Following their early gig as "Tom and Jerry", Columbia Records signed the two in late 1963.
Recorded in March 1964, the album was released on October 19. The album was initially unsuccessful, so Paul Simon moved to London, England and finished his first solo album The Paul Simon Songbook.
Art Garfunkel continued his studies at Columbia University in his native New York City, before reuniting with Simon in late 1965.
was re-released in January 1966 (to capitalize on their newly found radio success because of the overdubbing of the song "The Sound of Silence" in June 1965, adding electric guitars, bass guitar and a drum kit), and reached 30 on the Billboard 200.
was re-released in January 1966 (to capitalize on their newly found radio success because of the overdubbing of the song "The Sound of Silence" in June 1965, adding electric guitars, bass guitar and a drum kit), and reached 30 on the Billboard 200.
It was belatedly released in the UK two years later (in 1968) in both mono and stereo formats. The song "He Was My Brother" was dedicated to Andrew Goodman, who was their friend and a classmate of Simon at Queens College.
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