“The Sound of Silence" is a song written and first recorded by 1960s American popular-folk music duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, or Simon & Garfunkel, as they are collectively known, on their 1966 album Sounds of Silence. Written by Simon in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, the song was primarily conceived as a way of capturing the emotional trauma felt by many Americans at the time.
The song was subsequently aptly used in The Graduate, the 1967 film directed by American multi-award-winning television, stage and film director, writer, and producer Mike Nichols, and which starred Academy Award-winning method actors Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, with both the song and film capturing the generalized historical context and prominent themes of the 1960s.
The song propelled Simon & Garfunkel to stardom and help ensure the duo's fame eventually. In 1999, BMI named "The Sound of Silence" as the 18th-most performed song of the 20th century, and was ranked in 2004 as #156 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was subsequently aptly used in The Graduate, the 1967 film directed by American multi-award-winning television, stage and film director, writer, and producer Mike Nichols, and which starred Academy Award-winning method actors Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, with both the song and film capturing the generalized historical context and prominent themes of the 1960s.
The song propelled Simon & Garfunkel to stardom and help ensure the duo's fame eventually. In 1999, BMI named "The Sound of Silence" as the 18th-most performed song of the 20th century, and was ranked in 2004 as #156 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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