'Hello darkness, my old friend / I've come to talk with you again.'' According to Garfunkel, the song was first developed in November, but Simon took three months to perfect the lyrics, which he claims were entirely written on February 19, 1964. I'd turn on the faucet so that water would run (I like that sound, it's very soothing to me) and I'd play. I used to go off in the bathroom, because the bathroom had tiles, so it was a slight echo chamber. 'The main thing about playing the guitar, though, was that I was able to sit by myself and play and dream. Simon wrote 'The Sound of Silence' when he was 21 years old, with Simon explaining that the song was written in his bathroom, where he turned off the lights to better concentrate. Kennedy, as the song was recorded three months after the assassination, though Simon & Garfunkel had performed the song live as Kane & Garr two months before the assassination. The song's origin and basis are unclear, with some thinking that the song commented on the Assassination of John F. Simon convinced Wilson to let him and his partner have a studio audition their performance of 'The Sound of Silence' got the duo signed to Columbia. In September 1963, the duo performed three new songs, among them 'The Sound of Silence', getting the attention of Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson, a young African-American jazz musician who was also helping to guide Bob Dylan's transition from folk to rock. They billed themselves 'Kane & Garr', after old recording pseudonyms, and signed up for Gerde's Folk City, a Greenwich Village club that hosted Monday night performances. In 1963, they regrouped and began performing Simon's original compositions locally in Queens. Having performed together previously under the name Tom and Jerry in the late 1950s, their partnership had since dissolved when they began attending college. Simon and Garfunkel had become interested in folk music and the growing counterculture movement separately in the early 1960s. Originally titled 'The Sounds of Silence' on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., the song was included in later compilations, beginning with the 1972 compilation album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. Generally considered a classic folk rock song, the song was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically important' in 2012, along with the rest of the Sounds of Silence album. The song was a top-ten hit in multiple countries worldwide, among them Australia, Austria, West Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. Robinson', ' April Come She Will' and ' Scarborough Fair/Canticle'. Robinson EP in 1968, along with three other songs from the film: ' Mrs. It was featured in the 1967 film The Graduate and was included on the film's soundtrack album. The remixed single version of the song was included on this follow-up album. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending January 1, 1966, leading the duo to reunite and hastily record their second album, which Columbia titled Sounds of Silence in an attempt to capitalize on the song's success. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. This remixed version was released as a single in September 1965. The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. In 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston and throughout Florida.

Released on October 19, 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo disbanding Simon returned to England, and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version of the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City and included on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The song was written by Paul Simon over several months in 19. ' The Sound of Silence', originally ' The Sounds of Silence', is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Artwork for the original 1966 German vinyl single

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