Known by many as "the tall one with the voice (Garfunkel)
and the short one with the songs (Simon)" folk duo Simon and Garfunkel captured the spirit of the Sixties in their songs.
In 1968 they struck gold, providing the soundtrack
to hit film The Graduate. Songs like Sounds of Silence and Mrs
Robinson turned the film from an above-average comedy into a psychedelic
Sixties experience.
Other spiky but melodic hits like The Boxer, 'Bridge
Over Troubled Water and Homeward Bound (written at Widnes railway
station) ensured they were not written off
as fey folkies with strappy sandals.
The pair parted company in 1970, with both going
on to feature in seminal films, such as Annie Hall (Simon) and Carnal
Knowledge (Garfunkel).
Paul Simon went on to create the Africa-inspired
album Graceland and Garfunkel wrote the music to the film Watership
Down.
