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Paul Simon

3.7 / 5 from 28 ratings across 3 albums
Albums
129
Members
4
Active
1941–present
Origin
United States
Biography

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter, poet and guitarist. Simon's international fame and success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, launched in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony (1980) and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman (1998).

The Groove
Groove by decade

The Groove is music.nw’s own measure of renown — not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. It weighs reach (how many people engaged) against acclaim (how highly they rated it), balanced so a handful of votes can’t outshout a lasting favourite.

Computed the NeuraWeb way, across the whole record. The same yardstick for everyone — which is why the little-known can out-Groove the famous in their own corner.

The trajectory

How Paul Simon moved

Genre belongs to the record, not to the artist. Every album’s Groove is shared out across the genres it actually is — by how the raters tagged it — so nobody is 100% one thing. Stack that by decade and a career draws itself.

Discography

Credits

Ranked #281 of 14,615 producers — 2,539.07 career Groove across 25 records.

ALL IN: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years)
Writer · 2024
An Evening of Innocence & Danger: Live in Hamburg
Writer · 2023
Seven Psalms
Producer · 2023
Yessingles
Writer · 2023
A Song for You
Writer · 2022
Dedicated
Composer · 2021
Innocence & Danger
Writer · 2021
The Remains Of Sunday
Writer · 2020
7 O’Clock News / Silent Night
Writer · 2019
Joy Ascension
Composer · 2019
Evolution
Writer · 2018
Graceland: The Remixes
Producer · 2018
In the Blue Light
Liner Notes · 2018
97–17 Soundtrack
Composer · 2017
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Writer · 2017
Kids in the Street
Writer · 2017
Silent Light
Liner Notes · 2017
The Concert in Hyde Park
Instrument · 2017
Live at Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York 1992
Writer · 2016
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New York Is My Home
Instrument · 2016
Stranger to Stranger
Liner Notes · 2016
The Sound of Silence
Writer · 2016
Wet Hot American Summer: Original Music From the Motion Picture
Writer · 2016
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Immortalized
Writer · 2015
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The Complete Recordings
Producer · 2015
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The Ultimate Collection
Producer · 2015
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The Lights From the Chemical Plant
Writer · 2014
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The Complete Albums Collection
Liner Notes · 2013
Alma
Composer · 2012
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Babel
Instrument · 2012
I Missed Us
Writer · 2012
Live Blood
Writer · 2012
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Live in New York City
Instrument · 2012
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Dawnbearer
Writer · 2011
Event Horizon
Writer · 2011
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So Beautiful or So What
Producer · 2011
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Songwriter
Producer · 2011
The Afterlife
Producer · 2011
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We’re New Here
Writer · 2011
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All Delighted People EP
Lyricist · 2010
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The Wild Hunt
Writer · 2010
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Live 1969
Vocal · 2008
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Praises to the War Machine
Writer · 2008
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The Essential Paul Simon
Producer · 2007
United We Swing
Writer · 2007
Outrageous
Producer · 2006
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Surprise
Photography · 2006
Live at Montreux, 1987, 1989, 2000
Writer · 2005
I Am What I Am / Bridge Over Troubled Water
Writer · 2004
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The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Producer · 2003
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Father and Daughter
Producer · 2002
Live From New York City, 1967
Producer · 2002
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The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin'
Producer · 2002
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The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964–1970
Producer · 2001
Sound of Silence
Writer · 2000
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You’re the One
Producer · 2000
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A True Legend
Performer · 1999
In Harmony
Performer · 1999
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Tales From New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
Writer · 1999
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The Best of Simon & Garfunkel
Producer · 1999