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(1941-)

Who Is Art Garfunkel?

Art Garfunkel met fellow musician Paul Simon while in school and went on to form a band called Tom and Jerry.

Though the duo didn't find much success with the Tom and Jerry moniker, they began to gain a following after changing their name to Simon & Garfunkel and releasing songs that spoke to the generation of the 1960s and '70s, such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Sound of Silence."

Early Life, Childhood Friendship with Paul Simon

Singer Arthur "Art" Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, New York, on November 5, 1941, to Rose and Jack Garfunkel.

Sensing his son's enthusiasm for melody, Jack, a traveling salesman, bought Garfunkel a wire recorder. Even as young as four, Garfunkel would sit for hours with the gadget, singing, listening and fine-tuning his voice, and then recording again.

"That got me into music more than anything else, singing and being able to record it," he rec