Question: Who is the original artist of sound of silence?

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context: Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.", and later on the soundtrack to the movie "The Graduate". Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed by Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on June 15, 1965. This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album.
question: Who is the original artist of sound of silence, the song, released in 1964?
short_answers: Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Paul Simon
wikipage: Sounds of Silence

context: Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.", and later on the soundtrack to the movie "The Graduate". Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed by Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on June 15, 1965. This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album.
question: Who is the original artist of sound of silence, the album?
short_answers: Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Paul Simon
wikipage: Sounds of Silence

context: "Sound of Silence" is a song performed by Australian recording artist Dami Im. Written by Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci of DNA Songs, it is best known as Australia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, where it finished 2nd, receiving a total of 511 points. The song also won the Marcel Bezençon Award in the composer category. The song was leaked on 10 March 2016, one day before its initial release date. It is Dami Im's fourth Australian top 20 hit and worldwide, it reached the top 40 in more than six countries after the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Final.
question: Who is the original artist of sound of silence, the song, released in 2016?
short_answers: Dami Im
wikipage: Sound of Silence (Dami Im song)

Long answers:
knowledge: content: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. was re-released in January 1966 (to capitalize on their newly found radio success because of the overdubbing of the song "The Sound of Silence" in June 1965, adding electric guitars, bass guitar and a drum kit), and reached No. 30 on the Billboard 200...The album was produced by Tom Wilson and engineered by Roy Halee between March 10–31, 1964.
wikipage: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
long_answer:  The original artist of the song sound of silence released in 1966 is Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." which had been produced in 1964. In 2016, Australian recording artist Dami Im recorded a different song by the same name.

knowledge: content: A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version of the song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City and included on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.. Released on October 19, 1964,[2] the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo disbanding; Simon returned to England, and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University.
wikipage: The Sound of Silence
long_answer: There are several songs with the title "Sound of Silence". Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which was recorded in March 1964 and originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". Another "Sound of Silence" is a song performed by Australian recording artist Dami Im, and is best known as Australia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.