Simon & Garfunkel are the iconic American folk-rock duo known for their close vocal harmonies and timeless songs like The Sound of Silence and Bridge Over Troubled Water; their influential catalog continues to shape singer-songwriter and folk music today. With Paul Simon’s songwriting and Art Garfunkel’s angelic tenor, the pair defined 1960s folk-pop and left a lasting legacy in music history.
The duo’s breakthrough came partly because folk clubs and college audiences loved their close vocal harmonies trained on doo-wop and high-school pop as much as on traditional folk