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My Take
To my ears, Art Garfunkel possesses one of the purest voices ever recorded — an instrument so naturally luminous it could make Paul Simon's words feel carved in light. What intrigues me is the tension in his story: the Columbia-educated intellectual who wrote poetry and never quite fit the rock-star mold, yet delivered the vocal on Bridge over Troubled Water, a performance I would put against anything in popular music. He is often framed as the quieter half of a famous duo, but I think of him as proof that interpretation is its own form of authorship. Some singers perform songs; Garfunkel inhabits them.
Overview
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Art Garfunkel
- Name (Japanese)
- アート・ガーファンクル
- Reading
- あーと・がーふぁんくる
- Born
- November 5, 1941 (age 84)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Forest Hills, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / street artist / poet / actor / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Forest Hills High School
- University
- Columbia University
Awards & achievements
- John Jay Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.