Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel became good friends after first meeting at elementary school in New York City, and grew into one of the most popular songwriting duos in the world. Though their friendship would be rocky over the intervening years, their partnership was artistically fruitful, yielding a clutch of classic albums and songs such as "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Paul and Art formed the group Tom and Jerry in 1957 and had success with the hit single "Hey, Schoolgirl", but subsequent singles failed to achieve much. After high school they both went to separate colleges. In 1963 they independently discovered an interest in the emerging folk scene and when they met up again they recorded Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964). Unfortunately, it was not an immediate success and in 1965 the pair broke up, with Simon moving to England to pursue a solo career. Later that year, a track from the album, "The Sounds of Silence", began to gain popularity, finally reaching the No.1 spot in 1966. This prompted Simon's return to the States to record a series of successful albums in the 1960s starting with 1966's Sounds Of Silence. The soundtrack to The Graduate (1968) resulted in a Grammy for "Mrs. Robinson".

However, the relationship between the two was beginning to fracture and after their hugely successful and seminal final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), they went their separate ways.

Both men continued to write and record music, with Simon achieving the greater success of the two (particularly with 1986's Grammy-winning Graceland). Their relationship has continued along its rocky path, but although they have reformed for concerts over the intervening years, no further studio albums have been released.