Art Garfunkel is an American singer and actor from Forest Hills, Queens, New York, who began performing in the late 1950s and rose to prominence in the early 1960s as one half of a folk-rock duo before establishing a solo career spanning folk, pop and soft rock. Characterised by a high, clear tenor and close-harmony singing, his musical style evolved to incorporate orchestral pop, folk-influenced balladry and occasional classical and film work, and his recordings and public profile are associated with the 1960s folk-rock era and subsequent developments in melodic soft rock and vocal harmony traditions.
