Bookend topped the charts

August 28, 1968 –
Simon & Garfunkel’s
fourth studio album, Bookends, went to No. 1 on the U.K. Billboard charts on this date.

At the 1969 Grammy ceremony, Simon & Garfunkel won the Record of the Year and Best Contemporary-Pop Performance by a Vocal Duo or Group awards for Mrs. Robinson.

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