Paul Simon

Paul Simon (b. 1941) is a famous singer and songwriter. With his childhood friend Art Garfunkel, he achieved fame during the 1960s with many classic folk-rock songs, including "The Sound of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson."
Simon taped several segments on Sesame Street during Season 8, making a memorable appearance performing "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" with a girl named Leslie who improvised her own verses. He also performed "El Condor Pasa," "St. Judy's Comet," and a song made up by the aforementioned Leslie and some other kids named Ricardo, Harper, Ruby, and Jill,script for Episode 1088 punctuated by a portion of "Get Back" by The Beatles .
The following season, he featured in a film in which he and his son Harper (b. 1972) recorded "Bingo" to demonstrate how vinyl records are made . Simon returned to the show years later to perform "African Alphabet" with Ladysmith Black Mambazo and appeared in the celebrity version of "Put Down the Duckie."
Simon also guest starred on episode 511 of The Muppet Show where he performed several of his songs.
==Song covers==
* Bob performed "Feelin' Groovy" on Sesame Street in Episode 0012.
* In 2007, Simon was honored by the Library of Congress in the special Celebrating the Music of Paul Simon. Grover and Elmo paid tribute by singing "Feelin' Groovy."
* Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem covered Simon's "Kodachrome" in a 2015 music video.
* "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was covered in The Muppets Mayhem episode "Exile on Main Street."
==References==
* In Miss Piggy's Rules, Miss Piggy talks about her "close, personal friend and fellow famous person, Paul Simon." She then continues on with a list of fifty favorite ways to leave the former man of your dreams after referencing Simon's song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover."
==Sources==
==External links==
*Official site
*IMDb
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