Paul Simon

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Paul Simon was an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for his work as half of the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel and for his influential solo career.

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instanceOf actor
composer
human
musician
record producer
singer-songwriter
activeYearsStart 1950s
awardReceived Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Polar Music Prize
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a member of Simon & Garfunkel
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a solo artist
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1941-10-13
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Simon
fieldOfWork popular music
songwriting
fullName Paul Frederic Simon
gender male
genre folk music
folk rock
pop rock
soft rock
worldbeat
givenName Paul
hasChild Harper Simon
hasWebsite https://www.paulsimon.com/
influenced indie folk musicians
singer-songwriters of the 1970s and 1980s
influencedBy The Everly Brothers
Woody Guthrie
instrument bass guitar
guitar
piano
vocals
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Simon & Garfunkel
notableSong 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Bridge over Troubled Water
Graceland (song)
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Mrs. Robinson
The Boxer
The Sound of Silence
You Can Call Me Al
notableWork Graceland
Hearts and Bones
One-Trick Pony
Paul Simon (album)
Seven Psalms
Simon & Garfunkel
So Beautiful or So What
Still Crazy After All These Years
The Graduate (soundtrack contributions)
The Rhythm of the Saints
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
occupation actor
composer
musician
record producer
singer-songwriter
partnerInDuoWith Art Garfunkel
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States
residence New York City
spouse Carrie Fisher
Edie Brickell
Peggy Harper


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