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Monday, April 9, 2012

Hits List: Simon & Garfunkel

You would expect one of The Top 50 Artists of the Rock Era* to have a distinguished chart record, and you're not disappointed.  However, beginning with Sounds of Silence, the duo's last four albums were amazing and contain several songs the masses never heard on the radio.  Which is unfortunate.  Because in their brief time, they were one of the most successful album artists as well.  Here is the complete Hits List from Simon & Garfunkel:

1957:  "Hey Schoolgirl"  (#49)
1958:  "Our Song"
           "That's My Story"
1962:  "Surrender, Please Surrender"
1963:  "I'm Lonesome"

1965:  The Sound of Silence" (#1, #3 Australia, #9 Germany)
1966:  "Homeward Bound" (#5, #9 U.K., #20 Australia)
           "That's My Story" (re-release)
           "I Am a Rock" (#3, #17 U.K., #20 Australia, #35 Germany)
           "The Dangling Conversation" (#25, #85 Australia)
           "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (#13)--underrated.

1967:  "At the Zoo" (#16)
           "Fakin' It" (#23)
1968:  "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (#11, #5 Adult, #49 Australia)--underrated.
           "Mrs. Robinson" (#1, #4 Adult, #4 U.K., #8 Australia, #39 Germany)
1969:  "The Sound of Silence" (re-release) (#23 Australia)
           "The Boxer" (#7, #3 Adult, #6 U.K., #8 Australia, #19 Germany, #2 Netherlands)--underrated.

1970:  "Bridge over Troubled Water" (#1, #1 Adult, #1 U.K., #2 Australia, #3 Germany, #5 Netherlands)
           "Cecilia" (#4, #6 Australia, #2 Germany, #1 Netherlands)
           "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (#18, #6 Adult, #1 Australia, #1 Germany, #1 Netherlands)
1972:  "America" (#97, #25 U.K.)--highly underrated.
           "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (#53)
1975:  "My Little Town" (#9, #1 Adult, #46 Australia, #17 Netherlands)
1982:  "Wake Up Little Susie" (#27, #5 Adult)
1991:  "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (#30 U.K.)
1992:  "The Boxer" (re-release) (#75 U.K.


That's 19 hits for the duo, with eight Top 10's and three #1's.

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