Arthur Ira Garfunkel is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
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Art was a middle child with two brothers, the older Jules and the younger Jerome. Jacob’s parents immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century and settled in Manhattan.
There is not much information about Art Garfunkel’s siblings apart from their names. Art’s siblings have been supportive of his career.
Before his career in sales, Jacob worked as an actor in Dayton, Ohio. Garfunkel is of Romanian-Jewish descent, his paternal grandparents having emigrated from the city of Iași. When he was young, he would often sing in the synagogue. His maternal cousin was Lou Pearlman, founder of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.
Garfunkel’s love of singing originated in the first grade. “When we were lined up in size order, and after everyone else had left, I’d stay behind and enjoy the echo sound of the stairwell tiles and sing ‘Unchained Melody’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone