Paul Simon Profile

Birth Name: Paul Frederic Simon

Birth Date: October 13th, 1941

Birth Place: Newark Heights, New Jersey

Genres:
Rock

Instruments:
Guitar
Bass guitar

Nationality:
Hungarian Jewish

Education:
Queens College
Brooklyn Law School (briefly)

Height:
5' 3" (160 cm)

Spouses:
Edie Brickell (May 30 1992 - present)
Carrie Fisher (August 16 1983 - July 1984) (divorced)
Peggy Harper (1969 - 1975) (divorced)

Debut Solo Album: Paul Simon (1972)

Breakthrough Singles:
"Kodachrome"/"Tenderness" (1973)
"Loves Me Like Rock"/"Learn How To Fall" (1973)
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1975)

Associated Acts:
Simon and Garfunkel

Did You Know:
Paul was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity
He wrote and produced a Broadway musical called The Capeman (which coincendentally flopped)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Simon & Garfunkel) in 1990 and as a solo artist in 2001
Paul is left handed, but plays guitar right handed.