
Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #178: “Cecilia”- Simon and Garfunkel. April 11, 1970.
- Single: “Cecilia”- Simon and Garfunkel
- Record Company- Columbia
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Paul Simon
- Time: 2:40
- B-side: “The Only Living Boy In New York”
- Album- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Grade: B+
- Peaked at #4 13 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.
Simon and Garfunkel a folk-rock duo out of New York City. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990. They released 5 albums from 1965-70. Bridge Over Troubled Water was their final album- and their biggest seller. Overall they had 17 Hot 100 hits with 15 making the Top 40. Their three #1’s- “The Sound Of Silence” 1965, “Mrs. Robinson” 1968 and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” 1970.
There is something about Cecilia that makes me happy when I hear it. I like the unusual sounds in it.