One of the country’s most prolific musicians, Paul Simon was born on October 13, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Queens, New York City. His love for music and gift for songwriting ...

That solo career led Simon to South Africa and his hit 1986 album Graceland. True to its deft style, the film lets us see and hear the extraordinary changes in his music as it evolved.

Specifically, the UN declared a cultural boycott to “prevent all cultural, academic, sporting and other exchanges” of South Africa. However, Paul Simon went to South Africa anyway.

Paul Simon has a long history with Saturday Night Live and this is a song he’s performed on the show three times—once in 1975 during the show’s first season, then again in 1976, and during ...

Art Garfunkel (left) and Paul Simon during a recording session for Columbia Records. Even “Mrs. Robinson,” the perky ditty composed for the 1967 film “The Graduate,” has a fun backstory.

I don’t tend to think of Paul Simon as an old man, but the guy has been around since the early ’60s, and he is 82 years of age. It’s nice that the world gets to appreciate a legendary figure ...