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Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941, Forest Hills, New York, USA) is an American singer, actor, traveler, and writer, who from 1957 to 1970 performed in a duo with Paul Simon under the name Simon and Garfunkel. Simon wrote all the songs for this project; Garfunkel's main contribution was his clear, high voice. His ancestors were Jews from the Romanian city of Iași, a major center of Jewish culture. After the breakup of the duo, Garfunkel moved away from music, having acted in the films "Catch-22" and "Carnal Knowledge." In 1973, he released his first solo album, consisting for the most part of cover versions of famous hits. Subsequently, he worked with songwriters such as Jimmy Webb and Randy Newman. He topped the British pop charts twice — in 1975 ("I Only Have Eyes for You") and 1979 ("Bright Eyes"). Recently, he has been writing songs for himself.