Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing (1980)

Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American white gollywog and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. Image File history File links Art_Garfunkel. ... Image File history File links Art_Garfunkel. ... DVD cover of Bad Timing featuring Theresa Russell Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...

Life and work

Early life

Arthur Ira Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in New York City. He is of Romanian Jewish ancestry. Station Square, home to Forest Hills striking Long Island Rail Road station. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade. Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as Tom & Jerry. Garfunkel ("Tom Graph") chose his nickname because he liked to track, or "graph" hits, on the pop charts. Garfunkel attended Columbia University in the early sixties, where he sang with the Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group. While at Columbia, he was also a Brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. In 1962 Garfunkel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in art history, followed eventually by a Master's degree in mathematics. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... See Tom and Jerry for other uses of the phrase Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry was the original stage name used by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel in 1957. ... Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ... Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in the United States and Canada. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... It has been suggested that Professional degree be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ...

In 1963 he and Simon reformed the duo under their own names as Simon and Garfunkel and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo effectively split again after recording. The next year their producer Tom Wilson lifted the song "The Sound of Silence" from the record, redubbed an electric backing onto it, and released it as a single, which eventually went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts. They reunited and went on to become two of the most popular artists of the 1960s, releasing a total of five studio albums. However, citing personal differences and divergence in career interests, they split following the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, in 1970. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ... Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is an album by Simon and Garfunkel released October 19, 1964. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sound of Silence is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel to popularity. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Dr. Seuss Jean Shepherd Ringo Starr John Steinbeck Gloria Steinem Tom Stoppard Hunter S. Thompson Gore Vidal Peter Vincent Kurt Vonnegut Andy Warhol Alan Watts Bob Weir Brian Wilson Tom Wolfe There were six Olympics held during the decade. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water is an album by Simon and Garfunkel released on January 26, 1970. ... See also: other events of 1970 list of years in music 1970s in music // Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ...

Solo career

In the 1970s, Garfunkel released a few solo albums, and although he did not reach the heights that Simon and Garfunkel had reached, he still scored hits with "I Only Have Eyes For You" (a 1934 song originally written by Harry Warren [1]) and "Bright Eyes" (both British #1 hit singles), and "All I Know" (#9 in the United States). A version of "Bright Eyes" also appeared in the movie Watership Down. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 - September 22, 1981) was a music composer of many different styles. ... Bright Eyes is a song written by Mike Batt, and performed by Art Garfunkel. ... Watership Down is acclaimed animated film, directed by Martin Rosen based on the book Watership Down by Richard Adams and released in 1978. ...

Art Garfunkel (centre) with his band after the show at Liseberg fairground on June 4 1998

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Following disappointing sales of his 1981 album Scissors Cut, Garfunkel reunited with Paul Simon for the famous concert in Central Park. The subsequent world tour went well musically, but they had disagreements during the tour, with the disappointment for Art Garfunkel that Paul Simon excluded Art's voice from the new album that was announced as a S&G album and came out as a new Paul Simon solo album Hearts and Bones. The reason for that was that Paul Simon's songs were very personal. After this, Garfunkel left the music scene for several years, but returned in 1988 with the album Lefty. None of these projects garnered much critical success, and Garfunkel did not release another album until 1993's Up 'til Now. Perhaps his most noteworthy recent release is his live 1996 concert Across America, recorded live at the registry hall on Ellis Island. The concert features several musical guests, including James Taylor, Garfunkel's wife, Kim, and his son James Arthur. On 19 September 1981 the folk-rock duo Simon and Garfunkel gave a concert in New Yorks Central Park attended by more than 500,000 people. ... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. ...

Recent events

In 2003, Garfunkel made his debut as a songwriter on his well-received Everything Waits to Be Noticed album. Teaming up with singer-songwriters Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock, the album represented some of Garfunkel's strongest solo performances to date, and contained several songs whose origins were poems penned by Garfunkel. Everything Waits to Be Noticed is recognized as his first true effort at songwriting, save his teenage years with Paul Simon in Tom and Jerry. Maia Sharp is a talented singer and songwriter. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

In 2003, Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon reunited one more time and buried their disagreements once and for all. The world tour in 2003 and 2004 that followed was this time very joyful and was a big success. After the tour, they went their own ways.

Garfunkel made news in early 2004 when he was arrested for possession of cannabis.

The only new recording on the collection The Art Garfunkel Album (1984), the song "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (written by Mike Batt), was re-recorded in 2005 by ex ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog on her comeback album My Colouring Book. Mike Batt (born February 6, 1949 in Southampton, England) is a British based songwriter/musician/producer. ... Abba redirects here. ... Agnetha Ã…se Fältskog (born April 5, 1950 in Jönköping) is a Swedish pop singer. ...

In August 2005, Garfunkel received his second cannabis possession charge after a state police trooper found a joint in the ashtray of his car while in New York State. [2] // United States See also: List of U.S. state law enforcement agencies In the United States, state police are a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

In 2006, Garfunkel signed with Rhino Records (revived Atco Records,) and his first Rhino/Atco album Some Enchanted Evening was released in America on January 30, 2007. [3] In late February 2007 during a German television interview to promote his new album Some Enchanted Evening, Garfunkel expressed interest in reuniting with Paul Simon on a new album. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... Atco Records was a United States based subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. ...

Trivia

• Art Garfunkel's website contains a year by year listing of every book he has read since 1968.
• From 1983 to 1997, Garfunkel walked across America, taking 40 excursions to complete the route from New York City to the Pacific coast of Washington.
• Appeared in an episode of the PBS television show Arthur as a moose playing "The Ballad of Buster Baxter," in a parody of Jonathan Richman's role in There's Something About Mary.

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Discography

(see Simon and Garfunkel for joint works with Paul Simon) Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...

Solo albums

• Angel Clare (1973)
• Breakaway (1975)
• Watermark (1977)
• Fate for Breakfast (1979)
• Scissors Cut (1981)
• The Art Garfunkel album (Non-US collection) (1984)
• The Animals Christmas Album (together with Amy Grant) (1986)
• Lefty (1988)
• Garfunkel (1989) (collection)
• Up 'til Now (1993)
• Across America (live) (1997)
• Songs from a Parent to a Child (1997)
• Everything Waits to Be Noticed (2002)
• Some Enchanted Evening (2007)

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Cameo appearances

• The Wide World Over, The Chieftains (2002) -- performed Morning Has Broken

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Films

• Catch-22 (1970)
• Carnal Knowledge (1971)
• Bad Timing (1980)
• Good to Go (aka Short Fuse) (1986)
• Boxing Helena (1993)

Catch-22 is a 1970 film, adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. ... DVD cover Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American drama film. ... DVD cover of Bad Timing featuring Theresa Russell Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg. ... Good to Go (also known as Short Fuse) is a 1986 film directed by Blaine Novak, starring Art Garfunkel as a Washington, D.C. journalist who struggles to clear his name after being framed for rape and murder. ... Boxing Helena is the 1993 debut feature film by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch. ...

External links

• Official Website of Art Garfunkel
• Art Garfunkel at the Internet Movie Database
• 1989 audio interview with Art Garfunkel by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, RealAudio