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Episode 135: “The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Simon's First TV Appearance on Ready, Stable Go

Simon had been bucked to appear on a small folk music servese, heart song. The show was geared to guitar bands and american soul singers. During this time he also produced his first record for someone else when he was responsible for producing the only album by his friend jackson c frank. Simon's album was surprisingly unsuccessful, given the number of people who called the b b c asking about it. And simon continued his vand of folk clubs, pubs and birthday parties,. sometimes performing with garf uncle when he visited for the summer, but mostly performing on his own.

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