Question: Whose father wrote The Sound of Silence?

full_context: Document 1: Plymouth: Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city. Artists include Beryl Cook whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth and Robert Lenkiewicz, whose paintings investigated themes of vagrancy, sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002. Illustrator and creator of children's series Mr Benn and King Rollo, David McKee, was born and brought up in South Devon and trained at Plymouth College of Art. Jazz musician John Surman, born in nearby Tavistock, has close connections to the area, evidenced by his 2012 album Saltash Bells. The avant garde prepared guitarist Keith Rowe was born in the city before establishing the jazz free improvisation band AMM in London in 1965 and MIMEO in 1997. The musician and film director Cosmo Jarvis has lived in several towns in South Devon and has filmed videos in and around Plymouth. In addition, actors Sir Donald Sinden and Judi Trott. George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert and George was born in the city, as was Labour politician Michael Foot whose family reside at nearby Trematon Castle.
Document 2: Southampton: The city is home or birthplace to a number of contemporary musicians such as R'n'B singer Craig David, Coldplay drummer Will Champion, former Holloways singer Rob Skipper as well as 1980s popstar Howard Jones. Several rock bands were formed in Southampton, including Band of Skulls, The Delays, Bury Tomorrow, Heart in Hand, Thomas Tantrum (disbanded in 2011) and Kids Can't Fly (disbanded in 2014). James Zabiela, a highly regarded and recognised name in dance music, is also from Southampton.
Document 3: Carly Simon: After a brief stint with her sister Lucy Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album "Carly Simon", which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be". She achieved international fame with her third album "No Secrets" which sat firmly at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200 for five weeks and spawned the worldwide hit "You're So Vain", for which she received three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. With her 1988 hit "Let the River Run", from the film "Working Girl", she became the first artist to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.
Document 4: Bridge over Troubled Water (song): ``Bridge over Troubled Water ''is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow - up single to`` The Boxer'' in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Composed by singer - songwriter Paul Simon, the song is performed on piano and carries the influence of gospel music. The original studio recording employs elements of Phil Spector's ``Wall of Sound ''technique using L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.
Document 5: The Concert in Central Park: The Concert in Central Park, released in February 1982 on Warner Bros. Records, is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was recorded in September 1981 at a free benefit concert in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of more than 500,000 people. Proceeds went toward the redevelopment and maintenance of the park, which had deteriorated due to lack of municipal funding. The concert and album marked the start of a short - lived reunion for Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The concept of a benefit concert in Central Park had been proposed by Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis and promoter Ron Delsener. Television channel HBO agreed to carry the concert, and worked with Delsener to decide on Simon and Garfunkel as the appropriate act for this event. Besides hit songs from their years as a duo, their set - list included material from their solo careers, and covers. The show consisted of 21 songs, though two were not used in the live album. Among the songs performed were the classics ``The Sound of Silence '',`` Mrs. Robinson'', and ``The Boxer ''; the event concluded with a reprise of Simon's song,`` Late in the Evening''. Ongoing personal tensions between the duo led them to decide against a permanent reunion, despite the success of the concert and a subsequent world tour.
Document 6: The Sound of Silence: Released in October 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo breaking apart, with Paul Simon returning to England and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University. In spring 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout Florida. The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instrumentation. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965.
Document 7: Recorded as Jerry Landis: Recorded as Jerry Landis is a compilation album of music by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Paul Simon, released in 2006. This album contains 18 songs recorded before Simon & Garfunkel released their first album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.". All songs are by Paul Simon except the song "Beat Love", which is a contemporary recording by Art Garfunkel, recorded under the name "Artie Garr". This album was released six years after an album of Simon & Garfunkel songs, from the same era, that contained a mix of Simon & Garfunkel recordings (under the name "Tom & Jerry"), and Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel songs. He recorded many of the songs on these albums under different aliases, such as "Jerry Landis", "True Taylor" and "Paul Kane".
Document 8: Simple Complex: Simple Complex is a jazz album of original compositions by Pianist Jon Weber, featuring an unusual ensemble of well-known musicians. Simple Complex was released in 2004 to international critical acclaim. The album featured Weber on piano, drummer Mark Walker, Eric Alexander on sax, trumpeters Diego Urcola and Roy Hargrove, bassists Avishai Cohen, the late Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Peter Washington and Gary Burton on vibraphone.
Document 9: Bridge over Troubled Water (song): "Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow-up single to "The Boxer" in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970). Composed by singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the song is performed on piano and carries the influence of gospel music. The original studio recording employs elements of Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique using L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.
Document 10: Maurice Simon: A high school classmate of Eric Dolphy (1945-6) Simon appears on an early 1945 Los Angeles recording in a band led by Russell "Illinois" Jacquet and which also included Teddy Edwards, Charles Mingus, Bill Davis and Chico Hamilton.
Document 11: Sligo Jazz Project: It has featured Avishai Cohen, Rufus Reid, Paul Wertico, John Riley, Jean Toussaint, Martin Taylor, John Goldsby, Soweto Kinch, Alec Dankworth, Michael Manring, Yellow Jackets, John Taylor, Reggie Washington, Ulf Wakenius, Andreas Oberg, Anita Wardell, Dominique DiPiazza, Norma Winstone, Cleveland Watkiss, Todd Coolman and key Irish jazz musicians such as Louis Stewart, Mike Nielsen, Linley Hamilton, Michael Buckley and David Lyttle. In 2011, Sligo Jazz Project had over eighty participants from twelve different countries and offered full bursaries to four exceptional young musicians.
Document 12: Simon & Garfunkel: Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer - songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best - selling music groups of the 1960s and became counterculture icons of the decade's social revolution, alongside artists such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan. Their biggest hits -- including ``The Sound of Silence ''(1964),`` Mrs. Robinson'' (1968), ``The Boxer ''(1969), and`` Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970) -- reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
Document 13: Joo Yeon Sir: A former pupil at the Purcell School, Joo Yeon Sir is a Scholar at the Royal College of Music, London where she studies with Dr Felix Andrievsky. She has been a major prizewinner at national and international competitions in the UK and abroad and has performed as recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras at various venues including the Wigmore Hall, London Arts Club, St James's Palace in presence of HRH Prince Charles, the Foundling Museum as part of New London Orchestra Young Performer's Concert Series supported by the MBF, and most recently at Fairfield Halls performing Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending.
Document 14: The Sound of Silence: ``The Sound of Silence '', originally`` The Sounds of Silence'', is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City for inclusion on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..
Document 15: Menlo Park (band): It featured Harper Simon, Paul Simon's son. Also, its drummer was Seb Rochford, who won the BBC Rising Star Jazz Award in 2004 and leads the Mercury Prize-nominated experimental-jazz group Polar Bear.
ground_truth: Harper Simon
sub_queries: who wrote the song the sounds of silence Answer: Paul Simon
Paul Simon >> child Answer: Harper Simon