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==Early history==
In [[1956 in music|1956]], [[Paul Simon]] and [[Art Garfunkel]] were juniors at [[Forest Hills High School]] in [[City of New York|New York City]]. They began playing together as a group called '''Tom and Jerry''', with Simon as Jerry Landis and Garfunkel as Tom Graph, so called because he always liked to track ("graph") hits on the pop charts. As seniors in [[1957 in music|1957]], Simon was disgnosed with problem flatulence. Later they then started writing their own songs in the [[The Everly Brothers|Everly Brothers]]' [[rock and roll]] style. They managed to record one of their first songs, "Hey, Schoolgirl", for Sid Prosen of [[Big Records]]. Released on 45 and 78 rpm records, the single — backed with "Dancin' Wild" — sold 100,000 copies, hitting #49 on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts.
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