 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone.
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- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) Simon & Garfunkel - Feelin' Groovy (from The Concert in Central Park) This little ditty appeared on their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
- For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her. Sung solely by Art Garfunkel, this song is about finding a lover, although Simon once labelled the subject matter as being about a "belief," rather than about a specific person.
- Bookends Theme (part two) Bookends (Single Mix) Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends’ first side contains this song as the first and last track, with the second version running a minute longer.
- I Am a Rock. This track deals with the themes of isolation and emotional detachment, and was first included on Paul Simon's Songbook debut collection in 1965.
- Bookends (1968) “I think Paul wrote this when he was about 21… It’s the story about life…. From the beginnings to it’s end. How a 21 kid could have the insight to write about youth, midlife, to old age and death is beyond me….
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) “Its hard to improve on perfection but in this case it true.. without douth one of the greatest albums of all time and this coming from someone whose record collection contains everything from classical to metallica!
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) “This album is pretty cool to listen to, a bit mellow and melancholy in parts, but flawless vocals and music.
- Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (1964) “I was surprised to hear some traditional and some especially religious (Christian) songs on an S&M album. I learned a couple of things about this duo who scraped together different styles as they were developing their own harmonic sounds.
The Greatest Hits’ success was all the more remarkable because Simon & Garfunkel’s previous five studio albums were still selling at a strong pace, indicating how much they were missed since breaking up two years earlier.
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits was a compilation album released shortly after the duo’s break-up in 1971. The album was not a greatest hits collection in the standard sense; Six of...
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