I recently read, somewhere, the story behind the Simon and Garfunkel classic I’m featuring today. Sanford Greenberg, a blind lawyer, was roommates in college with Art Garfunkel, who inspired him after he lost his vision. Apparently, Greenberg’s experience, in turn, inspired the song.
According to Wikipedia, “The Sound of Silence,” written by Paul Simon, was first released in September of 1965. It was included on two of Simon and Garfunkel’s albums, Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m. and The Sounds of Silence, and hit Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January of 1966. It was featured in the 1967 film, The Graduate and ended up on the soundtrack of the 1968 film, Mrs. Robinson. A top-ten hit worldwide, it was added to the National Registry in the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important” in 2012.
Sanford Greenberg’s recently released memoir, Hello Darkness My Old Friend, tells his powerful story. I’m hoping to read and review this book here soon. Meanwhile, enjoy Simon and Garfunkel’s rendition of the song.
By the way, for those of you who use the National Library Services for the Blind and Print Disabled, The Red Dress is available for download from their site here. No matter how you read it, please be sure to review it wherever you can. That goes for all my books. Thank you for stopping by. Stay safe, happy, and healthy.
New! The Red Dress
Copyright July 2019 by DLD Books
When Eve went to her high school senior prom, she wore a red dress that her mother had made for her. That night, after dancing with the boy of her dreams, she caught him in the act with her best friend. Months later, Eve, a freshman in college, is bullied into giving the dress to her roommate. After her mother finds out, their relationship is never the same again.
Twenty-five years later, Eve, a bestselling author, is happily married with three children. Although her mother suffers from dementia, she still remembers, and Eve still harbors the guilt for giving the dress away. When she receives a Facebook friend request from her old college roommate and an invitation to her twenty-five-year high school class reunion, then meets her former best friend by chance, she must confront the past in order to face the future.
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Thank you, Patty, for re-blogging. Have a great day!
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A beautiful song, thank you.
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You’re welcome. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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