(thing) by oblivius Fri Jan 24 2003 at 7:44:28

This chronological discography is intended to complement the two biographical writeups already present in this node.

Both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have been active in the recording industry for the better part of fifty years, but my focus here is on a specific six-year portion of that time - October 1964 to October 1970. Simon and Garfunkel's best known work was released through the Columbia record label during this period.

In the first year or so after The Sound of Silence took Simon and Garfunkel to #1 on the US singles chart, a handful of other record labels took measures to capitalise on the duo's success, releasing recordings they had acquired the rights to during Simon and Garfunkel's pre-Columbia years.

Simon and Garfunkel also enjoyed success in the UK and throughout the rest of the world, but I have decided to record only the US releases, as they accurately reflect the actual growth of the duo's talents. This discography, therefore, is purely concerned with Simon and Garfunkel's official Columbia album and single releases in their heyday, and their respective US chart peaks.

Wednesday Morning, 3am
October 19, 1964
(US chart peak: #30 in March 1966)

  1. You Can Tell The World
  2. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
  3. Bleecker Street
  4. Sparrow
  5. Benedictus
  6. The Sound Of Silence
  7. He Was My Brother
  8. Peggy-O
  9. Go Tell It On The Mountain
  10. The Sun Is Burning
  11. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  12. Wednesday Morning, 3am

The Sound Of Silence
September 1965
(US chart peak: #1 on January 1 1966)

Sounds Of Silence
January 17, 1966
(US chart peak: #21 in March)

  1. The Sound Of Silence
  2. Leaves That Are Green
  3. Blessed
  4. Kathy's Song
  5. Somewhere They Can't Find Me
  6. Angie
  7. Richard Cory
  8. A Most Peculiar Man
  9. April, Come She Will
  10. We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'
  11. I Am A Rock

Homeward Bound
March 1966
(US chart peak: #5 in March)

I Am A Rock
June 1966
(US chart peak: #3 in June)

  • I Am A Rock
  • Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

The Dangling Conversation
September 1966
(US chart peak: #25 in September)

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
October 10, 1966
(US chart peak: #4 in December)

  1. Scarborough Fair/Canticle
  2. Patterns
  3. Cloudy
  4. Homeward Bound
  5. The Big Bright Green, Pleasure Machine
  6. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
  7. The Dangling Conversation
  8. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
  9. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
  10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
  11. A Poem On The Underground Wall
  12. 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night

A Hazy Shade Of Winter
November 1966
(US chart peak: #13 in December)

At The Zoo
March 1967
(US chart peak: #16 in April)

  • At The Zoo
  • The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Fakin' It
July 1967
(US chart peak: #23 in August)

  • Fakin' It
  • You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies

Scarborough Fair/Canticle
1967
(US chart peak: #11 in April 1968)

  • Scarborough Fair/Canticle
  • April, Come She Will

Bookends
April 3, 1968
(US chart peak: #23 on May 25)

  1. Bookends Theme
  2. Save The Life Of My Child
  3. America
  4. Overs
  5. Voices Of Old People
  6. Old Friends
  7. Bookends Theme
  8. Fakin' It
  9. Punky's Dilemma
  10. Mrs Robinson
  11. A Hazy Shade Of Winter
  12. At The Zoo

Mrs Robinson
May 1968
(US chart peak: #1 in June)

  • Mrs Robinson
  • Old Friends/Bookends Theme

The Boxer
May 1969
(US chart peak: #7 in May)

Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970
(US chart peak: #1 on March 7)

  1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  2. El Condor Pasa
  3. Cecilia
  4. Keep The Customer Satisfied
  5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
  6. The Boxer
  7. Baby Driver
  8. The Only Living Boy In New York
  9. Why Don't You Write Me
  10. Bye Bye Love
  11. Song For The Asking

Bridge Over Troubled Water
February 1970
(US chart peak: #1 on February 28)

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Keep The Customer Satisfied

Cecilia
May 1970
(US chart peak: #4 in May)

  • Cecilia
  • The Only Living Boy In New York

El Condor Pasa
October 1970
(US chart peak: #18 in October)

  • El Condor Pasa
  • Why Don't You Write Me

Sources:
Maclauchlan, Paul. (1999). Paul Simon discography 1955 to 2000. http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/simon/simon.html
Rees, Dafydd & Crampton, Luke (1996). Q encyclopedia of rock stars. London: Dorling Kindersley.

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