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Thread #141362 Message #3253524
Posted By: BTNG
09-Nov-11 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: BBC 'IMAGINE' Simon and Garfunkel
Subject: RE: BBC 'IMAGINE' Simon and Garfunkel
I just remembered this.
Some Canadians might remember a television series from back in the early sixties, named Let's Sing Out! It ran from October 1963 to July 1967 first on CTV and then CBC.
The guests on the episode that ran on Feb 17, 1966, from University College, University of Toronto, were Simon and Garfunkel, Sharon Trostin and Steve Jorgunsen, this was after the "electric" version of The Sound of Silence had been released in September of 1965 and become a US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit. The contracts to appear on Canadian television and at the Riverboat Folk Club had been signed before The Sound of Silence entered the charts
here's the link to the available video footage, on You Tube
Simon & Garfunkel on Let's Sing Out!
Oscar Brand, by the way, was the host