The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
1969
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1969
Release: 1969Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The official timeline identifies the original 1969 single release. The subsequent album association and later annual-list appearances do not replace that release year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1969.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
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.
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.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Paul Simon's autobiographical account of his early struggles as a musician
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1969.html, song-list position 27
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1969.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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