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Bluedreamer's Choice No 28
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"Bridge over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's final album together, released January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album "Simon & Garfunkel, Live 1969." It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge over Troubled Water" also topped the adult contemporary chart in the U.S. for six weeks. Rolling Stone named it number 47 on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The single won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in the Grammy Awards of 1971, with its album also winning several awards in the same year. A gospel-inspired cover version by Aretha Franklin, taken from her album Aretha Live at Fillmore West, reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and number six on the pop chart.. and later won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in the 1972 awards. Elvis Presley recorded it in Nashville on June 5, 1970, and it was released on the 1970 album That's the Way It Is. The Supremes recorded a version in 1970. The Jackson 5 covered the song on their Third Album in 1970. Roberta Flack covered the song on her album Quiet Fire in 1971. Willie Nelson covered the song on his 1982 album Always on My Mind. American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken performed this song on the Season 2 Finale.***************************
These Top 50 songs are based on my personal choice and are not listed in order
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