Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 album of the same name, and it also appears on their 1969 album Live. The song was ranked number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks. Bridge Over Troubled Water also topped the adult contemporary chart in the U.S. for six weeks. Rolling Stone magazine named it number-47 on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Simon & Garfunkel was an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They rose to fame in 1965, mainly because of their hit single The Sound of Silence. Their music was featured in the popular 1967 movie The Graduate. Among their other famous songs are: I Am a Rock (1965), Homeward Bound (1965), Scarborough Fair/Canticle (1966), A Hazy Shade of Winter (1966), Mrs. Robinson (1968), The Boxer (1969), and Cecilia (1969). They have received several Grammys, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
