He said he had, but the question wound up eliciting a sardonic anecdote about Sinatra’s 1969 cover of “Mrs. Robinson,” a defining hit for Simon & Garfunkel released just one year earlier.

As part of the folk-rock duo, Simon and Garfunkel, he influenced a generation of Americans with his songs – classics like “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and “The Sounds ...

Simon helped define a generation with classics like "Mrs. Robinson," "The Sound of Silence" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." His success continued as a solo artist, earning critical acclaim for ...