Bridge Over Troubled Water
LP by Simon And Garfunkel
Release	January 26, 1970
Recorded	November 1968 and November 1969
Genre	Folk-rock
Length	36 min 29 sec
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee
Professional reviews
AMG (5/5) link Rolling Stone (5/5) link
Simon And Garfunkel chronology
Bookends (1968)	Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)

Bridge Over Troubled Water is an album by Simon and Garfunkel released on January 26, 1970. The album reached number 1 on Billboard Music Charts' pop albums list. It won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as for Best Engineered Recording, while its title track won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in the Grammy Awards of 1971. Image File history File links BridgeWater. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends Simon and Garfunkel were an American popular music duo comprised of Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Paul Simon This article is about the musician; for other Paul Simons, see Paul Simon (disambiguation). ... Arthur Ira Art Garfunkel is an American singer, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music and popular culture. ... Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends Simon and Garfunkel were an American popular music duo comprised of Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ... Bookends is an album by Simon and Garfunkel, released April 3, 1968. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Simon and Garfunkel first released a Greatest Hits album on 14 June 1972, covering their heyday of 1965-1970. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends Simon and Garfunkel were an American popular music duo comprised of Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Grammy Award for Album of the Year has been awarded since 1959. ... The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording can refer to: The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water is the title song of Simon and Garfunkels final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. ... The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the music industry. ... The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television. ...

The songs "Cuba Si, Nixon No", "Groundhog", and the demo "Feuilles-O" were recorded during sessions but not released on the album. "Cuba Si, Nixon No" was later released on a bootleg copy of an November 11, 1969 concert by Simon & Garfunkel at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, while the demo recording of "Feuilles-O" was released on October 4, 1997 on the box set Old Friends. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Miami University, founded in 1809, is the second oldest college west of the Allegheny Mountains. ... Oxford is a city located in southwestern Ohio in northwestern Butler County in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on CD in 2001, also containing "Feuilles-O" and a previously unreleased demo version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Bridge Over Troubled Water the 33rd greatest album of all time. 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. ...

[== =='''Track listing== #"[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"; (4:52) [[media:sg_botw.ogg|SAMPLE]] #"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"** (3:06) — arrangement of 18th century Peruvian folk anthem #"[[Cecilia]]" (2:54) #"Keep The Customer Satisfied" (2:33)

1. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (3:47)
2. "The Boxer" (5:08) — features a flute bridge instead of the "extra verse"
3. "Baby Driver" (3:14)
4. "The Only Living Boy In New York" (3:58)
5. "Why Don't You Write Me" (2:45)
6. "Bye Bye Love"* (2:55) — live recording from Ames, Iowa
7. "Song For The Asking" (1:49)

All songs by Paul Simon except * Felice and Boudreaux Bryant' and ** Paul Simon, Jorge Milchberg, and Daniel A. Robles. ==] The Boxer is a classic folk ballad written by Paul Simon, and first recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. ...

Personnel

• Paul Simon: lead vocals, guitar
• Art Garfunkel: lead vocals
• Los Incas: Peruvian Instruments
• Joe Osborn: bass guitar
• Larry Knechtel: piano
• Fred Carter, Jr.: guitar
• Hal Blaine: drums
• Jimmy Haskell and Ernie Freeman: strings

Paul Simon This article is about the musician; for other Paul Simons, see Paul Simon (disambiguation). ... Arthur Ira Art Garfunkel is an American singer, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ...

Production information

Produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, and Roy Halee
Label: Columbia LP KCS 9914; QUADLP CQ 30995; CD CK 9914; Remastered CD 66004.

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

1969

• The Boxer:
  • Pop Singles, #7
  • Adult Contemporary, #3

1970

• Bridge Over Troubled Water:
  • Pop Singles, #1
  • Adult Contemporary, #1
• Cecilia:
  • Pop Singles, #4
• El Condor Pasa:
  • Pop Singles, #18
  • Adult Contemporary, #6