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    • Paul Simon - PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22:  (L-R) Producer Joe Berlinger and musician Paul Simon attend Day 3 of T-Mobile Google Music Village at The Lift on January 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah.
    • Paul Simon - PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22:  Director Joe Berlinger and Paul Simon attend Day 2 of the Variety Studio during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival held at Variety Studio At Sundance on January 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah.
    • Paul Simon - US pop singer and song writer Paul Simon performs during the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2011. Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed passenger planes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, while a fourth jet crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
    • Paul Simon - Singer Paul Simon performs “Sounds of Silence” during the 10th Anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the lower Manhattan site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011 in New York.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 11:  Musician Paul Simon plays 'The Sound of Silence' during the tenth anniversary ceremonies of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center site, September 11, 2011 in New York City. New York City and the nation are commemorating the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and one crash landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
    • Paul Simon - ANC (African National Congress) President Nelson Mandela gives a speech, 10 January 1992, at a cocktail part in honour of US songwriter and singer Paul Simon in Johannesburg.
    • Paul Simon - US pop star Paul Simon looks over during a press conference in Tel Aviv, on July 20, 2011.
    • Paul Simon - US singer Paul Simon performs during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival on July 14, 2011 in Montreux. The music festival will last until next July 16s.
    • Paul Simon - GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Paul Simon performs live on the pyramid stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2011 in Glastonbury, England. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to attend, has grown into Europe's largest music festival attracting more than 175,000 people over five days.
    • Paul Simon - US President George W. Bush (R), First Lady Laura Bush (2nd-R) and (L-R), music conductor James Levine, actress Elizabeth Taylor, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, dancer and actress Chita Rivera and actor James Earl Jones stand for the National Anthem 08 December, 2002, before the 25th Kennedy Center Honors show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Simon replaced former Beatle Paul McCartney as an honoree after McCartney could not attend the mandatory event.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 14:  Musician Paul Simon looks on as inductee Neil Diamond accepts his award onstage at the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The Waldorf=Astoria on March 14, 2011 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 14:  Musician Paul Simon speaks onstage at the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The Waldorf=Astoria on March 14, 2011 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - An archtop guitar, 'Oval Hole New Yorker Special', 1975 by John d'Angelico of Farmingdale, New York, owned by singer Paul Simon, on display February 7, 2011 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York during a preview for the exhibition, 'Guitar Heros: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York', on view from February 9 to July 4. The exhibition of about 80 musical instruments  focuses on three New York master luthiers who are known for their hand-carved stringed instuments as well as various pieces from the museum's collection.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  (L-R) Musician Paul Simon, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  (L-R) Musician Paul Simon, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  Musician Paul Simon and comedian Chris Rock perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  (L-R) Musician Paul Simon, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  (L-R) Musician Paul Simon, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  Musician Paul Simon and comedian Chris Rock perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    • Paul Simon - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02:  Musician Paul Simon and comedian Chris Rock perform onstage at Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education at the Beacon Theatre on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
    In a career dating back to the 1950s, Paul Simon established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era. Growing up in Queens, NY, Simon befriended schoolmate Art Garfunkel, who had an angelic tenor voice, and the two teamed up as Tom & Jerry, taking the names of the cartoon characters. In the winter of 1957-1958, they scored a chart hit with "Hey Schoolgirl"; both were 16 ...more


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