It was Talking Heads man David Byrne who said what bass players all over the world were thinking: “The [Paul Simon] albums before Graceland had great songs, but this one had a little bit more ...

Paul Simon went to Graceland and felt it was very commercial. He cried when he saw the writing on Elvis Presley's grave, which praised the singer's talent.

On August 22, the social media account posted, "On this day in 1957, Elvis made one of his first big additions to Graceland: ...

Elvis Presley’s Graceland inspired the name of a Paul Simon album. Graceland has been the subject of historical misconceptions. Simon cleared up one of these misconceptions to someone’s face.

9. “Mission music w as ringing ’round my nursery door/I said take this child, Lord, from Tucson, Arizona.” Given the song’s title, one could easily assume that Simon was alluding to Africa ...

American singer-songwriter Paul Simon of folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel posed with four musicians, all holding gold discs of Paul Simon's album Graceland, on which they contributed, London, 1987.

Paul Simon needed the talents of others to create Graceland. Not in an abstract, inspirational kind of way, according to many of the artists who worked on the record, but in a much more literal sense.