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"You Can Call Me Al" is a song by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his seventh studio album, Graceland (1986), released on Warner Bros. Records . Written by Simon, its lyrics follow an individual seemingly experiencing a midlife crisis .
Songs from The Capeman is the ninth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records.His first new studio album of original materials in seven years, it contains Simon's own performances of songs from the Broadway musical he wrote and produced called The Capeman, augmented by members of the original cast.
Simon insisted that the music be written first, with the lyrics set to the songs. [2] Eventually the two completed the play, with music composed by Simon and lyrics "about 50–50 Simon-Walcott." [2] Simon assembled a band and spent almost five years and $1 million recording the songs. This was an unorthodox approach to constructing a Broadway ...
Paul Simon has warned fans they won’t be hearing him play his 1986 hit “You Can Call Me Al” anytime soon.. The 83-year-old folk rock icon, who rose to fame with Art Garfunkel as the renowned ...
This is an alphabetical list of songs written or co-written by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, ... "Our Song" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as ...
In the first pre-chorus, she sings, “Sometimes I hold you closer / Just to know you're real (Ah) / Wheels in the gravel / Davis in my bones / Sometimes I take the day off (Ah) / Just to turn you ...
Gibney frames Simon’s past—beginning with charming black-and-white publicity photos of teenage Paul and Art taken around the time of their first, baby-step hit, “Hey Schoolgirl,” in 1957 ...
Paul Simon playing at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who has released twelve solo studio albums, one soundtrack, three live albums, and numerous compilations and box sets. Simon began his career with the single "Hey,no" alongside Art Garfunkel in 1957; they subsequently regrouped in 1964 to form Simon & Garfunkel. Simon & Garfunkel recorded five ...