Paul Simon has long been remembered as half of the famous folk-singing duo of Simon and Garfunkel. Now the man behind “Mrs. Robinson” has a new title to add to his repertoire. The Boston Berklee College of Music has recently named both Simon and actor Christopher Guest as members of the board of trustees at the school. The appointments of the legendary folk singer and the actor, most well known for his portrayal of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 rockumentary This is Spinal Tap, will help boost the school's reputation across the genres of education, songwriting, performance and film. Paul Simon has been awarded several Grammys for his work and has two scholarships in his name at the university. He was also given an honorary doctorate from Berklee in 1986. For more information on Paul Simon's tour schedule, be sure to check out http://www.stubhub.com/paul-simon-tickets.



Paul Simon's beginnings in the music industry started in the 1950s, although he did not achieve widespread attention until the mid-1960s. When he initially teamed up with Art Garfunkel and the duo released the album Wednesday Morning 3 AM in October 1964, it flopped. It was chock full of ambitiously great ballads, such as “The Sound of Silence,” “Bleecker Street” and the title track, but not much interest developed until the former song started receiving radio airplay. Simon and Garfunkel, the ‘60s songwriters as we know them today, were born.

Over the next five years the collaborative team dominated the charts, with Simon emerging as the songwriter. After several successful albums and high praise from critics, the pair split up in 1970 after the release of their best selling album Bridge Over Troubled Water. The album captured the mood of the public: uneasy, unsure and troubled by the political, social and cultural setting of the era. Both bold and reassuring, Bridge Over Troubled Water still pleases with tracks like the title song, “The Boxer,” “Cecilia” and “The Only Living Boy In New York.”

After the break-up Simon focused on his solo work and emerged with a Grammy-winning record in Still Crazy After All These Years, which hit the stores in 1975. During this time, a pair of Paul Simon tickets was selling out like hotcakes as fans soaked up his superb songwriting and singing abilities.

After dominating the charts, Simon took his time before delivering up another outstanding set of songs in Graceland. The album became his biggest selling solo work. It was unique in that it combined his own songwriting talents with the mbaqanga music originating out of South Africa. The free-flowing magical style of poetry that was presented on this extraordinary album included some of Simon's biggest hit songs like “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” “I Know What I Know” and “You Can Call Me Al.”

Paul Simon is still recording and performing and has not lost a bit of that natural creativity. For many, he is still that gifted poet who singlehandedly brought us the well-known soundtrack to the hit film The Graduate.