Art garfunkel children
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Art Garfunkel Jr. Is Keeping Simon and Garfunkel Music Alive — By Singing It in German
Art Garfunkel Jr.’s first memory of singing onstage with his father is pretty hazy, but he knows it took place in Japan sometime before his third birthday. “I believe I was pushed out in a wheelbarrow, wearing a traditional Japanese kimono,” he tells Rolling Stone. “My parents picked me up and I sang a little bit of the high part of [Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 hit] ‘Feelin’ Groovy.'”
For most children of rock stars, this would be little more than a sweet, one-off moment. For Art Garfunkel Jr., 33, it was the start of a career singing his father’s music that continues to this day. And although he’s traveled across America as part of his dad’s solo show, helping him hit high notes he can’t quite reach as an octogenarian, his career really took off a few years back in his adopted home country of Germany when he started releasing covers of his dad’s music in German. He plays shows all across Germany to large, rapturo
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Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
Musical artist
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland. Their combined presence in music began in the 1950s, and throughout the 1960s the duo of Simon & Garfunkel achieved great chart success with tracks such as "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson" (written for the 1967 film The Graduate), "Scarborough Fair", "The Boxer" and "Bridge over Troubled Water". The latter song's title also served as the name of Simon & Garfunkel's final album in 1970. Simon & Garfunkel split for personal reasons, but the pair have occasionally reunited in the years since. Both men experienced success in solo careers in the years following the duo's breakup.
Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top
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Art Garfunkel
Junior (Jr.)
Art Garfunkel Jr. is the son of Art Garfunkel Senior – who wrote music history as solo artist and singer of the world-famous duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Art Garfunkel Jr. was born in New York in 1990 in the Manhattan district as the first child of Art Garfunkel Senior and Kathryn Garfunkel. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in the USA. His grandparents came from German-speaking territories, so that he learned the German language at an early age and established a strong connection to Europe.
His interest in German Schlager and folk music awoke at a very young age. That’s why he often spent his holidays in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. After finishing high school, he went traveling and spent a long time in Europe. As a young adult, he got involved in various regional projects, appeared in different formats and shows on German TV, and continued to develop as an artist. For many years, Art Garfunkel Jr. has been actively involved in social causes, including animal and environmental protection, which has kept him on
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