Simon & Garfunkel

Legendary Nightingales SIMON & GARFUNKEL Released Their 2nd LP ‘SOUNDS OF SILENCE’ 60 Years Ago Today

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

16 January 2026

Paul SIMON (now 84) and Art GARFUNKEL (also 84) are two of the most loved and famous voices in musical history. Together they recorded/released 6 LPs between 1963 and 1970. Then they went their seperate ways, but reunited countless times afterward to play live shows.

SOUNDS OF SILENCE was their 2nd LP. It came out 60 years ago
today, on 17 January 1966. Almost all tracks were written by Simon.

It peaked at #21 in the US and #13 in the UK. Over
the next few decades it would keep on selling copies.

The album cover photo features the duo on a trail looking back
towards the camera. It was shot at Franklin Canyon Park in L.A.

AllMusic said in retropective: “Tough a rushed effort, this was a far stronger album
than their debut, mostly thanks to Simon’s compositions; indeed, in one fell swoop, the
world learned not only of the existence of a superb song-poet in Paul Simon, but, in
Simon’s harmonizing with Art Garfunkel, the finest singing duo since the Everly Brothers.”

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SIMON & GARFINKEL And VAN MORRISON 40 Years Ago Today

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Back in time

16 February 2022

Artist: VAN MORRISON
Who: One of the best singer-songwriters of all time (to my ears).
Also known as The Belfast Cowboy and Van The Man. He was born
76 years ago in Belfast, Ireland. He made 42 albums so far.

Anniversary album: BEAUTIFUL VISION – his 14th LP
Released: 16 February 1982 – 40 years ago today.

Rolling Stone: “When he lets his brain trivialize his heart” on an album that
is otherwise superior to the temporal, superficial nature of most popular music.
A cogent statement of belief that finds Morrison touching his dangerously
dogmatic themes with the grace of God.” Score:4/5.

Turn Up The Volume: The 70s and the 80s were the grumpy old bear’s most
creative and best two music decades, with this longplayer as one of the exquisite
ones. Afterward, he became an even grumpier old bear talking bull lately
about the corona crisis and the government’s related actions

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Artists: SIMON & GARTFUNKEL
Active; As a duo the songsmiths
recorded 5 LPs between 1964 and 1970.

Anniversary album: The Concert In Central Park
Released: 16 February 1982 – 40 years ago today

Rolling Stone wrote back then: “The new album has magic to spare, some of
it rough. Though labored over in the studio after the event, the tracks are far from
100 percent polished. The playing suggests the thud and fuzziness of rock music
recorded from speakers.” 4/5.

TUTV: Two of the most affecting voices in pop-ular music history.

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