Paul Simon

American singer-songwriter and actor

For other people named Paul Simon, see Paul Simon (disambiguation).

Paul Simon

Simon performing at the 9:30 Club in 2011

Simon performing at the 9:30 Club in 2011

Background information
Birth name| Paul Frederic Simon
Born|  (1941-10-13) October 13, 1941 (age 84)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Origin| New York City, U.S.
Genres|

* Folk
* rock
* pop
* world

Occupation(s)|

* Musician
* singer
* songwriter
* actor

Instrument(s)|

* Vocals
* guitar

Years active| 1956–present
Labels|

* Columbia
* Warner Bros.
* Concord

Spouse(s)|

Peggy Harper

(m. 1969; div. 1975)​

Carrie Fisher

(m. 1983; div. 1984)​

Edie Brickell

(m. 1992)​

Website| paulsimon.com

Musical artist

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades.[5] He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music.[6][7]

Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in the borough of Queens in New York City. He began performing with his schoolfriend Art Garfunkel in 1956 when they were still in their early teens. After limited success, the pair reunited after an electrified version of their song "The Sound of Silence" became a hit in 1966. Simon & Garfunkel recorded five albums together featuring songs mostly written by Simon, including the hits "Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer".[8]

After Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years,[9] all of which charted in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200. His 1972 self-titled album contained the hit songs "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". The 1975 album Still Crazy After All These Years, which featured guest vocals from Garfunkel, was his first number one solo album. It featured the number 1 hit single "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", among other Top 40 songs such as "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Gone at Last" and "My Little Town".

Simon reunited with Garfunkel for a performance in New York Central Park in 1981, drawing half a million spectators, followed by a world tour with Garfunkel. After a career slump, Simon released Graceland in 1986, an album inspired by South African township music. It sold 14 million copies worldwide, and remains his most popular and acclaimed solo work.[10] A number of hit singles were released from the album, including "You Can Call Me Al", "The Boy in the Bubble" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987.

Simon continued to tour throughout the 1990s. He wrote a Broadway musical, The Capeman, and recorded a companion album, Songs from The Capeman, which was released in 1997. His 2000 album You're the One was nominated again for Album of the Year honors. He followed that album with several years of touring, including another reunion tour with Garfunkel. He then released Surprise (2006), his last album of the decade. In 2016, he released Stranger to Stranger, which debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Album Chart and number 1 the UK Albums Chart. It marked his greatest commercial and critical success in thirty years. His most recent album is In the Blue Light (2018), which contains re-arrangements of lesser-known songs from his prior albums.

Simon has earned sixteen Grammy Awards for his solo and collaborative work, including three for Album of the Year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years and Graceland), and a Lifetime Achievement Award.[11] He is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1990 as a member of Simon & Garfunkel, and again in 2001 for his solo career.[12] In 2006 he was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time.[13] In 2011, Rolling Stone named Simon one of the 100 greatest guitarists,[14] and in 2015 he was ranked 8th in their list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.[15] Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007.[16]

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 2.1 1960s: Simon & Garfunkel
* 2.2 1970–1976: Solo and Still Crazy After All These Years
* 2.3 1977–1985: One-Trick Pony and Hearts and Bones
* 2.4 1986–1992: Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints
* 2.5 1993–1998: Paul Simon 1964/1993 and The Capeman
* 2.6 1999–2007: You're the One and Surprise
* 2.7 2008–2013: So Beautiful or So What and touring
* 2.8 2014–2021: Stranger to Stranger and In the Blue Light
* 3 Songwriting
* 4 Projects
* 4.1 Music for Broadway
* 4.2 Film and television
* 4.3 Saturday Night Live
* 5 Awards and honors
* 6 Personal life
* 7 Philanthropy
* 8 Discography
* 9 Filmography
* 10 Broadway
* 11 Bibliography
* 12 See also
* 13 References
* 14 External links

## Early life[edit | edit source]

Simon was born on October 13, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, to Hungarian-Jewish parents.[17][18][19][20] His father, Louis (1916–1995), was a college professor, double-bass player and dance bandleader who performed under the name Lee Sims. His mother, Belle (1910–2007), was an elementary-school teacher. In 1945, his family moved to the Kew Gardens Hills section of Flushing, Queens, in New York City.[21]

The musician Donald Fagen described Simon's childhood as that of "a certain kind of New York Jew, almost a stereotype really, to whom music and baseball are very important. I think it has to do with the parents. The parents are either immigrants or first-generation Americans who felt like outsiders, and assimilation was the key thought—they gravitated to black music and baseball looking for an alternative culture."[22] Simon, upon hearing Fagen's description, said it "isn't far from the truth".[22] Simon played baseball and stickball as a child. He described his father as funny and smart, but said he worked late and did not see his children much.[22]

Simon met Art Garfunkel when they were both 11. They performed in a production of Alice in Wonderland for their sixth-grade graduation, and began singing together when they were 13,[23] occasionally performing at school dances. Their idols were the Everly Brothers, whom they imitated in their use of close two-part harmony. Simon also developed an interest in jazz, folk and blues; especially in the music of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly.[citation needed]

At the age of 12 or 13 Simon wrote his first song, "The Girl for Me", for him and Art Garfunkel. According to Simon, it became the "neighborhood hit". His father wrote the words and chords on paper for the boys to use. That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress. In 1957, in their mid-teens, they recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name "Tom & Jerry", a name that was given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached number 49 on the pop charts.

After graduating from Forest Hills High School, Simon majored in English at Queens College and graduated in 1963, while Garfunkel studied mathematics education at Columbia University in Manhattan.[24][22] Simon was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity,[25] and went on to attend Brooklyn Law School for one semester in 1963.[26][27]

## Career[edit | edit source]

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Simon in 1966

Between 1957 and 1964, Simon wrote, recorded and released more than 30 songs. He occasionally reunited with Garfunkel as Tom & Jerry for some singles, including "Our Song" and "That's My Story". Most of the songs Simon recorded during that time were performed alone or with musicians other than Garfunkel. They were released on minor record labels including Amy, Big, Hunt, King, Tribute and Madison. He used several pseudonyms for these recordings, usually "Jerry Landis", but also "Paul Kane" and "True Taylor". By 1962, working as Jerry Landis, he was a frequent writer/producer for several Amy Records artists, overseeing material released by Dotty Daniels, The Vels and Ritchie Cordell.

Simon enjoyed moderate success with singles as part of the group Tico and the Triumphs, including "Motorcycle", which reached number 99 on the Billboard charts in 1962. Tico and the Triumphs released four 45s. Marty Cooper, known as Tico, sang lead on several of these releases, but "Motorcycle" featured Simon's vocal. Also in 1962, Simon reached number 97 on the pop charts as Jerry Landis, with the novelty song "The Lone Teen Ranger". Both chart singles were released on Amy Records.

### 1960s: Simon & Garfunkel[edit | edit source]

Main article: Simon & Garfunkel

In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel auditioned for Columbia Records, whose executive Clive Davis signed them to produce an album. Columbia decided that the two would be called Simon & Garfunkel instead of Tom & Jerry; according to Simon, this was the first time artists' surnames had been used in pop music without their first names.[28] Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., was released on October 19, 1964. It consisted of 12 songs, five of which were written by Simon. The album initially flopped.[29]

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Garfunkel, left, with Paul Simon, right, performing outside at a concert in Dublin as Simon & Garfunkel

After the album release, Simon moved to England[30] and performed in folk clubs. Simon enjoyed his time there. He said in 1970, "I had a lot of friends there and a girlfriend there. I could play music there. There was no place to play in New York City. They wouldn’t have me."[29] In England, he produced Jackson C. Frank's first and only album and co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group the Seekers, including "I Wish You Could Be Here", "Cloudy" and "Red Rubber Ball". Woodley's co-author credit was omitted from "Cloudy" on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album.[citation needed] The American group the Cyrkle recorded a version of "Red Rubber Ball" that reached number 2 in the U.S.[citation needed] Simon also contributed to the Seekers' catalogue with "Someday One Day", which was released in March 1966, charting around the same time as Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound". The song was a Top 10 hit from their second UK album, Sounds of Silence, and later included on their third U.S. album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.[citation needed]

Back on the American East Coast, radio stations began receiving requests for the Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. track "The Sound of Silence". Simon & Garfunkel's producer, Tom Wilson, overdubbed the track with electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. It was released as a single, eventually reaching number 1 on the US pop charts.[31] Wilson did not inform the duo of his plan, and Simon was "horrified" when he first heard it.[32] The success drew Simon back to the US to reunite with Garfunkel, and they recorded the albums Sounds of Silence (1966), Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) and Bookends (1968). Their final album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970), became at that time the bestselling album of all time.[33]

Simon & Garfunkel also contributed to the soundtrack of the Mike Nichols film, The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. While writing "Mrs. Robinson", Simon toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt". When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"[34] Simon and Garfunkel returned to the UK in the fall of 1968 and made a church concert appearance at Kraft Hall, which was broadcast on the BBC, and also featured Paul's brother Ed on a performance of the instrumental "Anji".[35][better source needed]

Simon and Garfunkel's relationship became strained, and they split in 1970.[36] At the urging of his wife, Peggy Harper, Simon called Davis to confirm the duo's breakup.[37] For the next several years, they spoke only two or three times a year.[38]

### 1970–1976: Solo and Still Crazy After All These Years[edit | edit source]

In 1970, Simon taught songwriting at New York University. He said he had wanted to teach for a while, and hoped to help people avoid some of the mistakes he had made: "You can teach somebody about writing songs. You can't teach someone how to write a song, I don't think ... I'd go to a course if the Beatles would talk about how they made records because I'm sure I could learn something."[29]

Simon pursued solo projects, reuniting occasionally with Garfunkel for various projects. Actor Warren Beatty brought Simon into a solo performance at the Cleveland Arena in April 1972,[39] a benefit concert for the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign. After that, Beatty obtained the duo's agreement to reunite in mid-June at Madison Square Garden, another political concert called Together for McGovern.[40] Garfunkel joined Simon again on the 1975 Top 10 single "My Little Town". Simon wrote it for Garfunkel, whose solo output Simon felt lacked "bite". The song was included on Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Garfunkel's album Breakaway. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City.[41] Simon also provided guitar on Garfunkel's 1973 album Angel Clare, and added backing vocals to the song "Down in the Willow Garden".[citation needed]

Simon's album Paul Simon was released in January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired "Mother and Child Reunion". It reached both the American and British Top 5. The album received universal acclaim, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, reaching number 4 in the U.S. and number 1 in the UK and Japan. It later spawned another Top 30 hit with "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

Simon's next project was the pop-folk album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, released in May 1973. It contained some of his most popular and polished recordings. The lead single, "Kodachrome", was a number 2 hit in America. The follow-up, the gospel-flavored "Loves Me Like a Rock" was even bigger, topping the Cashbox charts. Other songs like the weary "American Tune", or the melancholic "Something So Right" (a tribute to Simon's first wife Peggy), became standards in the musician's catalog. Critical and commercial reception for this second album was even stronger than for his debut. At the time, reviewers noted how the songs were fresh and unworried on the surface, while still exploring socially and politically conscious themes on a deeper level.[citation needed] The album reached number 1 on the Cashbox album charts. As a souvenir for the tour that came next, it was released as a live album, titled Live Rhymin' (1974). The album was moderately successful and displayed some changes in Simon's music style, adopting world and religious music.

Highly anticipated, Still Crazy After All These Years was his next album. Released in October 1975, and produced by Simon and Phil Ramone, it marked another departure. The mood of the album was darker, as he wrote and recorded it in the wake of his divorce. Preceded by the feel-good duet with Phoebe Snow, "Gone at Last" (a Top 25 hit) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town" (a number 9 on Billboard), the album was his only number 1 on the Billboard charts to date. The 18th Grammy Awards named it the Album of the Year, and Simon's performance the year's Best Male Pop Vocal. With Simon in the forefront of popular music, the third single from the album, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" reached the top spot of the Billboard charts, his only single to reach number 1 on this list. Simon put together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library on May 3, 1976. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also performed. The concert produced over $30,000 for the Library.

### 1977–1985: One-Trick Pony and Hearts and Bones[edit | edit source]

After three successful studio albums, Simon became less productive during the second half of the 1970s. He dabbled in various projects, including writing music for the film Shampoo, which became the music for the song "Silent Eyes" on the Still Crazy album, and acting (he was cast as Tony Lacey in Woody Allen's film Annie Hall). He achieved another hit in this decade, with the lead single of his 1977 compilation Greatest Hits, Etc., called "Slip Slidin' Away" (which reached number 5 in the United States).

In 1980, Simon released One-Trick Pony, his debut album with Warner Bros. Records and his first in almost five years. It was paired with the motion picture of the same name, which Simon wrote and starred in. Although it produced his last Top 10 hit with the upbeat "Late in the Evening" (also a number 1 hit on the Radio & Records American charts), the album did not sell well.

Simon & Garfunkel included eight songs from Simon's solo career on the set list for their September 19, 1981, concert in Central Park. Five of those were rearranged as duets. Simon performed the other three songs solo. The resulting live album, TV special and videocassette (later DVD) releases were all major hits. It was followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album, to have been entitled Think Too Much, which was eventually released (without Garfunkel) as Hearts and Bones.[citation needed]

Simon released Hearts and Bones in 1983. This was a polished and confessional album that was eventually viewed as one of his best works, but achieved the lowest sales of Simon's career.[42] Hearts and Bones included "The Late Great Johnny Ace", a song partly about Johnny Ace, an American R&B singer, and partly about slain Beatle John Lennon. In January 1985, Simon lent his talent to USA for Africa, and performed on the relief fundraising single "We Are the World".[43]

### 1986–1992: Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints[edit | edit source]

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Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon (1986)

In 1986, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music, where he has served on the board of trustees.[44][45]

After Simon was given a bootlegged tape of mbaqanga, South African street music,[46] he decided to record an album of South African music. Simon traveled to Johannesburg where he recorded with African musicians in early 1986. Additional sessions were held in April in New York.[47] The sessions featured many South African acts, particularly Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Simon also collaborated with several American artists, singing a duet with Linda Ronstadt in "Under African Skies", and playing with Los Lobos in "All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints".[48] Before leaving for Johannesburg, Simon contributed to "We Are the World", a charity single benefiting African famine relief.[48]

Graceland became Simon's most successful studio album and his highest-charting album in over a decade. It is estimated to have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.[49] Graceland won the 1987 Grammy for Album of the Year. In 2006, the album was added to the United States' National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically important".[50]

Following the success, Simon faced accusations that he had broken the cultural boycott imposed by the rest of the world against the apartheid regime in South Africa[51] by organizations such as Artists United Against Apartheid,[52] anti-apartheid musicians (including Billy Bragg, Paul Weller and Jerry Dammers),[53] as well as James Victor Gbeho (then Ghanaian Ambassador to the United Nations),[54] Simon denied that he had gone to South Africa to "take money out of the country", noting that he paid the black artists and split royalties with them, and was not paid to play to a white audience.[46] The United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee supported Graceland, as it showcased black South African musicians and offered no support to the South African government, but the African National Congress protested it as a violation of the boycott.[52] The Congress voted to ban Simon from South Africa, and he was also added to the United Nations blacklist.[55] He was removed from the blacklist in January 1987.[56]

Dion's song "Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" from Yo Frankie (1989), featuring Simon, peaked at number 97 in October 1990.[57][58]

After Graceland, Simon extended his roots with the Brazilian music-flavored The Rhythm of the Saints. Sessions for the album began in December 1989, and took place in Rio de Janeiro and New York. It featured guitarist J. J. Cale, as well as many Brazilian and African musicians. The tone of the album was more introspective and relatively low-key, compared to the mostly upbeat numbers of Graceland. Released in October 1990, the album received excellent critical reviews and achieved very respectable sales, peaking at number 4 in the U.S. and number 1 in the UK. The lead single, "The Obvious Child" (featuring the Grupo Cultural Olodum), became his last Top 20 hit in the UK and appeared near the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100. Although not as successful as Graceland, The Rhythm of the Saints was received as a competent successor and consistent complement on Simon's attempts to explore (and popularize) world music, and also received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.[citation needed]

Simon's ex-wife Carrie Fisher said in her autobiography Wishful Drinking, that the song "She Moves On" is about her. It's one of several she claimed, followed by the line, "If you can get Paul Simon to write a song about you, do it. Because he is so brilliant at it."[59]

The success of both albums allowed Simon to stage another New York concert. On August 15, 1991, almost a decade after his concert with Garfunkel, Simon staged a second concert in Central Park with African and South American bands. The success of the concert surpassed all expectations, and reportedly over 750,000 people attended one of the largest concert audiences in history. He later remembered the concert as "the most memorable moment in my career." The success of the show led to both a live album and an Emmy-winning TV special. In the middle, Simon embarked on the successful Born at the Right Time Tour, and promoted the album with further singles, including "Proof" (accompanied with a humorous video that featured Chevy Chase and Steve Martin). On March 4, 1992, he appeared on his own episode of MTV Unplugged, offering renditions of many of his most famous compositions. Broadcast in June, the show was a success, though it did not receive an album release.[citation needed] Simon and Garfunkel were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.[12]

### 1993–1998: Paul Simon 1964/1993 and The Capeman[edit | edit source]

After Unplugged, Simon's place in the forefront of popular music dropped notably. A Simon & Garfunkel reunion took place in September 1993, and in another attempt to capitalize on the occasion, Columbia released Paul Simon 1964/1993 in September. A three-disc compilation, it received a reduced version on the two-disc album The Paul Simon Anthology one month later. In 1995, he made news for appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where he performed the song "Ten Years", which he composed specially for the tenth anniversary of the show. Also that year, he was featured on the Annie Lennox version of his 1973 song "Something So Right", which appeared briefly on the UK Top 50 once it was released as a single in November.[citation needed]

Since the early stages of the 1990s, Simon was fully involved in The Capeman, a musical that eventually opened on January 29, 1998. Simon worked enthusiastically on the project for many years and described it as "a New York Puerto Rican story based on events that happened in 1959—events that I remembered."[60] The musical tells the story of real-life Puerto Rican youth Salvador Agron, who wore a cape while committing two murders in 1959 New York, and went on to become a writer in prison. Featuring Marc Anthony as the young Agron, and Rubén Blades as the older Agron, the play received terrible reviews and very poor box office receipts from the very beginning. It closed on March 28, after just 68 performances, a failure that reportedly cost Simon 11 million dollars.[citation needed]

Simon recorded an album of songs from the show, which was released in November 1997. It was received with very mixed reviews, though many critics praised the combination of doo-wop, rockabilly and Caribbean music that the album reflected. In commercial terms, Songs from The Capeman was a failure. Simon missed the Top 40 of the Billboard charts for the first time in his career. The cast album was never released on CD but eventually became available online.

### 1999–2007: You're the One and Surprise[edit | edit source]

After The Capeman, Simon's career was again in an unexpected crisis. However, entering the new millennium, he maintained a respectable reputation, offering critically acclaimed new material and receiving commercial attention. Simon embarked on a North American tour with Bob Dylan in 1999, with each alternating as the headline act with a "middle section" where they performed together, starting on the first of June and ending September 18. The collaboration was generally well-received, with just one critic, Seth Rogovoy from the Berkshire Eagle, questioning the collaboration.[61]

In an attempt to return successfully to the music market, Simon wrote and recorded a new album very quickly, with You're the One arriving in October 2000. The album consisted mostly of folk-pop writing combined with foreign musical sounds, particularly grooves from North Africa. While not reaching the commercial heights of previous albums, it managed to reach both the British and American Top 20. It received favorable reviews, and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. He toured extensively for the album, and one performance in Paris was released to home video.

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Simon sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on America: A Tribute to Heroes, a multi-network broadcast to benefit the September 11 Telethon Fund and performed "The Boxer" at the opening of the first episode of Saturday Night Live after September 11. In 2002, he wrote and recorded "Father and Daughter", the theme song for the animated family film The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The track was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.

In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel reunited once again when they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This reunion led to a US tour—the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series, followed by a 2004 international encore that culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome that drew 600,000 people.[62] In 2005, the pair sang "Mrs. Robinson" and "Homeward Bound", plus "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with Aaron Neville, in the benefit concert From the Big Apple to The Big Easy – The Concert for New Orleans (eventually released as a DVD) for Hurricane Katrina victims.

In 2004, Simon's studio albums were re-released both individually and together in a limited-edition nine-CD boxed set, Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings 1972–2000. At the time, Simon was already working on a new album with Brian Eno called Surprise, which was released in May 2006. Most of the album was inspired by the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq invasion and the war that followed. In personal terms, Simon was also inspired by turning 60 in 2001, which he humorously referred to on "Old" from You're the One. Surprise was a commercial hit, reaching number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 in the UK. Most critics also praised the album, and many of them called it a comeback. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic wrote that "Simon doesn't achieve his comeback by reconnecting with the sound and spirit of his classic work; he has achieved it by being as restless and ambitious as he was at his popular and creative peak, which makes Surprise all the more remarkable." The album was supported with the successful Surprise Tour from May to November 2006.

In March 2004, Walter Yetnikoff published a book called Howling at the Moon, in which he criticized Simon personally and for his tenuous business partnership with Columbia Records in the past.[63] In 2007 Simon was the inaugural recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress, and later performed as part of a gala of his work.[64][65]

### 2008–2013: So Beautiful or So What and touring[edit | edit source]

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Simon performing live in Mainz, Germany, July 25, 2008

After living in Montauk, New York, for many years, Simon relocated to New Canaan, Connecticut.[66]

Simon is one of a small number of performers who are named as the copyright owner on their recordings (most records have the recording company as the named owner of the recording). This noteworthy development was spearheaded by the Bee Gees after their successful $200 million lawsuit against RSO Records, which remains the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist or group. All of Simon's solo recordings, including those originally issued by Columbia Records, are currently distributed by Sony Records' Legacy Recordings unit. His albums were issued by Warner Music Group until mid-2010. In mid-2010, Simon moved his catalog of solo work from Warner Bros. Records to Sony/Columbia Records where Simon & Garfunkel's catalog is. Simon's back catalog of solo recordings would be marketed by Sony Music's Legacy Recordings unit.[citation needed]

In February 2009, Simon performed back-to-back shows in New York City at the Beacon Theatre, which had recently been renovated. Simon was reunited with Art Garfunkel at the first show as well as with the cast of The Capeman. Also playing in the band was Graceland bassist Bakithi Kumalo. In May 2009, Simon toured with Garfunkel in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. In October 2009, they appeared together at the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The pair performed four of their most popular songs: "The Sound of Silence", "The Boxer", "Cecilia" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".[citation needed]

In October 2009, Dion performed "The Wanderer" with Simon at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert.[67]

In April 2010, Simon & Garfunkel performed again in New Orleans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.[68]

Simon released a new song called "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" on November 10, 2010. It premiered on National Public Radio,[69] and was included on the album So Beautiful or So What. The song samples a 1941 sermon by the Rev. J. M. Gates, also entitled "Getting Ready for Christmas Day".[70] Simon performed the song live on The Colbert Report on December 16, 2010.[71] The first video featured J. M. Gates giving the sermon, and his church in 2010 with its display board showing many of Simon's lyrics. The second video illustrates the song with cartoon images.

In the premiere show of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 10, 2010, Simon surprised Oprah and the audience with a song dedicated to her show lasting 25 years (an update of a song he did for her show's 10th anniversary).[72]

Simon's album So Beautiful or So What[73] was released on the Concord Music Group label on April 12, 2011.[74] The album received high marks from the artist: "It's the best work I've done in 20 years". It was reported that Simon attempted to have Bob Dylan featured on the album.

Rounding off his 2011 World Tour (which included the United States, the U.K., the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany), Simon appeared at Ramat Gan Stadium in Israel in July 2011, making his first concert appearance in Israel since 1983.[75] On the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks (September 11, 2011), Paul Simon performed "The Sound of Silence" at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, site of the World Trade Center.

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Simon paying tribute to musicians Leonard Cohen and Chuck Berry, the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on February 26, 2012

On February 26, 2012, Simon paid tribute to fellow musicians Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen, who were the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence at the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts.[76]

Simon released a 25th anniversary box set of Graceland on June 5, 2012. It included a remastered edition of the original album, the 2012 documentary film Under African Skies the original 1987 "African Concert" from Zimbabwe, an audio narrative The Story of Graceland told by Paul Simon, as well as other interviews and paraphernalia.[77] He played a few concerts in Europe with the original musicians to commemorate the anniversary.[78]

On December 19, 2012, Simon performed at the funeral of Victoria Leigh Soto, a teacher killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[79]

On June 14, 2013, at Sting's Back to Bass Tour, Simon performed his song "The Boxer" and Sting's "Fields of Gold" with Sting.[80]

In September 2013, Simon delivered the Richard Ellmann Lecture in Modern Literature at Emory University.

### 2014–2021: Stranger to Stranger and In the Blue Light[edit | edit source]

In February 2014, Simon embarked on a joint concert tour titled On Stage Together with English musician Sting, playing 21 concerts in North America.[81] The tour continued in early 2015, with ten shows in Australia and New Zealand,[82][83] and 23 concerts in Europe,[84] ending on April 18, 2015.

Simon appeared during the premiere week of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 11, 2015. Simon, who performed "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" with Colbert for his surprise appearance, had been promoted prior to the show as "Simon & Garfunkel Tribute Band Troubled Waters".[85] Simon's additional performance of "An American Tune" was posted as a bonus on the show's YouTube channel.

In 2015, Dion released the single "New York Is My Home" with Simon.[86]

Simon also wrote and performed the theme song for the comedian Louis C.K.'s show Horace and Pete, which debuted January 30, 2016. The song, which can be heard during the show's opening, intermission and closing credits, features only Simon's voice and an acoustic guitar. Simon made a cameo appearance onscreen in the tenth and final episode of the series.

On June 3, 2016, Simon released his thirteenth solo studio album, Stranger to Stranger via Concord Records.[87] He began writing new material shortly after releasing his twelfth studio album, So Beautiful or So What, in April 2011.

Simon collaborated with the Italian electronic dance music artist Clap! Clap! on three songs: "The Werewolf", "Street Angel" and "Wristband". Simon was introduced to him by his son, Adrian, who was a fan of his work. The two met up in July 2011 when Simon was touring behind So Beautiful or So What in Milan, Italy. He and Clap! Clap! worked together via email over the course of making the album. Simon also worked with longtime friend Roy Halee, who is listed as co-producer on the album. "I always liked working with him more than anyone else," Simon noted.[88] Following the release of the album, Simon noted that "showbiz doesn't hold any interest for me" and discussed future retirement, stating: "I am going to see what happens if I let go".[89][90]

Simon performed "Bridge over Troubled Water" at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 25, 2016.[91] He debuted a new version of "Questions for the Angels" with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on May 24, 2017.[92]

On February 5, 2018, Simon announced his retirement from touring in a letter to fans, citing time away from family and the death of longtime guitarist Vincent Nguini as key factors. However, he did not rule out performing live altogether.[93] At the same time, it was announced that he would embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour encompassed shows across North America and Europe, and Simon played his final concert in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York, on September 22, 2018.[94]

On September 7, 2018, Simon released his fourteenth solo studio album, In the Blue Light, consisting of re-recordings of selected lesser-known songs from his catalog (often altering their original arrangements, harmonic structures and lyrics).[95]

Simon announced his return to the live stage to close San Francisco's Outside Lands festival on August 11, 2019. With an appearance at the Golden Gate Park event, he planned to donate his net proceeds to local environmental non-profit organization(s).[96]

American Songwriter magazine honored Dion's "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)", featuring Simon, as the "Greatest of the Great 2020 Songs".[97]

Simon sold his music publishing catalogue to Sony Music Publishing on March 31, 2021. Simon was previously signed to Universal Music Publishing Group.[98]

## Songwriting[edit | edit source]

In an in-depth interview reprinted in American Songwriter, Simon discusses the craft of songwriting with music journalist Tom Moon. In the interview, Simon explains the basic themes in his songwriting: love, family and social commentary (as well as the overarching messages of religion, spirituality and God in his lyrics). Simon explains the process of how he goes about writing songs in the interview: "The music always precedes the words. The words often come from the sound of the music and eventually evolve into coherent thoughts. Or incoherent thoughts. Rhythm plays a crucial part in the lyric-making as well. It's like a puzzle to find the right words to express what the music is saying."[99]

## Projects[edit | edit source]

### Music for Broadway[edit | edit source]

In the late 1990s, Simon wrote and produced a Broadway musical called The Capeman, which lost $11 million during its 1998 run. In April 2008, the Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrated Paul Simon's works, and dedicated a week to Songs From the Capeman with a good portion of the show's songs performed by a cast of singers and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Simon himself appeared during the BAM shows, performing "Trailways Bus" and "Late in the Evening". In August 2010, The Capeman was staged for three nights in the Delacorte Theatre in New York's Central Park. The production was directed by Diane Paulus and produced in conjunction with the Public Theater.[100]

### Film and television[edit | edit source]

Simon has also dabbled in acting. He played music producer Tony Lacey, a supporting character, in the 1977 Woody Allen feature film Annie Hall. He wrote and starred in 1980's One Trick Pony as Jonah Levin, a journeyman rock and roller. Simon also wrote all the songs in the film. He also appeared on The Muppet Show (the only episode to use the songs of one songwriter). In 1990, he played the character of Simple Simon on the Disney Channel TV movie, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme.

In 1978, Simon made a cameo appearance in the movie, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.

He has been the subject of two films by Jeremy Marre, the first on Graceland, the second on The Capeman.

Simon was a guest on The Colbert Report promoting his book Lyrics 1964–2008 on November 18, 2008. After an interview with Stephen Colbert, Simon performed "American Tune".

Simon performed a Stevie Wonder song at The White House in 2009, at an event honoring Wonder's musical career and contributions.

In May 2009, The Library of Congress: Paul Simon and Friends Live Concert was released on DVD, via Shout! Factory. The PBS concert was recorded in 2007.

Simon appeared at the Glastonbury Festival 2011 in England.

### Saturday Night Live[edit | edit source]

Simon has appeared on Saturday Night Live 14 times, both as host and musical guest. He was the host for the second episode, which aired on October 18, 1975, following George Carlin, who hosted the first episode. Carlin is a close friend of SNL producer Lorne Michaels, who produced the 1977 TV show The Paul Simon Special, as well as the Simon & Garfunkel concert in Central Park four years later.[citation needed] He is also a friend of former SNL star Chevy Chase, who appeared in his video for "You Can Call Me Al" lip syncing the song while Simon looks disgruntled and mimes backing vocals, with the playing of various instruments beside him. (Chase also appeared in Simon's 1991 video for the song "Proof", with Steve Martin.)

Simon appeared alongside George Harrison as musical guest on the Thanksgiving Day episode of SNL on November 20, 1976. The two performed "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound" together, while Simon performed "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" solo earlier in the show. On that episode, Simon opened the show performing "Still Crazy After All These Years" in a turkey outfit, since Thanksgiving was the following week. About halfway through the song, Simon tells the band to stop playing because of his embarrassment. After giving a frustrated speech to the audience, he leaves the stage, backed by applause. Lorne Michaels greets him positively backstage, but Simon is still upset, yelling at him because of the humiliating turkey outfit. This is one of SNL's most played sketches.

In one SNL skit from 1986 (when he was promoting Graceland), Simon plays himself, waiting in line with a friend to get into a movie. He amazes his friend by remembering intricate details about prior meetings with passers-by, but draws a complete blank when approached by Art Garfunkel, despite the latter's numerous memory prompts.[101]

On an appearance in the late 1980s, he worked with the politician who shared his name, Illinois Senator Paul Simon.[102]

On September 29, 2001, Simon made a special appearance on the first SNL to air after the September 11, 2001, attacks. On that show, he performed "The Boxer" to the audience and the NYC firefighters and police officers.

Simon and Lorne Michaels were the subjects of a 2006 episode of the Sundance Channel documentary series, Iconoclasts.

Simon appeared on the March 9, 2013, episode hosted by Justin Timberlake, as a member of the Five-Timers Club.

Simon closed the 40th anniversary SNL show on February 15, 2015, with a performance of "Still Crazy After All These Years". Simon also played a snippet of "I've Just Seen a Face" with Sir Paul McCartney during the special's introductory sequence. Much of the Thanksgiving episode from 1976 was shown during the prime-time special.

His most recent SNL appearance was on the October 13, 2018, episode hosted by Seth Meyers. He was the musical guest and it was his 77th birthday.[103]

## Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

File:Gershwin Simon 2007 Rev.png

Reverse of the 2007 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song medal awarded to Paul Simon

Simon has won 12 Grammy Awards (one of them a Lifetime Achievement Award) and five Album of the Year Grammy nominations (the most recent for You're the One in 2001). He is one of only six artists to have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year more than once as the main credited artist. In 1998, he was entered in the Grammy Hall of Fame for the Simon & Garfunkel album Bridge over Troubled Water. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for the song "Father and Daughter" in 2002. He is also a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as half of Simon & Garfunkel in 1990 and as a solo artist in 2001.

Brit Awards
Year  | Nominee / work  | Award  | Result

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1977 | Bridge over Troubled Water | International Album | Won
1987 | Paul Simon  | International Solo Artist | Won
1991 | International Male Solo Artist | Nominated

Grammy Awards
Year  | Nominee / work  | Award  | Result

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1969 | Bookends | Album of the Year | Nominated
"Mrs. Robinson"  | Record of the Year | Won
Song of the Year | Nominated
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | Won
The Graduate | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Won
1971 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Album of the Year  | Won
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals  | Nominated
"Bridge over Troubled Water"  | Record of the Year  | Won
Song of the Year  | Won
Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals | Won
Best Contemporary Song | Won
1974 | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | Album of the Year  | Nominated
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated
1976 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Album of the Year  | Won
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance  | Won
"My Little Town"  | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals  | Nominated
1977 | "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"  | Record of the Year  | Nominated
1981 | "Late in the Evening"  | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance  | Nominated
One-Trick Pony | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media  | Nominated
1987 | Graceland | Album of the Year  | Won
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance  | Nominated
Himself  | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical | Nominated
"Graceland"  | Song of the Year  | Nominated
1988 | Record of the Year  | Won
1992 | The Rhythm of the Saints | Album of the Year  | Nominated
Himself  | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical  | Nominated
2001 | You're the One | Album of the Year  | Nominated

File:Paul Simon 2002.jpg

Simon wearing the Kennedy Center Honors ribbon in 2002

In 2001, Simon was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year. The following year, he was one of the five recipients of the annual Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest tribute to performing and cultural artists.

In 2005, Simon was saluted as a BMI Icon at the 53rd Annual BMI Pop Awards. Simon's songwriting catalog has earned 39 BMI Awards including multiple citations for "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Mrs. Robinson", "Scarborough Fair" and "The Sound of Silence". As of 2005, he has amassed nearly 75 million broadcast airplays, according to BMI surveys.[104]

In 2006, Simon was selected by Time Magazine as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World".[105]

In 2007, Simon received the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Named in honor of George and Ira Gershwin, this award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world's culture. On being notified of the honor, Simon said, "I am grateful to be the recipient of the Gershwin Prize and doubly honored to be the first. I look forward to spending an evening in the company of artists I admire at the award ceremony in May. I can think of a few who have expressed my words and music far better than I. I'm excited at the prospect of that happening again. It's a songwriter's dream come true." Among the performers who paid tribute to Simon were Stevie Wonder, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Lyle Lovett, James Taylor, Dianne Reeves, Marc Anthony, Yolanda Adams and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The event was professionally filmed and broadcast and is now available as Paul Simon and Friends.

In 2010, Simon received an honorary degree from Brandeis University, where he performed "The Boxer" at the main commencement ceremony.

In October 2011, Simon was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. At the induction ceremony, he performed "American Tune".

In 2012, Simon was awarded the Polar Music Prize.[106]

## Personal life[edit | edit source]

When Simon moved to England in 1964, he met Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Chitty (born 1947) on April 12 at the first English folk club he played, the Railway Inn Folk Club in Brentwood, Essex (where Chitty worked part-time selling tickets). She was 16 and he was 22 when they began a relationship. Later that year, they visited the U.S. together, touring mainly by bus.[107]

Kathy returned to England on her own, with Simon returning to her some weeks later. When Simon returned to the U.S. with the growing success of "The Sounds of Silence", Kathy, who was quite shy,[108] wanted no part of the success and fame that awaited Simon so they ended their relationship.[109] She is mentioned by name in at least two of his songs: "Kathy's Song" and "America". She is also referred to in "Homeward Bound" and "The Late Great Johnny Ace". There is a photo of Simon and Kathy on the cover of Simon's 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook.[110]

Simon has been married three times, first to Peggy Harper in 1969. They had a son, Harper Simon, in 1972, and divorced in 1975. Simon wrote about this relationship in the song "Train in the Distance" from his 1983 album Hearts and Bones.[111]

Simon's 1972 song, "Run That Body Down", from his second solo album, casually mentions both himself and his then-wife ("Peg") by name. Paul and Peggy, misheard as Al and Betty by Pierre Boulez, are also referenced in Simon's 1986 hit single "You Can Call Me Al".[citation needed]

In the late 1970s, Simon lived in New York City next door to Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, who has been described as Simon's "best friend" during the period.[112]

He and Shelley Duvall lived together as a couple for two years until she introduced him to her friend Carrie Fisher; Simon and Fisher then became a couple.[112] Simon's second marriage, from 1983 to 1984, was to Fisher. He proposed to her after a New York Yankees game.[111] The song "Hearts and Bones" was written about their time together, and the song "Graceland" is believed to be about seeking solace from the end of the relationship by taking a road trip.[113] A year after divorcing, Simon and Fisher resumed their relationship, which lasted for several years. The final song in the sequence of three about Fisher is "She Moves On". This song marks the end of the post-marriage relationship, and was a track on Simon's 1990 album The Rhythm of The Saints.[citation needed]

Simon married singer Edie Brickell on May 30, 1992. They have three children: Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel.[114]

Simon and his younger brother, Eddie Simon, founded the Guitar Study Center sometime before 1973.[115] The Guitar Study Center became part of The New School in New York City, sometime before 2002.[116]

Simon is an avid fan of the New York Rangers ice hockey team, the New York Knicks basketball team and the New York Yankees baseball team.[117][118][119]

## Philanthropy[edit | edit source]

Simon is a proponent of music education for children. In 1970, after recording his "Bridge Over Troubled Water", at the invitation of the NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Simon held auditions for a young songwriters' workshop. Advertised in The Village Voice, the auditions brought hundreds of hopefuls to perform for Simon. Among the six teenage songwriters Simon selected for tutelage were Melissa Manchester, Tommy Mandel and rock/beat poet Joe Linus, with Maggie and Terre Roche (the Roche Sisters), who later sang back-up for Simon, joining the workshop in progress through an impromptu appearance.

Simon invited the six teens to experience recording at Columbia studios with engineer Roy Halee. During these sessions, Bob Dylan was downstairs recording the album Self-Portrait, which included a version of Simon's "The Boxer". Violinist Isaac Stern also visited the group with a CBS film crew, speaking to the young musicians about lyrics and music after Joe Linus performed his song "Circus Lion" for Stern.

Manchester later paid homage to Simon with her recorded song "Ode to Paul". Other musicians Simon has mentored include Nick Laird-Clowes, who co-founded the band The Dream Academy. Laird-Clowes has credited Simon with helping to shape the band's biggest hit, "Life in a Northern Town".[120]

In 2003, Simon signed on as a supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools in the U.S. He sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

Simon is also a major benefactor and one of the co-founders, with Irwin Redlener, of the Children's Health Project and The Children's Health Fund[121][122] which started by creating specially equipped "buses" to take medical care to children in medically under-served areas, urban and rural. Their first bus was in the impoverished South Bronx of New York City, but they now operate in 12 states including on the Gulf Coast. It has expanded greatly, partnering with major hospitals, local public schools and medical schools and advocating policy for children's health and medical care.

In May 2012, Paul Simon performed at a benefit dinner for the Turkana Basin Institute in New York City, raising more than $2 million for Richard Leakey's research institute in Africa.[123]

For his 2019 performance at San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Simon donated his appearance fee to the San Francisco Parks Alliance and Friends of the Urban Forest.[124]

## Discography[edit | edit source]

Main article: Paul Simon discography

See also: Simon & Garfunkel discography

This discography does not include compilation albums, concert albums or work with Simon & Garfunkel. Simon's solo concert albums often have songs he originally recorded with Simon & Garfunkel, and many Simon & Garfunkel concert albums contain songs Simon first recorded on solo albums.[125][126]

Simon has a few songs that appear on compilation albums and nowhere else, such as "Slip Slidin' Away" which appears only on the compilation albums Negotiations and Love Songs (1988) and Greatest Hits, Etc. (1977).[127]

Solo studio albums

* The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)
* Paul Simon (1972)
* There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
* Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
* One-Trick Pony (1980)
* Hearts and Bones (1983)
* Graceland (1986)
* The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
* Songs from The Capeman (1997)
* You're the One (2000)
* Surprise (2006)
* So Beautiful or So What (2011)
* Stranger to Stranger (2016)
* In the Blue Light (2018)

## Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year  | Title  | Credit(s)  | Role  | Notes

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1967  | The Graduate | Songs by  | —  | With Art Garfunkel
1975  | Shampoo | Composer  | —  |
1975–2018  | Saturday Night Live | Performer  | Himself / Various  | 18 episodes
1977  | Annie Hall | Actor  | Tony Lacey  | Acting debut
1978  | All You Need Is Cash | Actor  | Paul Simon  | Television film
1980  | One-Trick Pony | Actor, writer, composer  | Jonah  |
1985  | The Statue of Liberty | Composer  | —  |
1990  | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Actor  | Simple Simon  | Television film
1996  | Mother | Composer  | —  | Mrs. Robinson – Movie Theme Song
1999  | Millennium | Actor  | John Dryden  | Episode: "Via Dolorosa"
2002  | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Composer  | —  | Wrote and Performed: "Father and Daughter"
2008  | The Great Buck Howard | Actor  | Grateful Old Performer  | Actor
2008  | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg Deluxe Set | Composer  | —  | Documentary
2014  | Henry & Me | Actor  | Thurman Munson (voice)  |
2015  | Portlandia | Actor  | Paul Simon  | Episode: "You Can Call Me Al"
2015  | Welcome To Sweden | Actor  | Paul Simon  | Episode: "American Club"
2015  | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Himself  | Paul Simon  | Performed: "Still Crazy After All These Years"
2016  | Horace and Pete | Composer, Actor  | Customer  | Composed show's opening theme music

## Broadway[edit | edit source]

* Rock 'n Roll! The First 5,000 Years (1982) – revue – featured songwriter for "Mrs. Robinson"
* Asinamali! (1987) – play – co-producer
* Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway (1992) – concert – performer
* The Capeman (1998) – composer, co-lyricist and music arranger – Tony Nomination for Best Original Score
* The Graduate (2002) – play – featured songwriter

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## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of songs written by Paul Simon

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Paul Simon

* Discography
* Songs recorded
* Songs written

Studio albums|

* The Paul Simon Songbook (1966)
* Paul Simon (1972)
* There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
* Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
* One-Trick Pony (1980)
* Hearts and Bones (1983)
* Graceland (1986)
* The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
* Songs from The Capeman (1997)
* You're the One (2000)
* Surprise (2006)
* So Beautiful or So What (2011)
* Stranger to Stranger (2016)
* In the Blue Light (2018)

Live albums|

* Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
* Paul Simon's Concert in the Park

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits, Etc.
* Negotiations and Love Songs
* The Paul Simon Anthology
* Paul Simon 1964/1993
* Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
* Recorded as Jerry Landis
* The Essential Paul Simon
* This Better Be Good
* The Ultimate Collection

Film and theater|

* The Paul Simon Special (1977)
* One-Trick Pony (1980)
* Paul Simon in Concert (1981)
* The All-Star Gospel Session (1987)
* Graceland: The African Concert (1987)
* Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (1991)
* Born at the Right Time (1992)
* Classic Albums: Graceland (1997)
* The Capeman (theater, 1998)
* You're The One - In Concert (2000)
* Live at the Tower Theatre 2003
* Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009)
* So Beautiful or So What (Deluxe Limited Edition) (2011)
* Live in New York City (2012)
* Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies (2012)
* The Concert in Hyde Park (2017)

Tours|

* One-Trick Pony Tour 1980
* Never Ending Tour 1999
* On Stage Together Tour

Related|

* Simon & Garfunkel
* Edie Brickell (wife)
* Harper Simon (son)

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Paul Simon songs

Discography

The Paul Simon Songbook|

* "I Am a Rock"
* "Leaves That Are Green"
* "April Come She Will"
* "The Sound of Silence"
* "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)"
* "Patterns"

Paul Simon|

* "Mother and Child Reunion"
* "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
* "Duncan"

There Goes Rhymin' Simon|

* "Kodachrome"
* "Loves Me Like a Rock"
* "American Tune"
* "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
* "Something So Right"
* "St. Judy's Comet"

Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'|

* "The Sound of Silence"

Still Crazy After All These Years|

* "Gone at Last"
* "My Little Town"
* "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
* "Still Crazy After All These Years"

Greatest Hits, Etc.|

* "Slip Slidin' Away"
* "Stranded in a Limousine"

One-Trick Pony|

* "Late in the Evening"
* "One-Trick Pony"
* "Oh, Marion"

Hearts and Bones|

* "Allergies"
* "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
* "Think Too Much"

Graceland|

* "You Can Call Me Al"
* "Graceland"
* "The Boy in the Bubble"
* "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"
* "Under African Skies"
* "Homeless"

The Rhythm of the Saints|

* "The Obvious Child"
* "Proof"
* "Born at the Right Time"

You're the One|

* "Old"
* "You're the One"

Surprise|

* "Father and Daughter"
* "That's Me"
* "Outrageous"

So Beautiful or So What|

* "Getting Ready for Christmas Day"
* "The Afterlife"

Stranger to Stranger|

* "Wristband"
* "Cool Papa Bell"
* "The Werewolf"

Featured singles|

* "Wonderful World"
* "The Blues"
* "The Boxer"
* "New York Is My Home"

Other songs|

* "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War"
* "Thelma"

* Category

Awards for Paul Simon

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American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist

* Jim Croce (1974)
* John Denver (1975)
* John Denver (1976)
* Elton John (1977)
* Barry Manilow (1978)
* Barry Manilow (1979)
* Barry Manilow (1980)
* Kenny Rogers (1981)
* Kenny Rogers (1982)
* John Mellencamp / Rick Springfield (1983)
* Michael Jackson (1984)
* Lionel Richie (1985)
* Bruce Springsteen (1986)
* Lionel Richie (1987)
* Paul Simon (1988)
* George Michael (1989)
* Bobby Brown (1990)
* Phil Collins (1991)
* Michael Bolton (1992)
* Michael Bolton (1993)
* Eric Clapton (1994)
* Michael Bolton (1995)
* Michael Jackson (1996)
* Eric Clapton (1997)
* Babyface (1998)
* Eric Clapton (1999)
* Will Smith (2000)
* Kid Rock (2001)
* Lenny Kravitz (2002)
* Eminem (2003)
* Kid Rock (2003)
* Usher (2004)
* Will Smith (2005)
* Sean Paul (2006)
* Justin Timberlake (2007)
* Chris Brown (2008)
* Michael Jackson (2009)
* Justin Bieber (2010)
* Bruno Mars (2011)
* Justin Bieber (2012)
* Justin Timberlake (2013)
* Sam Smith (2014)
* Ed Sheeran (2015)
* Justin Bieber (2016)
* Bruno Mars (2017)
* Post Malone (2018)
* Khalid (2019)
* Justin Bieber (2020)
* Ed Sheeran (2021)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

1971–1978|

* Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell (1971)
* Anne Howard Bailey (1972)
* Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor (1973)
* Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1974)
* John Bradford, Cy Coleman and Robert Wells (1975)
* Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Lorne Michaels, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1976)
* Buz Kohan and Ted Strauss (1977)
* Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Charles Grodin, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin and Alan Zweibel (1978)

2009–present|

* Chris Rock (2009)
* Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010)
* Dave Boone, Matt Roberts and Mo Rocca (2011)
* Louis C.K. (2012)
* Louis C.K. (2013)
* Sarah Silverman (2014)
* Louis C.K. (2015)
* Patton Oswalt (2016)
* Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Jo Miller and Melinda Taub (2017)
* John Mulaney (2018)
* Hannah Gadsby (2019)
* Dave Chappelle (2020)
* Bo Burnham (2021)
* Jerrod Carmichael (2022)

Between 1979–2008, writing specials competed alongside Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

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Gershwin Prize recipients

* Paul Simon (2007)
* Stevie Wonder (2009)
* Paul McCartney (2010)
* Burt Bacharach and Hal David (2012)
* Carole King (2013)
* Billy Joel (2014)
* Willie Nelson (2015)
* Smokey Robinson (2016)
* Tony Bennett (2017)
* Emilio Estefan and Gloria Estefan (2019)
* Garth Brooks (2020)
* Lionel Richie (2022)

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1979|

* The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959)
* Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960)
* The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961)
* Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962)
* The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963)
* The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964)
* Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1965)
* September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966)
* A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968)
* By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969)
* Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970)
* Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971)
* Tapestry – Carole King (1972)
* The Concert for Bangladesh – George Harrison & Friends (1973)
* Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974)
* Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975)
* Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976)
* Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977)
* Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978)
* Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1979)

1980–1999|

* 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980)
* Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981)
* Double Fantasy – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1982)
* Toto IV – Toto (1983)
* Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984)
* Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985)
* No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986)
* Graceland – Paul Simon (1987)
* The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988)
* Faith – George Michael (1989)
* Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990)
* Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and Various Artists (1991)
* Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992)
* Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993)
* The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994)
* MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995)
* Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996)
* Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997)
* Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998)
* The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999)

2000–2019|

* Supernatural – Santana (2000)
* Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001)
* O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists (2002)
* Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003)
* Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004)
* Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists (2005)
* How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006)
* Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007)
* River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008)
* Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009)
* Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010)
* The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011)
* 21 – Adele (2012)
* Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013)
* Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014)
* Morning Phase – Beck (2015)
* 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)
* 25 – Adele (2017)
* 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2018)
* Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2019)

2020–present|

* When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2020)
* Folklore – Taylor Swift (2021)
* We Are – Jon Batiste (2022)

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Grammy Award for Record of the Year

1959−1980|

* "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (1959)
* "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin (1960)
* "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith (1961)
* "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (1962)
* "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett (1963)
* "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini (1964)
* "The Girl from Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965)
* "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966)
* "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (1967)
* "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968)
* "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969)
* "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970)
* "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971)
* "It's Too Late" by Carole King (1972)
* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (1973)
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1974)
* "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John (1975)
* "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976)
* "This Masquerade" by George Benson (1977)
* "Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978)
* "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel (1979)
* "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)

1981−2000|

* "Sailing" by Christopher Cross (1981)
* "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1982)
* "Rosanna" by Toto (David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro) (1983)
* "Beat It" by Michael Jackson (1984)
* "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (1985)
* "We Are the World" by USA for Africa (1986)
* "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood (1987)
* "Graceland" by Paul Simon (1988)
* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin (1989)
* "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler (1990)
* "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins (1991)
* "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992)
* "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton (1993)
* "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1994)
* "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow (1995)
* "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996)
* "Change the World" by Eric Clapton (1997)
* "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (1998)
* "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (1999)
* "Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob Thomas (2000)

2001−2020|

* "Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001)
* "Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002)
* "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones (2003)
* "Clocks" by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004)
* "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2005)
* "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006)
* "Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007)
* "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (2008)
* "Please Read the Letter" by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2009)
* "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010)
* "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011)
* "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (2012)
* "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013)
* "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014)
* "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015)
* "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016)
* "Hello" by Adele (2017)
* "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars (2018)
* "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (2019)
* "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (2020)

2021−present|

* "Everything I Wanted" by Billie Eilish (2021)
* "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic (2022)

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Grammy Award for Song of the Year

1959−1980|

* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959)
* "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960)
* "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961)
* "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962)
* "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963)
* "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964)
* "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965)
* "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966)
* "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967)
* "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968)
* "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969)
* "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970)
* "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971)
* "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972)
* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973)
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974)
* "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975)
* "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976)
* "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977)
* "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978)
* "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979)
* "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980)

1981−2000|

* "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981)
* "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982)
* "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983)
* "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984)
* "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985)
* "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986)
* "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987)
* "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988)
* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989)
* "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990)
* "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991)
* "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992)
* "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993)
* "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994)
* "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995)
* "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996)
* "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997)
* "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998)
* "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999)
* "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000)

2001−2020|

* "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001)
* "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002)
* "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003)
* "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004)
* "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005)
* "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006)
* "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007)
* "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008)
* "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009)
* "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010)
* "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011)
* "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012)
* "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013)
* "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014)
* "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015)
* "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016)
* "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017)
* "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018)
* "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019)
* "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)

2021−present|

* "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2021)
* "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2022)

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Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

1950s|

* "Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como (1959)

1960s|

* Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960)
* "Georgia on My Mind" – Ray Charles / The Genius of Ray Charles – Ray Charles (1961)
* "Lollipops and Roses" – Jack Jones (1962)
* "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1963)
* "Wives and Lovers" – Jack Jones (1964)
* "Hello, Dolly!" – Louis Armstrong (1965)
* "It Was a Very Good Year" – Frank Sinatra (1966)
* "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1967)
* "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell (1968)
* "Light My Fire" – José Feliciano (1969)

1970s|

* "Everybody's Talkin'" – Harry Nilsson (1970)
* "Everything Is Beautiful" – Ray Stevens (1971)
* "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor (1972)
* "Without You" – Harry Nilsson (1973)
* "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder (1974)
* Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975)
* Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976)
* Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977)
* "Handy Man" – James Taylor (1978)
* "Copacabana (At the Copa)" – Barry Manilow (1979)

1980s|

* 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980)
* "This Is It" – Kenny Loggins (1981)
* Breakin' Away – Al Jarreau (1982)
* "Truly" – Lionel Richie (1983)
* Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984)
* "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins (1985)
* No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986)
* "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1987)
* Bring On the Night – Sting (1988)
* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1989)

1990s|

* "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – Michael Bolton (1990)
* "Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)" – Roy Orbison (1991)
* "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton (1992)
* "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1993)
* "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (1994)
* "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John (1995)
* "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1996)
* "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1997)
* "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (1998)
* "My Father's Eyes" – Eric Clapton (1999)

2000s|

* "Brand New Day" – Sting (2000)
* "She Walks This Earth" – Sting (2001)
* "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor (2002)
* "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – John Mayer (2003)
* "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake (2004)
* "Daughters" – John Mayer (2005)
* "From the Bottom of My Heart" – Stevie Wonder (2006)
* "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (2007)
* "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake (2008)
* "Say" – John Mayer (2009)

2010s|

* "Make It Mine" – Jason Mraz (2010)
* "Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars (2011)

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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

1959−1980|

* Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)
* No Award (1960)
* Exodus – Ernest Gold (1961)
* Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1962)
* No Award (1963)
* Tom Jones – John Addison (1964)
* Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965)
* The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1966)
* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1967)
* Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968)
* The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1970)
* Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1971)
* Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1972)
* The Godfather – Nino Rota (1973)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1974)
* The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
* Jaws – John Williams (1976)
* Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1977)
* Star Wars – John Williams (1978)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1979)
* Superman – John Williams (1980)

1981−2000|

* The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1981)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1982)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1983)
* Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1984)
* Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1985)
* Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1986)
* Out of Africa – John Barry (1987)
* The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1988)
* The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989)
* The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Dave Grusin (1990)
* Glory – James Horner (1991)
* Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1992)
* Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1993)
* Aladdin – Alan Menken (1994)
* Schindler's List – John Williams (1995)
* Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1996)
* Independence Day – David Arnold (1997)
* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1998)
* Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1999)
* A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (2000)

2001−2020|

* American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score – Thomas Newman (2001)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2005)
* Ray – Craig Armstrong (2006)
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2007)
* Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2008)
* The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2009)
* Up – Michael Giacchino (2010)
* Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2011)
* The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2012)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2013)
* Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Thomas Newman (2014)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2015)
* Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2016)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2017)
* La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2019)
* Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)

2021−present|

* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2021)
* The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2022)

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Kennedy Center Honorees (2000s)

2000|

* Mikhail Baryshnikov
* Chuck Berry
* Plácido Domingo
* Clint Eastwood
* Angela Lansbury

2001|

* Julie Andrews
* Van Cliburn
* Quincy Jones
* Jack Nicholson
* Luciano Pavarotti

2002|

* James Earl Jones
* James Levine
* Chita Rivera
* Paul Simon
* Elizabeth Taylor

2003|

* James Brown
* Carol Burnett
* Loretta Lynn
* Mike Nichols
* Itzhak Perlman

2004|

* Warren Beatty
* Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
* Elton John
* Joan Sutherland
* John Williams

2005|

* Tony Bennett
* Suzanne Farrell
* Julie Harris
* Robert Redford
* Tina Turner

2006|

* Zubin Mehta
* Dolly Parton
* Smokey Robinson
* Steven Spielberg
* Andrew Lloyd Webber

2007|

* Leon Fleisher
* Steve Martin
* Diana Ross
* Martin Scorsese
* Brian Wilson

2008|

* Morgan Freeman
* George Jones
* Barbra Streisand
* Twyla Tharp
* Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey

2009|

* Mel Brooks
* Dave Brubeck
* Grace Bumbry
* Robert De Niro
* Bruce Springsteen

* Complete list
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

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MusiCares Person of the Year

* David Crosby (1991)
* Bonnie Raitt (1992)
* Natalie Cole (1993)
* Gloria Estefan (1994)
* Tony Bennett (1995)
* Quincy Jones (1996)
* Phil Collins (1997)
* Luciano Pavarotti (1998)
* Stevie Wonder (1999)
* Elton John (2000)
* Paul Simon (2001)
* Billy Joel (2002)
* Bono (2003)
* Sting (2004)
* Brian Wilson (2005)
* James Taylor (2006)
* Don Henley (2007)
* Aretha Franklin (2008)
* Neil Diamond (2009)
* Neil Young (2010)
* Barbra Streisand (2011)
* Paul McCartney (2012)
* Bruce Springsteen (2013)
* Carole King (2014)
* Bob Dylan (2015)
* Lionel Richie (2016)
* Tom Petty (2017)
* Fleetwood Mac (2018)
* Dolly Parton (2019)
* Aerosmith (2020)
* Joni Mitchell (2022)

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Laureates of the Polar Music Prize

1990s|

* Paul McCartney / the Baltic states (1992)
* Dizzy Gillespie / Witold Lutosławski (1993)
* Quincy Jones / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1994)
* Elton John / Mstislav Rostropovich (1995)
* Joni Mitchell / Pierre Boulez (1996)
* Bruce Springsteen / Eric Ericson (1997)
* Ray Charles / Ravi Shankar (1998)
* Stevie Wonder / Iannis Xenakis (1999)

2000s|

* Bob Dylan / Isaac Stern (2000)
* Burt Bacharach / Robert Moog / Karlheinz Stockhausen (2001)
* Miriam Makeba / Sofia Gubaidulina (2002)
* Keith Jarrett (2003)
* B.B. King / György Ligeti (2004)
* Gilberto Gil / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2005)
* Led Zeppelin / Valery Gergiev (2006)
* Sonny Rollins / Steve Reich (2007)
* Pink Floyd / Renée Fleming (2008)
* Peter Gabriel / José Antonio Abreu / El Sistema (2009)

2010s|

* Björk / Ennio Morricone (2010)
* Kronos Quartet / Patti Smith (2011)
* Paul Simon / Yo-Yo Ma (2012)
* Youssou N'Dour / Kaija Saariaho (2013)
* Chuck Berry / Peter Sellars (2014)
* Emmylou Harris / Evelyn Glennie (2015)
* Max Martin / Cecilia Bartoli (2016)
* Sting / Wayne Shorter (2017)
* Metallica / Afghanistan National Institute of Music (2018)
* Grandmaster Flash / Anne-Sophie Mutter / Playing for Change (2019)

2020s|

* Anna Netrebko / Diane Warren (2020)
* Iggy Pop / Ensemble intercontemporain (2022)

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

Performers|

* Hank Ballard
* Bobby Darin
* The Four Seasons
* Tom DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, Frankie Valli
* Four Tops
* Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs
* The Kinks
* Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife
* The Platters
* David Lynch, Herb Reed, Paul Robi, Zola Taylor, Tony Williams
* Simon & Garfunkel
* Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon
* The Who
* Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend

Early influences|

* Louis Armstrong
* Charlie Christian
* Ma Rainey

Non-performers
(Ahmet Ertegun Award)|

* Gerry Goffin and Carole King
* Holland–Dozier–Holland
* Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 2001

Performers|

* Aerosmith
* Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
* Solomon Burke
* The Flamingos
* Jake Carey, Zeke Carey, Johnny Carter, Tommy Hunt, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, Sollie McElroy, Nate Nelson, Paul Wilson
* Michael Jackson
* Queen
* John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor
* Paul Simon
* Steely Dan
* Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
* Ritchie Valens

Non-performers
(Ahmet Ertegun Award)|

* Chris Blackwell

Sidemen|

* James Burton
* Johnnie Johnson

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Simon & Garfunkel

* Paul Simon
* Art Garfunkel

Studio albums|

* Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
* Sounds of Silence
* Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
* Bookends
* Bridge over Troubled Water

Live albums|

* The Concert in Central Park
* Live from New York City, 1967
* Old Friends: Live on Stage
* Live 1969

Compilation albums|

* Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
* The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
* 20 Greatest Hits
* The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel
* The Best of Simon and Garfunkel
* Two Can Dream Alone
* Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
* Tom & Jerry
* The Essential Simon & Garfunkel

Box sets|

* Collected Works
* Old Friends
* The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)
* The Collection: Simon & Garfunkel
* Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection

Soundtrack albums|

* The Graduate

Videos|

* The Concert in Central Park
* Old Friends: Live on Stage

Discographies|

* Simon & Garfunkel
* Art Garfunkel
* Paul Simon

Other|

* Songs recorded
* Paul Simon solo albums
* Paul Simon songs
* Art Garfunkel solo albums
* Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album)

* Category

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Edie Brickell

Solo studio albums|

* Picture Perfect Morning
* Volcano
* Edie Brickell

The Gaddabouts
studio albums|

* The Gaddabouts
* Look Out Now!

Steve Martin
and Edie Brickell
studio albums|

* Love Has Come for You
* So Familiar

Plays|

* Bright Star (2014 musical)

Related|

* Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
* Paul Simon
* The Heavy Circles

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