Hits List: Paul Simon

Paul Simon is without question one of the top songwriters of the Rock Era.  His work with Art Garfunkel made them one of the top duos of the Rock Era.  Here is what Paul has done as a solo artist:


Songs released before 1965 were released by Simon under various names.



1958:  "True or False"
1959:  "Anna Belle"
           "Don't Take the Stars"
1960:  "Just a Boy"
           "Just a Boy" (re-release)
           "All Through the Night"
           "Swanee"
1961:  "I Wish It Weren't In Love"
           "Play Me a Sad Song"
           "Motorcycle"
1962:  "Express Train"
           "Cry, Little Boy, Cry"
           "The Lone Teen Ranger"
           "Cards of Love"
1965:  "I Am a Rock"



1972:  "Mother and Child Reunion" (#4, #4 Adult Contemporary, #5 U.K., #4 Canada, #6 Netherlands)
           "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" (#22, #6 AC, #15 U.K., #19 Canada, #26 Netherlands--underrated
           "Duncan" (#58, #30 AC)
1973:  "Kodachrome" (#2, #2 AC, #1 Canada, #15 Netherlands)
           "Loves Me Like a Rock" (#2, #1 AC, #39 U.K., #5 Canada, #27 Netherlands)
           "American Tune" (#35, #8 AC)
           "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" (#7 U.K.)
           "Something So Right"
           "St. Judy's Comet"
1974:  "The Sound of Silence" (live)
1975:  "Gone At Last" (with Phoebe Snow) (#23, #9 AC)
           "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (#1, #1 AC, #23 U.K., #1 Canada)
1976:  "Still Crazy After All These Years" (#40, #5 AC)--underrated
           "Have a Good Time"



1977:  "Slip Slidin' Away" (#5, #4 AC, #36 U.K., #2 Canada)
1978:  "Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and James Taylor) (#17, #1 AC, #5 Canada)
           "Stranded In a Limousine"
1980:  "Late in the Evening" (#6, #7 AC, #58 U.K., #5 Canada, #11 Netherlands)
           "One-Trick Pony" (#40)
1981:  "Oh, Marion"
1983:  "The Blues" (with Randy Newman) (#51, #48 Netherlands)
           "Allergies (#44, #26 AC, #47 Netherlands)
1984:  "Think Too Much"



1986:  "You Can Call Me Al" (#23, #15 AC, #4 U.K., #5 Netherlands)
           "Graceland" (#81, #98 U.K., #79 Netherlands)--underrated
1987:  "The Boy in the Bubble" (#86, #26 U.K., #16 Netherlands)--highly underrated
           "Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes" (#77 U.K., #85 Netherlands)
1990:  "The Obvious Child" (#92, #15 U.K., #12 Netherlands)
           "Proof" (#89 U.K.)
           "Born at the Right Time"
1991:  "Still Crazy After All These Years" (live)
1995:  "Something So Right" (with Annie Lennox) (#44 U.K.)
2000:  "Old"
           "You're the One"
2003:  "Father and Daughter"
2006:  "Father and Daughter"
           "That's Me"
           "Outrageous"
2010:  "Getting Ready for Christmas Day"
2011:  "The Afterlife"


That's one #1, six Top10 hits and 19 hits, three #1's and 11 Top 10 songs on the Adult Contemporary chart, three Top 10's in the U.K., two # 1 songs and seven Top 10's in Canada and seven Top 10 songs in the Netherlands.