Best known as half of one of the greatest and most successful acoustic duos of the 1960s. But although they hit the big time in 1965 with The Sound of Silence the story for Art began many years earlier. The musical journey began for Art at age four when his father brought home one of the first wire recorders. That got me into music more than anything else he recalls singing and being able to record it. Seven years later he was singing Everly Brothers songs at school talent shows with a partner Paul Simon from his Forest Hills neighborhood in Queens New York. Then rhythm ’n blues rock ’n roll came along. He and Paul set their sights on the Brill Building. We practiced in the basement so much that we got professional sounding. We made demos in Manhattan and knocked on all the doors of the record companies with our hearts in our throats. In 1957 ’Tom and Jerry’ (as they were called then) landed a recording contract. Their first 45 Hey Schoolgirl (which they wrote together) scored a moderate hit and they appeared on American Bandstand as high school seniors. We got a quick education in the record business Art recounts. But I left and went to college. I was the kid who was going to find some way to make a ’decent’ living. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Columbia College majoring in Art History; later he earned his Masters degree in Mathematics at Columbia University. But he never stopped singing and even recorded several solo singles (as ’Artie Garr’) while in school. When he met up again with Simon in 1962 and they began to rehearse the decision was clear to get back together as a duo.

1. Beat Love
2. Beat Love (Artificial Stereo)
3. Beat Love (Stereo， Alternate Version)
4. Dream Alone
5. Forgive Me
6. Private World