January 26, 1970 –
Simon and Garfunkle’s fifth and last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, was released on this date. The album went on to be the biggest selling ever for Columbia Records.
The title song, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, is one of the most-covered songs ever. In the ‘70s, so many people sang a version that it became a bit of a joke, the punch line being that most renditions were terrible, as the song is very hard to sing with any competence. Years later, the Lynyrd Skynyrd song Free Bird reached a similar level of musical ubiquity.
The Haus of Dcaligari 