Art Garfunkel's Real Name: Art Garfunkel

Quick answer: The singer is known professionally as Art Garfunkel. AllMusic and Biography.com independently date his birth to November 5, 1941. AllMusic lists Queens, New York. Biography.com lists Forest Hills, New York, and uses the form Arthur "Art" Garfunkel. AllMusic lists the form Arthur Garfunkel. This page titles him under the public name.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify him under the professional name Art Garfunkel. Biography.com says Arthur "Art" Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, New York, on November 5, 1941, to Rose and Jack Garfunkel, and later attended Columbia University, where he studied art history and later earned a master's degree in mathematics. AllMusic independently lists the birth date as November 5, 1941, in Queens, New York, and the form Arthur Garfunkel.

Career highlights

Biography.com says he met Paul Simon in school, that the pair performed in high school as Tom Landis and Jerry Graph, recorded "Hey Schoolgirl," appeared on American Bandstand, later reunited as Simon & Garfunkel, and became widely known for songs including "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Sound of Silence." AllMusic independently describes Simon & Garfunkel as one of the most successful duos in pop history, says the pair split in 1970, and records Garfunkel's later acting in the Mike Nichols films Catch-22 and Carnal Knowledge, the 1973 solo album Angel Clare, including the single "All I Know," the 1975 album Breakaway, later albums including Watermark and Fate for Breakfast, and a later Central Park reunion concert with Simon. AllMusic also records a 1978 cover of "Wonderful World," with supporting vocals from Simon and James Taylor, later albums including Scissors Cut (1981) and Lefty (1988), and says that after the Central Park concert the pair embarked on a year-long world tour before splitting again. Biography.com independently says a 1964 album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., was followed by a remixed "The Sounds of Silence" that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, after which the duo reunited and recorded a string of hit albums, with Simon writing the songs and Garfunkel providing vocal arrangements and harmonies.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Art Garfunkel or Arthur Garfunkel are looking for the same singer, including the Simon & Garfunkel work most often associated with his name. This page uses the public professional name. Search traffic often uses the professional name Art Garfunkel alone in many lookups.