In recent years, Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 signature “The Sound of Silence” has been transformed from a folk-rock classic into a meme, made to soundtrack running jokes between the internet ...

Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence. -Paul Simon. When Paul ...

The new “Sound of Silence” was released in October and hit number one in early January 1966. The two hastily recorded the album Sounds of Silence and began to perform all over North America.