Paul Simon

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actor composer human musician record producer singer-songwriter

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.

Aliases (1)

Paul Frederic Simon ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
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 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bridge over Troubled Water → Graceland →	composer
Bridge over Troubled Water → Graceland →	producer
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio →	associatedWith
Graceland →	creator
Paul Simon ("Paul Frederic Simon") →	fullName
Grammy Award for Song of the Year →	hasAwardedTo
Oak Ridge Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Bob Dylan →	influenced
Graceland →	lyricist
Simon & Garfunkel →	member
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song →	notableRecipient
Grammy Award for Record of the Year →	notableWinner
Graceland →	performer
Edie Brickell →	spouse
Annie Hall →	starring
We Are the World →	vocalPerformanceBy