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Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, teacher and actor. He is best known for his partnership in his earlier years with Paul Simon in what has been called the “most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s – Simon & Garfunkel. The pair racked up 11 Grammy Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and were later inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, with enduring chart-topping songs like "Mrs. Robinson”, “The Sounds Of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.

After the breakup, Garfunkel scored six top 40 hits in the 1970s as a solo artist with four of them topping the A/C chart. In 1982, after two consecutive albums missed the top 40, and produced no top 40 hits, he reunited with Simon on a world tour. A new joint album was in the works, but Simon instead released it as a solo effort.

Between 1985 and 2007, Garfunkel found occasional success with the release of five more albums including a Grammy-nominated children’s album and a holiday album with Amy Grant. More reunions with Simon happened in 1993 and 2003.