Sounds of Silence, released 60 years ago this month, was an album that almost didn’t exist. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel started making music together as teenagers under the stage name “Tom & Jerry” in 1957. After brief success with the original song “Hey, Schoolgirl” hitting #49 on the Billboard charts, the duo disbanded. Both went to college and didn’t perform together again until 1963, when they caught the eye of a Columbia Records A&R man and were quickly signed, releasing their first album, “

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