Cover Albums (and a Musical!) of Simon's Songs

The Simon & Garfunkel Story
[Note: This is a stage musical featuring their songs. I was unable to find the date of its debut-- it toured in 2022 and I had not heard of it before. Also, I cannot find a soundtrack album for it. The actors sing these songs, as the duo:]
  • The Sound Of Silence
  • He Was My Brother
  • Bleecker Street
  • Kathy’s Song
  • Somewhere They Can’t Find Me
  • Homeward Bound
  • Richard Cory
  • I Am A Rock
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Patterns
  • The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
  • The Dangling Conversation
  • For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
  • America
  • Old Friends
  • Bookends
  • Fakin’ It
  • Mrs Robinson
  • A Hazy Shade Of Winter
  • Cecilia
  • Keep The Customer Satisfied
  • The Only Living Boy In New York
  • Late In The Evening
  • Slip Slidin’ Away
  • Bye Bye Love
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • The Boxer
Tribute to Paul Simon: Take Me to the Mardi Gras (2007)
[Note: recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival]
1. Zachary Richard: Take Me to the Mardi Gras
2. Michel Rivard: America
3. Ariane Moffatt and Michel Rivard: The Boxer
4. Ariane Moffatt: A Hazy Shade of Winter
5. Kevin Parent: Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard
6. Colin James: Cecilia
7. Sam Roberts: Late in the Evening
8. Same Roberts: You Can Call Me Al
9. Jim Cuddy: Still Crazy After All These Years
10. Elvis Costello: Peace Like a River
11. Elvis Costello and Alan Toussaint: American Tune
12. Zachary Richard: Bridge Over Troubled Water
13: Leonard Cohen: Sound of Silence

New York Voices: Sing the Songs of Paul Simon (1997)
[Note: This is an a cappella ensemble, along the lines of Manhattan Transfer]
1. Baby Driver
2. Cecilia
3. One Man’s Ceiling…
4. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
5. Loves Me Like a Rock
6. Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard
7. St. Judy’s Comet
8. Punky’s Dilemma
9. Overs
10. Mother and Child Reunion 
11. I Do It For Your Love
12. Still Crazy After All These Years
13. Why Don't You Write Me?
14. Old Friends/Bookends

Paul Simon Songbook (1992)
[Note: Do not confuse this with "The Paul Simon Songbook," a solo album he recorded in 1965 in England, many of the songs on which became S&G songs.]
1. Harpers Bizarre: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
2. Julie Felix: If I Could (El Condor Pasa)
3. Marsha Hunt: Keep the Customer Satisfied
4. The Bangles: Hazy Shade of Winter
5. The Blue Aeroplanes: Boy in the Bubble
6. The Hollies: I Am a Rock
7. Aretha Franklin: Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Quiet Five: Homeward Bound
9. Michelle Shocked: Stranded in a Limousine
10. Billy Paul: Mrs. Robinson
11. The Persuasions: Slip Slidin' Away
12. The Seekers: Someday One Day
13. The Cyrkle: Red Rubber Ball
14. David Essex: For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
15. Emmylou Harris: The Boxer
16. The Cyrkle: I Wish You Could Be Here
17. Marianne Faithful: Scarborough Fair
18. Peaches & Herb: Sound of Silence
19. Randy California: Mother & Child Reunion
20. Big Daddy: Graceland [Note: Done in the style of early Elvis]

Note: There may be other such compilations of covers, or album of covers by a single singer or band. If so, please let me know and I will include them here.






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