They began performing as a duo at school dances. They formed a streetcorner doo-wop group called the Peptones with three friends and learned to harmonize. Simon first noticed Garfunkel when Garfunkel was singing in a fourth grade talent show, which Simon thought was a good way to attract girls he hoped for a friendship, which started in 1953, when they appeared in a sixth grade adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. They were both fascinated by music both listened to the radio and were taken with rock and roll as it emerged, particularly the Everly Brothers. They attended the same schools: Public School 164 in Kew Gardens Hills, Parsons Junior High School, and Forest Hills High School. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the 1940s and 1950s in their predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, New York, three blocks away from one another. They were ranked 40th on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the Greatest Artists of All Time and third on its list of the greatest duos. They are among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 100 million records.

Richie Unterberger described them as 'the most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s' and one of the most popular artists from the decade. Simon & Garfunkel won 7 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The duo have reunited several times their 1981 concert in Central Park may have attracted more than 500,000 people, one of the largest concert attendances in history. Garfunkel released solo hits such as ' All I Know' and briefly pursued an acting career, with leading roles in the Mike Nichols films Catch-22 and Carnal Knowledge and in Nicolas Roeg's 1980 Bad Timing. After their breakup, Simon released a number of acclaimed albums, including 1986's Graceland. Their final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was released that January, becoming one of the world's best-selling albums. Simon and Garfunkel had a troubled relationship, leading to artistic disagreements and their breakup in 1970. Their next album Bookends (1968) topped the Billboard 200 chart and included the number-one single 'Mrs. Their music was featured in the 1967 film The Graduate, giving them further exposure. On their third release, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), they assumed more creative control. The duo reunited to release a second studio album, Sounds of Silence, and tour colleges nationwide. In June 1965, a new version of 'The Sound of Silence' an acoustic song on the duo's debut album, was overdubbed with electric guitar and drums and became a US AM radio hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., sold poorly Simon returned to a solo career, this time in England. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. As teenagers, under the name Tom & Jerry, they had minor success with 'Hey Schoolgirl' (1957), a song imitating their idols, the Everly Brothers. Simon and Garfunkel met in elementary school in Queens, New York, in 1953, where they learned to harmonize and began writing songs. Robinson' (1968), ' The Boxer' (1969), and ' Bridge over Troubled Water' (1970), reached number one on singles charts worldwide. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits, including the electric remix of ' The Sound of Silence' (1965), ' Mrs.

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel.

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