Simon & Garfunkel

"It wasn’t Artie's fault."

BMG agrees to significant deal after he previously sold his solo catalog.

It started as a music video in the woods and quickly became something that looked like a Disney movie.

Their acclaim is now universal, but things were very different back in 1964.

After a lengthy and career-threatening bout with vocal cord paresis, Art Garfunkel says that his voice is now "96 percent" of where it was in 2010. In a new interview, he speaks optimistically about the possibility of another Simon & Garfunkel tour, but admits there is one obstacle to hurdle: Paul Simon.

By 1968, Simon & Garfunkel had produced a string of folk-rock hits that included ‘The Sound of Silence,’ 'I Am a Rock' and ‘Mrs. Robinson.' But their chart success brought the duo criticism from folk music purists.

From Billboard.com: Art Garfunkel says his voice is "slowly coming along" and predicts that he'll be able to hit the road again with Paul Simon soon -- possibly even before the end of the year. "Late 2011 -- I feel in my bones, in my cells, that that's the scenario," Garfunkel tells Billboard...