Paul Simon
American
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon and Garfunkel | 1957 |
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon and Garfunkel | 1957 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1969/00/00 | Art Garfunkel (Tom) goes down to Mexico to begin filming Catch 22 and Paul Simon writes the "The Only Living Boy in New York". | Performer | The Only Living Boy in New York | ||||
| 1972/00/00 | "Paul Simon" album is released | Performer | Paul Simon (album) | ||||
| 1976/06/00 | Laurie Bird has a small role as playing girlfriend to Paul Simon's character in the romantic comedy Annie Hall. | Actor | Annie Hall (film) | ||||
| 1983/00/00 | "Hearts and Bones" album is released | Performer | Hearts and Bones | ||||
| 1984/04/00 | After Lorne Michaels' comedy series 'The New Show' is cancelled by NBC, the show's bandleader, Heidi Berg, asks Michaels about possible music gigs, he suggests that she visit his good friend Paul Simon, who's offices are just down the hall. | Office | Graceland (album) | Brill Building, NYC | New York City | ||
| 1985/02/00 | Simon and Roy Halee record improvisational music with a variety of local musicians at Johannesburg's Ovation Studios. "While a group was playing in the studio I would sing melodies and words - anything that fit the scale they were playing in." PS | Performer | Graceland (album) | Johannesburg, ZA | Gauteng, ZA | ||
| 1985/05/00 | With son Harper, Paul Simon drives to Graceland from Louisiana on Route 61, admiring the countryside: "The Mississippi Delta is shining like a national guitar." | Visitor | Graceland (song) | Graceland | Memphis, TN | ||
| 1985/07/13 | Paul Simon, Penny Marshall and Dick Landry have dinner at a restaurant on Lafayette street across from the Public Theater, NYC. Simon later walks down to the Lone Star Cafe (61 5th Ave, closed) to hear Zydeco musician, Terrance Simien. | Performer | Graceland (album) | New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater | New York City | ||
| 1985/08/00 | On a trip with Richard Landry, Paul Simon enjoys a concert by the Good Rockin' Dopsie and the Twisters at a dance hall in Lafayette. | Performer | Graceland (album) | Lafayette | Louisiana | ||
| 1985/08/00 | The Good Rockin' Dopsie, the Twisters and Paul Simon record the song "That Was Your Mother" at J D Miller's studio behind a music store in Crowley, La. | Performer | Graceland (album) | Crowley | Louisiana | ||
| 1986/05/10 | SNL's Rockefeller Center stage, Simon shoots a music video for Graceland's first single, "You Can Call Me Al," with comedian Chevy Chase. The video of Chase lip-syncing will become a mainstay on the emerging MTV cable channel. | Performer | 30 Rock, NYC | New York City | |||
| 1986/08/26 | "Graceland" album is released. | Performer | Graceland (album) |
4 Creative Works by Paul Simon »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| The Only Living Boy in New York | Performer | Song | 1969/00/00 |
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| Paul Simon (album) | Performer | Album | 1972/00/00 |
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| Hearts and Bones | Performer | Album | 1983/00/00 |
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| Graceland (album) | Performer | Album | 1986/08/26 |
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