{"id":30397,"date":"2024-09-19T18:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-sept-19-1981-paul-simon-and-art-garfunkel-reunite-for-a-concert-in-new-yorks-central-park\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:04:15","slug":"on-this-day-sept-19-1981-paul-simon-and-art-garfunkel-reunite-for-a-concert-in-new-yorks-central-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-sept-19-1981-paul-simon-and-art-garfunkel-reunite-for-a-concert-in-new-yorks-central-park\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Sept. 19, 1981: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunite for a concert in New York\u2019s Central Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-19\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Sept. 19, 1981\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Former musical partners <strong>Paul Simon<\/strong> and <strong>Art Garfunkel<\/strong> reunited for a concert on the Great Lawn in New York\u2019s Central Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The concert took place more than 10 years after the pair\u2019s final studio album, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The duo performed\u00a0many of their classics\u00a0songs, including\u00a0&#8220;The Sound of Silence,\u201d &#8220;Mrs. Robinson,\u201d &#8220;The Boxer,\u201d \u201cBride Over Troubled Water,\u201d \u201cHomeward Bound\u201d and &#8220;The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin&#8217; Groovy),\u201d as well as Simon solo tunes like &#8220;Late in the Evening,\u201d \u201cSlip Slidin\u2019 Away,\u201d and \u201cFifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More than 500,000 people attended the free concert, which benefited the redevelopment and maintenance of the park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An album of the concert was released in February of 1982, and peaked at #6 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> album chart. 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