Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Author: Paul Simon
Label: Columbia
Year: 1970
Album title track, n°1 US & UK. Title partly borrowed from The Swan Silvertones's Mary Don't You Weep, Claude Jeter's gospel group: I'll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in me ('58). No lawsuit followed, still Simon gave Jeter a fair cheque.
Covers:
Nana Mouskouri [also in French as Comme un pont sur l'eau trouble]
Liesbeth List [as Brug Over Troebel Water]
Aretha Franklin [n°1 R&B in '82]
Linda Clifford [disco version]
Artists For Grenfell [n°1 UK, with Robbie Williams, James Blunt, Bastille, Emeli Sandé, Roger Daltrey, Brian May, Nile Rodgers, Pete Townshend, Geri Halliwell, Gregory Porter and orthers]
Over 500 covers and counting.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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