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Ace’s Songwriter series brings many requests and suggestions to our door. All are considered, even those that are impractical for one reason or another. And there are many that did not need to be suggested, and that we were simply waiting for the right time to bring to fruition. A Paul Simon project has been on the to-do list almost since the series became a series, rather than a handful of stand-alone releases.

Paul Simon’s lyrics and melodies have been part of the fabric of popular music since the 1960s. Whether as half of one of the most famous duos in pop, or as an eminent solo artist, Simon and his songs have enriched our lives across a number of generations. People as famous as Simon himself have queued up to take their own shot at many of his best-known (and indeed one or two of his least-known) songs, and he is one of the few singer-songwriters of his generation whose new work continues to command a high level of interest. This Ace salute to an incredible songwriter has been a long time in the works. We are sure you will agree the wait has been worthwhile.

The tracks here embrace five decades in Simon’s ongoing career and demonstrate how comfortably genre-spanning his songs are. As you will hear, they have translated to everything from soul and reggae to Americana and the popular mainstream of several decades. Other than Lennon & McCartney, there can’t be too many writers of our generation whose songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Rosemary Clooney and the Heptones. Our track selection meets with the full approval of Paul Simon himself and touches on every phase of his career from his and Art Garfunkel’s first reunion in 1964 to pretty much the present day, and is about as representative as representative gets.

If you have any interest at all in the best American popular music of the past 55 years, you will find much to enjoy here. Speaking as the compiler of many releases in Ace’s Songwriter series, I can say that this has been one on which I have most enjoyed working. You may not be familiar with all the versions that have been selected – there may even be a few songs you don’t know at all – but it’s certainly an impressive cross-section of a much greater body of work.

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Album titlle: American Tunes - Songs By Paul Simon (CD)
Genre Pop
Label Ace Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667095624
weight in Kg 0.11

Various - American Tunes - Songs By Paul Simon (CD) CD 1
01	I Am A Rock	The Hollies
02	Homeward Bound	Cher
03	The 59th Street Bridge Song	Harpers Bizarre
04	You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies	Dana Valery
05	Leaves That Are Green	Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn
06	Blessed	The Tremeloes
07	The Boxer	Emmylou Harris
08	Keep The Customer Satisfied	Marsha Hunt
09	A Hazy Shade Of Winter	The Bangles
10	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Aretha Franklin
11	The Sound Of Silence	Peaches & Herb
12	The Only Living Boy in New York (Weather Report)	The Tennors
13	Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover	Rosemary Clooney
14	Mother And Child Reunion	The Intruders
15	Cecilia	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
16	Richard Cory	The Heptones
17	Something So Right	Annie Lennox featuring Paul Simon
18	Loves Me Like A Rock	The Persuasions
19	Take Me To The Mardi Gras	Johnnie & Floyd Taylor
20	The Boy In The Bubble	Patti Smith
21	Long, Long Day	Rumer
22	Graceland	Willie Nelson
23	American Tune	Shawn Colvin

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