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He followed that album with several years of touring, including another reunion tour with Garfunkel. His 2000 album You're the One was nominated again for Album of the Year honors. He wrote a Broadway musical, The Capeman, and recorded a companion album, Songs from The Capeman, which was released in 1997. Simon continued to tour throughout the 1990s. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987. A number of hit singles were released from the album, including " You Can Call Me Al", " The Boy in the Bubble" and " Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". It sold 14 million copies worldwide, and remains his most popular and acclaimed solo work. After a career slump, Simon released Graceland in 1986, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon reunited with Garfunkel for a performance in New York Central Park in 1981, drawing half a million spectators, followed by a world tour with Garfunkel. It featured the number 1 hit single " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", among other Top 40 songs such as " Still Crazy After All These Years", " Gone at Last" and " My Little Town". The 1975 album Still Crazy After All These Years, which featured guest vocals from Garfunkel, was his first number one solo album.

His 1972 self-titled album contained the hit songs " Mother and Child Reunion" and " Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". Īfter Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years, all of which charted in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200. Robinson", " America", " Bridge over Troubled Water" and " The Boxer".

Simon & Garfunkel recorded five albums together featuring songs mostly written by Simon, including the hits " Mrs. After limited success, the pair reunited after an electrified version of their song " The Sound of Silence" became a hit in 1966. He began performing with his schoolfriend Art Garfunkel in 1956 when they were still in their early teens. Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in the borough of Queens in New York City. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades.