APRIL COME SHE WILL
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
SONGWRITHER: PAUL SIMON
COUNTRY: U. S.A.
ALBUM: SOUNDS OF THE SILENCE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK ROCK
YEAR: 1965
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk-rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art
Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the
1960s, and their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs.
Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer"
(1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water"
(1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
Simon and Garfunkel met at Forest Hills
Junior Elementary School in Queens,
New York,
in 1953, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing material.
By 1957, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first minor
success with "Hey Schoolgirl", a song imitating their idols the Everly
Brothers. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest
in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Their debut, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., sold
poorly, and they once again disbanded; Simon returned to a solo career, this
time in England. In June 1965, a new version of "The Sound of
Silence" overdubbed with electric guitar and drums became a major U.S. AM radio hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The duo reunited to release a second studio album, Sounds of Silence,
and tour colleges nationwide. On their third release, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), the duo assumed more creative control. Their music was
featured in the 1967 film The
Graduate, giving them further exposure. Their next álbum
Bookends (1968) topped the Billboard
200 chart and included the number-one
single "Mrs. Robinson" from the film.
The
duo's often rocky relationship led to artistic disagreements and their breakup
in 1970. Their final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was
released that year and became their most successful, becoming one of the world's best-selling albums.
After their breakup, Simon released a number of acclaimed albums, including
1986's Graceland.
Garfunkel released solo hits such as "All I Know"
and briefly pursued an acting career, with leading roles in two Mike Nichols films, Catch-22 and Carnal
Knowledge, and in Nicolas
Roeg's 1980 Bad Timing.
The duo have reunited several times, most famously in 1981 for The Concert in Central Park, which
attracted more than 500,000 people, one of the largest concert attendances in history.
Simon & Garfunkel won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Rolling Stone ranked them number 3 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All
Time. Richie
Unterberger described them as "the most
successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s" and one of the most popular artists
from the decade. They are among the best-selling music artists, having
sold more than 100 million records. Bridge over Troubled Water is ranked
at number 172 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
"April Come She Will" is a song by
American music duo Simon
& Garfunkel from their second studio album,
Sounds of Silence (1966). It originally appeared on the solo álbum The
Paul Simon Songbook. It is the B-side to the hit
single "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". It
is included on the The Graduate soundtrack album and was
additionally released on the "Mrs. Robinson 'EP'"
in 1968, together with three other songs from the The Graduate film: Mrs. Robinson,
Scarborough Fair/Canticle, and The
Sound of Silence.
The song was written in 1964 while Paul Simon was in England. Its lyrics use the changing nature of the seasons as a
metaphor for a girl's changing moods. The inspiration for the
song was a girl that Simon met and the nursery rhyme she used to recite,
"Cuckoo". It is the shortest song on the album. According to the
sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the
song is composed in the key of G Major with Paul Simon's vocal range spanning from D3 to D4. On the
duo's recording, Art Garfunkel sings the lead vocals.
April come she will
When streams are ripe and swell with rain
May she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June she'll change
her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night
July she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September I'll remember
A love once new has now grown old.
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