In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Simon & ...

One of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s is Simon & Garfunkel‘s “Mrs. Robinson.” During an interview, Paul Simon explained why “Mrs. Robinson” mentions Joe DiMaggio. Simon revealed he ...

The song, as mentioned, was written by American duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel—aka Simon & Garfunkel—and it appeared on the tandem’s fourth studio record, Bookends, in 1968. It was first released as ...

The Monkees‘ supervisor said music could be artistic but it was ultimately primitive. Subsequently, he discussed part of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson.” Notably, part of the song was an homage to ...

Amongst all the drama and bitterness between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, (still crazy after so many these years), the pair knew how to make music together. Before they reached their multiple ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: June 1st, 1968, 46 years ago today . . . the day "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel first hit #1 on the Billboard chart. The song had debuted in a ...

After the soundtrack album for Mike Nichols’ comedy/drama “The Graduate” was released on Jan. 21, 1968, it quickly vaulted to No. 1 on the American LP charts, where it established itself as something ...