He is a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame, a recipient of their Johnny Mercer Award and is in the Rock nвЂ™ Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. Simon has been the recipient of many honours and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which (вЂњBridge Over Troubled WaterвЂќ, вЂњStill Crazy After All These YearsвЂќ and вЂњGracelandвЂќ) were albums of the year. Graceland produced three massive hit singles, вЂњThe Boy in the BubbleвЂќ, вЂњDiamonds on the Soles of Her ShoesвЂќ and the humorous вЂњYou Can Call Me AlвЂќ which was aided by the clever but simple video showing Chevy Chase lip-syncing all of SimonвЂ™s vocals as he sits beside the singer.

The album was strongly influenced by the earlier work of South African musicians Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu, and the Zulu-Western pop cross-over music realized in their band Juluka. Graceland features an eclectic mixture of musical styles including pop, a cappella, isicathamiya, rock, and mbaqanga. He later became the first American artist to perform in post-apartheid South Africa. The Graceland project was originally inspired by SimonвЂ™s listening to a cassette of the Boyoyo Boys instrumental вЂњGumboots.вЂќ Much of the album was recorded in South Africa and features many South African musicians and groups and during recordings, Simon faced accusations that he had broken the cultural boycott imposed by the rest of the world against the apartheid regime in South Africa, which was in its final years at the time. His songs are mature and literate, but also melodically and engaging, and with the release of Graceland, Simon helped introduce many rock and pop fans to world music. The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career as a guitarist and singer-songwriter 1 on the US singles charts: вЂњThe Sound of Silence,вЂќ вЂњMrs Robinson,вЂќ and вЂњBridge Over Troubled WaterвЂќ). Simon and Garfunkel, (where Simon wrote most of the pairвЂ™s songs, including three that reached No. After reaching worldwide success as one half of Paul Simon is one of the most successful and respected songwriters of the second half of the 20th century. The album brought Simon back to the spotlight, it stayed on the chart for a total 101 weeks and later won the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, while the title song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. On 31st January 1987, Paul Simon went back to No.1 on the UK album chart with вЂGracelandвЂ™, the singer-songwriters seventh solo album.

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