About Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira Art Garfunkel was born on November 5, 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. He is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of folk duo �Simon and Garfunkel�. He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade � PS 164.

In 1963, he and Simon reformed their duo under their own names as Simon and Garfunkel and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo subsequently split again. The next year, producer Tom Wilson lifted the song The Sounds of Silence from the record, dubbed an electric backing onto it, and released it as a single that went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts. They split in 1973, after the release of their critically acclaimed album, Bridge over Troubled Water. During the three years break after Simon and Grafunkel�s break-up, Garfunkel starred in two Mike Nichols films, one of which had him nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1974, Garfunkel released the hit record, Second Avenue (B-Side: Woyaya). In 1978 his next album was released, entitled Watermark. Garfunkel's last release of the seventies was the 1979 album, Fate For Breakfast. Garfunkel's next album was a low point in his career. The 1981 album, Scissors Cut, dedicated to Laurie Bird, his ex-girlfriend who committed suicide in the apartment the two shared. In 1985, he met his future wife, Kathryn Cermack. In 2003, Garfunkel made his debut as a songwriter on his Everything Waits to Be Noticed album.

In 1969, Garfunkel won Grammy Award, Record of the year and Best Contemporary Pop Performance, for �Mrs. Robinson�. In 1970, he won Grammy Award, Best Pop Album and Best Single Record, for Bridge Over Troubled Water. 1998, he won Grammy Award, Best Children's Album, for Songs From A Parent To A Child.

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