The acoustic version was recorded in 1964 but the album (Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.) did not do well. Simon went to England, played and recorded music there including a solo album. But he returned to resume with Garfunkel in 1966 after the recording was overdubbed with electric guitar, bass guitar and drums and released in 1965 as a single, which did well.
Simon & Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", written by Paul Simon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn0Gf8e_sHI
@nealfig The movie the Graduate helped the music catch on, a lot. I think that was the reason for the overdubbing etc.My Sophomore yr or so my sister’s fiancée was in Med school and my sister and I were driving my dad crazy. The theater in our neighborhood had the Graduate for probably the whole year. Daddy sent us to the movies a lot. We used to recite the dialog, probably to the annoyance of everyone else.
@Bear7962 The Graduate was released in 1967, 2 years after the electric single was released.
@nealfig I know. As you might guess from my post, I lived thru this. I even told a story about it. It was my OPINION based on when, at that point in time, the music actually really started getting airplay and gained popularity. So my experience of what happened. Not something I read somewhere.
@Bear7962 Ah, I see. I had forgotten that "Sound of Silence" was in the soundtrack. No wonder there was an upsurge in airplay of their music because of the movie, which I think I saw only once, years ago. I only remembered "Mrs. Robinson" from the movie. Also, I was not in North America; the charts may have been different where I was. Thanks for the story.