Simon & Garfunkel were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990and they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. The duo enjoyed substantial success together and continued to reunite even after Simon decided to pursue solo projects. Simon & Garfunkel subsequently released four more albums together: Sounds of Silence Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Bookends and Bridge over Troubled Water. However, one of the tracks from the album, "The Sound of Silence," started earning a great deal of radio play and when Simon & Garfunkel's producer rereleased the song with some overdubbing, it went on to become No. Their first LP, Wednesday Morning 3 A.M., was not initially successful upon its release in October of 1964. While Simon had been performing and writing solo material while in college, he and Art had continued performing together and signed a deal with Columbia Records in 1964, when they also started going by Simon & Garfunkel rather than Tom & Jerry. He graduated with this degree in 1963 and decided to attend law school, though he changed his mind after only one semester at Brooklyn Law School. Simon attended Queens College, where he majored in English Literature and joined the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. The two boys would occasionally reunited to perform together while in college. They enjoyed some initial success when signed with the Big Records label under the name Tom & Jerry. They were influenced by such people as The Everly Brothers and Woody Guthrie. They hit it off and soon began performing at school dances. While attending Fairfax High School Paul met his future band mate Art Garfunkel when the two were performing in a sixth-grade production of "Alice in Wonderland". At the age of four, Simon and family moved to the borough of Queens in New York City. His mother was an elementary school teacher while his father was a double-bass player and dance bandleader, in addition to being a college professor. Early Lifeīorn on Octoin Newark, New Jersey Simon was surrounded by music from a young age. Notable songs include "The Boxer", "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", "Graceland", "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Mrs. Approximately 400 songs were included in the sale, including hits released when he was a member of Simon & Garfunkel. The sale included 100% of Simon's rights as both a songwriter and publisher so all future royalty income goes to Sony. The exact dollar amount of the deal was not initially disclosed but was eventually confirmed to be $250 million. On Apit was revealed that Paul Simon had sold his entire music catalog to Sony Music Publishing.
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