Fifty years, a dozen GRAMMYr Awards . . . you'd better believe Paul Simon has left his mark all over the face of pop music. The Roches (two of whom guested on Simon's second solo album) carry an S&G-st …

If you ever wanted to burrow into a Hall of Fame songwriter's brain to discover how his songs evolve from blank page to brilliant performance, our First Drafts playlist grants you that ultra-rare peek  …

Paul Simon isn't merely one of the most covered, but one of the most widely covered, artists of his -or, for that matter, any- generation. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, gives "Bridge Over Trouble …