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Paul Simon    

Singer-Songwriter; Part of the Duo Simon & Garfunkel

During his distinguished career Paul Simon has been the recipient of many honors and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which ("Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Still Crazy After All These Years" and "Graceland") were albums of the year. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel.

He is a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame, a recipient of their Johnny Mercer Award and is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. His song "Mrs. Robinson" from the motion picture "The Graduate" was named in the top ten of The American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Songs. He was a recipient of The Kennedy Center Honors in 2002 and was named as one of Time Magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World" in 2006.

In 2007, Mr. Simon was awarded the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Named in honor of the legendary George and Ira Gershwin, this newly created award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture, and is given annually to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwin’s. In 2011 Mr. Simon was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Paul Simon's philanthropic work includes the co-founding of The Children's Health Fund with Dr. Irwin Redlener. The CHF donates and staffs mobile medical vans that bring health care to poor and indigent children in urban and rural locations around the United States. Since it’s inception in 1986 it has provided over 3 million doctor/patient visits. In the wake of Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina it was the primary health care source for those communities decimated by the storms. Mr. Simon has also raised millions of dollars for worthy causes as varied as AMFAR, The Nature Conservancy, The Fund for Imprisoned Children in South Africa and Autism Speaks and The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation.

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Paul Simon sings at funeral of Sandy Hook heroine teacher Victoria ...
The first of the farewells Wednesday was for a hero. Teacher Victoria Soto, who used her body to shield her students from a madman's bullets, was remembered  ...
Paul Simon Makes Surprise Appearance At Chicago's Second City ...
Music legend Paul Simon gave fans a surprise thrill when he showed up unannounced to Chicago's Second City comedy club Thursday night. Per tradition for ...
Paul Simon Looks Back on the Anniversary of the Amazing Graceland
These days Paul Simon enjoys music from Mali, which he discovered two years ago in his continual lookout for new sounds. Twenty-five years ago, it was music  ...
Paul Simon Reunites With Chevy Chase at 1991 Concert in the Park ...
When Paul Simon announced a massive free concert in New York's Central Park in 1991, everybody had one question: Would he use the occasion to reunite.
Paul Simon uses his star power as bridge over troubled waters ...
When Paul Simon called Stevie Wonder about his Radio City benefit concert Thursday, Wonder told him, “I'm in. I'll duet with my daughter” — Aisha Morris, for  ...

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