Paul Simon

Paul Simon has 19 hits in My Weekly Top 10 countdown. Nine of them went all the way to #1.

This week, Wristband marks his return to my countdown after an absence of 16 years.  The song moves up this week to #4.

1986 - Boy in the Bubble (#9)

1986 - Graceland (#1)

1986 - I Know What I Know (#2)

1986 - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (#1)

1986 - Under African Skies (#1)

1986 - Homeless (#7)

1986 - Crazy Love Vol. II (#1)

1986 - All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints (#1)

1990 - The Obvious Child (#1)

1990 - The Coast (#3)

1990 - Born at the Right Time (#1)

1990 - The Cool, Cool River (#7)

1990 - Proof (#5)

1990 - She Moves On (#3)

1990 - Can't Run But (#1)

1990 - Spirit Voices (#7)

1990 - The Rhythm of the Saints (#1)

1990 - Further to Fly (#9)

2016 - Wristband (#4)

Here's a video of the song.  It already has 262,952 views.

Chart Performance: Paul Simon

Paul Simon's Graceland returned to the UK top 10 last week at #10 and it remains there this week.  It's the 25th anniversary of that Grammy winning #1 album. Below are his top 10 albums in the UK -

1972 - Paul Simon (#1)

1973 - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (#4)

1975 - Still Crazy After All These Years (#6)
1977 - Greatest Hits Etc. (#3)
1986 - Graceland (#1)
1990 - The Rhythm of the Saints (#1)
2000 - Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar (#6)
2006 - Surprise (#4)
2011 - So Beautiful or So What (#6)

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Classic Live Performances: Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

This is one of my favorite songs from Paul Simon's Graceland album and finally, today, I saw a copy of a live performance of it. Believe me, the live version is just as good as the one you hear on the CD! That's how good they are! Vocally, Ladysmith Black Mambazo is just really awesome! It's as if God singing to us in his deep authoritative voice! Enjoy this clip! Certainly a classic in my book! I wish I were there to see and hear it live!

Paul Simon's Forty Year Span of Top 10 Albums in the US

With a span of forty years, Paul Simon gets his sixth solo Top 10 album in the US this week, as So Beautiful or So What, debuts at #4.  It has been eleven years since Simon has been in the Top 10, when The Rhythm of the Saints peaked at #4 in 1990.  Below are his Top 10 albums in the US -

1972 - Paul Simon (#4)
1973 - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (#2)
1975 - Still Crazy After All These Years (#1)
1986 - Graceland (#3)
1990 - The Rhythm of the Saints (#4)
2011 - So Beautiful or So What (#4)