1950s High School Yearbook w/ Paul SIMON and Art GARFUNKEL ~ Homeward Bound ~ ++

Description

1950's High School annual
with great photographs and text showing the students and faculty, activities and sports, candids and graphics, pictures of school and surrounding. And including graduating seniors and future folk-rock recording artists Simon and Garfunkel.
Simon and Garfunkel
were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence," "Mrs. Robinson," The Boxer," and "Bridge OVer Troubled Water"
—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
By their senior year, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first success with "Hey Schoolgirl", a song imitating their idols the Everly Brohters. Later
, aware of a growing public interest in folk music and impressed with Bob Dylan, they signed to
Columbia Records
as Simon & Garfunkel, recording their debut
album
Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.
In June 1965, "The Sound of Silence"
became a major
radio
hit, reaching number one on the
Billboard Hot 100, and soon released their
second album
Sounds of Silence
and toured nationwide. After came
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
(1966), and music was featured in the 1967 film
The Graduate,
and later the
album
Bookends
(1968) which topped the Billboard 200 chart
and included the number-one single "Mrs. Robinson."
Their final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water
, was released in 1970 and proved to be their most successful, becoming one of the world's best-selling albums
.
The duo reunited for "The Concert in Central Park,"
which attracted more than 500,000 people, one of the largest concert attendances in history.
Simon & Garfunkel won 10 Grammy Awards
and were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1990.
Paul Simon
released a number of acclaimed solo albums, including
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years
, and
Graceland
,
including songs "Kodachrome," "Loves Me Like a Rock," "Mother and Child Reunion," "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard," "Slip Slidin' Away," "Graceland," "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes," "Late in the Evening," "The Boy in the Bubble," "Still Crazy After All These Years," "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "American Tune," Kathy's Song," "You Can Call Me Al," and others.
Art  Garfunkel
released solo albums including
Breakaway
and
Watermark
and acted in movies notably
Catch 22
and
Carnal Knowledge
for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Very Good condition
hardback with tight binding and text and clean pages; with no must or mildew or missing pieces, with mild shelf wear. Clean and Solid.
Great rarity giving a close look into the early life and times of one of the great influential rock and roll and folk acts.
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