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Hearts & Bones: The Life and Music of Paul Simon

  • ISBN-13: 9781915343888
  • Publisher: SONA BOOKS
    Imprint: SONA BOOKS
  • By Pete Chrisp
  • Price: AUD $59.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/06/2025
  • Format: Hardback (270.00mm X 210.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Music [AV]
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In 1957, two teenage high school friends obsessed with the music of Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers, formed a doo-wop music duo and released their first record entitled ‘Hey, Schoolgirl’, performing under the name of Tom & Jerry. Who could anticipate that, within five years, these two, bright, well-educated, young Jewish boys from Queens, New York City, would go on to become the most successful folk-rock duo in music history? Simon & Garfunkel. All largely due to a song entitled ‘The Sound of Silence’. Their spectacular career went on to produce five wonderful albums - the most celebrated being 1970’s Bridge Over Troubled Water - one of the best-selling albums of all time. But, by then, sadly, best friends had become worst enemies who would rarely perform together again. Instead, Paul Simon, always encouraging musical exploration and embracing new sounds, went on to become one of the world’s most loved and respected singer-songwriters. He has sold more than 30 million albums as a solo artist, with 1986’s brilliant Graceland alone achieving sales of 16 million copies; Simon & Garfunkel are estimated to have sold more than 100 million albums in total. In this beautifully illustrated, independent publication, music writer and journalist Pete Chrisp explores how - despite his on-off relationship with Art Garfunkel, his often tempestuous private life and the political controversies surrounding his African masterpiece, Graceland - Paul Simon, now aged 82, has, after all these years, maintained world recognition as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.
Pete Chrisp has worked as a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and books since 1979. His first book, co-written with the musician Gerry McAvoy, was the highly acclaimed Riding Shotgun: 35 Years on the Road with Rory Gallagher and Nine Below Zero. He lives in Kent, England.
* Simon & Garfunkel’s final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), is among the bestselling of all time. * Simon & Garfunkel also contributed to the soundtrack of the Mike Nichols film The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft and Paul Simon wrote the song Mrs Robinson which became a huge hit. * His 1975 album ‘Still Crazy after all these Years’ reached No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. * He has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has been the recipient of sixteen Grammy Awards, including three for Album of the Year.
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