Hi folks,

I am currently helping someone in the States who is writing a biography of Art Garfunkel, and she asked me a couple of questions about the publishing rights he might have over Paul Simon’s songs. Since some people on this list probably know a bit about copyright law, and the general mechanics of the music industry, I thought someone might be able to help. Here are my questions. Please e-mail me off-list if you have any points to make:

(1) Garfunkel wrote none of the music. However, the last two Simon and Garfunkel retrospective box-sets have been promoted mostly by him, rather than Simon. What financial dividends would he receive, or is it a case of him doing all the promotion, and Paul Simon getting the profit?

(2) Is Garfunkel entitled to sing Simon’s songs after the end of their partnership, in solo concerts, because he sang on the original versions along with him in the sixties?

(3) Is Garfunkel entitled to sing Simon’s solo songs – ones which they sang together in reunion concerts, but NOT ones they originally recorded together – in subsequent solo shows, again because they DID sing them together in reunion shows?

(4) Does anyone know where to find the dance cover version of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” which came out in 1992?

Thanks in advance,

John