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Selection of Songs: This website contains 171 songs written or co-written by Paul Simon as performed on his own or with Art Garfunkel.
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The discography stems from Wikipedia
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Sources of Lyrics: The lyrics stem from
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Not indexed words: In the index I omitted the 100 most common words: The, I, a, And, you, to, of, in, my, me, on, that, was, is, your, it, But, I'm, All, don't, be, When, no, love, for, it's, are, know, he, like, We, So, She, can, With, Just, got, from, time, down, they, Oh, what, this, his, as, At, one, will, do, That's, you're, if, say, gone, said, about, some, Have, way, away, been, well, long, Who, come, get, Hey, not, an, could, never, day, her, how, night, want, why, home, little, up, can't, think, where, am, heart, by, man, now, over, life, out, go, I've, see, around, people, their, look, were.
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Omitted songs:
- Songs written by others: "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry, "A Heart in New York" by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" by Bob Dylan, "You Can Tell the World" by Bob Gibson/Bob Camp, "Anji" by Davy Graham, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" by Ed McCurdy, "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie" by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, "The Sun Is Burning" by Ian Campbell, "The Singleman Party Foxtrot", "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha", "On the Strip", "The Folks", "A Great Effect", "Whew" all written by Dave Grusin, and the traditionals "Peggy-O" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
- Instrumentals: For example "Hobo's Blues" written with Stephane Grappelli
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Songs not found:
- "The Breakup" by Paul Simon, released on Paul Simon 1964/1993 (1993)
- Songs by Paul Simon, released on The Hit Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, 1967: "Teen Age Fool", "Tia-Juana Blues", "Dancin' Wild", "Don't Say Goodbye", "Two Teen Agers", "True or False", "Simon Says", "Anna Belle"
- Early Rock-and-Roll singles performed under the name "Jerry Landis": "Loneliness", released 1959, "Don’t Take the Stars", released 1959, "Shy", released 1960, "I'd Like to Be", released 1960, "All Through the Night", released 1960, "I Wish I Weren't in Love", released 1961, "Play Me A Sad Song", released 1961, "It Means a Lot to Them", released 1961, "Lisa", released 1962, "Cards of Love", released 1962
- Early Rock-and-Roll singles performed in the band "The Mystics": "So Tenderly", released 1959, "Just a Boy", released 1959, "(I Begin) To Think Again of You", released 1960, "I'm Lonely", released 1960
- Early Rock-and-Roll singles performed in the band "Tico & the Triumphs": "Express Train", released 1962, "Cry, Little Boy, Cry", released 1962, "Get Up And Do The Wobble", released 1962, "Noise", released 1962, "Tick Tock", released 1962
- Early Rock-and-Roll singles performed under other names: "Anna Belle", released 1958, performed under the name "True Taylor", "Please Don't Tell Her", released 1962, performed under own name?
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Further details: The photo is borrowed from www.paul-simon.info.
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