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Scarborough Fair / Canticle

1966 · via Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel’s 1966 recording of “Scarborough Fair / Canticle” is the earliest release on file. Simon & Garfunkel shares the writing credit with Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon. Also recorded by Brainbox (released 1972), Sandie Shaw (released 1968) and Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (released 1968), among 119 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 put out their take on "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" in 1968, the same year Andy Williams and Sandie Shaw had it out too. Play it next to the duo's own and hear how far one song can wander in a couple of years.

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Credited writers: Simon & Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1966.

Other recordings on file · first release year

119 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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