The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Paul Simon

Cover of PATINEURS, LES in 1960 - as Rock 'n Roll Skaters Waltz under alias Jerry Landis
Cover of SOUND OF SILENCE, THE in 1965 - solo in England
Cover of LEAVES THAT ARE GREEN in 1965 - author
Cover of O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP (DON'T YOU MOURN) in 1973 - melody and atmosphere in Love Me Like A Rock
Cover of MEIN GMÜT IST MIR VERWIRRET in 1974 - melody in American Tune
Cover of AMERICA in 1974
Cover of JESUS IS THE ANSWER in 1974 - with the Jessy Dixon Singers
Cover of JOSEPHINE PAR SE MA FEMME in 1986 - on Graceland as That Was Your Mother with Rockin' Dopsie in J.D. Miller's Master Track Studio in Crowley, LA; Simon took all credits
Cover of CAN'T NOBODY DO ME LIKE JESUS in 1987
Cover of GETTIN' READY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY in 2010 - samples and lyrical inspiration for Getting Ready For Christmas Day, first single from album So Beautiful Or So What
Cover of AMAZING GRACE in 2014 - as New Stanzas For Amazing Grace, on tribute The Life And Times Of Allen Ginsberg

If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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