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Jonathan Horsley

“Ahhh, what a tune! It has more melodic genius and simple power than I ever realised”: The melancholy classic that made Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel the world’s hottest songwriting duo

Simon & Garfunkel perform on Ready Steady Go in 1966.

Some songs stop you dead in your tracks the second you hear them. They seem to change the molecules in the air.

The Sound Of Silence, the breakout hit that announced Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel as a powerhouse songwriting duo, is one of them. But it took its time to work its magic on a wider audience.

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