The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel | Artist Essentials
First released: 1969 (year verified)
Original 1969 studio single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The picked guitar and large percussion accents give the verses a distinctive scale.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1969 (year verified)
The official timeline identifies the original 1969 single release. The subsequent album association and later annual-list appearances do not replace that release year.
Recording: Original 1969 studio single recording
Credit: Simon & Garfunkel
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel - official career timeline
Explicit single release events: Homeward Bound and A Hazy Shade of Winter in 1966, Fakin It in 1967, The Boxer in 1969. Scarborough Fair/Canticle 1968 single is explicitly traced to the earlier Parsley album. Chart positions are not used as dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bridge Over Troubled Water - official Sony/Legacy album history
Original 1970 album and original tracklist; later bonus demos are identified separately. Earlier singles are checked against the official career timeline rather than assigned this album date. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The official timeline identifies the original studio single and its subsequent Bridge album appearance. Both retained title spellings The Boxer and Boxer share this existing recording ID and the same duo credit; the observed shorter alias is explicitly retained.
Simon & Garfunkel - official career timeline
Explicit single release events: Homeward Bound and A Hazy Shade of Winter in 1966, Fakin It in 1967, The Boxer in 1969. Scarborough Fair/Canticle 1968 single is explicitly traced to the earlier Parsley album. Chart positions are not used as dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bridge Over Troubled Water - official Sony/Legacy album history
Original 1970 album and original tracklist; later bonus demos are identified separately. Earlier singles are checked against the official career timeline rather than assigned this album date. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and first recorded together as Tom & Jerry. Their Columbia partnership developed around Simon's songwriting and their closely arranged voices, with producer Tom Wilson connecting the early acoustic work to folk-rock. The studio records grew more elaborate on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water. The duo later reunited for concerts while each maintained a separate solo career; those performances and solo recordings remain distinct from the original studio catalog.
Artist background sources
Simon & Garfunkel - official biography by Bud Scoppa
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in Queens, first recorded as Tom & Jerry, signed with Columbia and Tom Wilson, and developed from folk harmony into more elaborate studio arrangements. The electric Sound of Silence single is placed in 1965; Bookends and Bridge album development are discussed. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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