1968
Grammy Award for Record of the Year for Mrs. Robinson
With Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee
1968
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance Vocal, Duo or Group for Mrs Robinson
With Art Garfunkel
1968
Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or a TV Special for The Graduate.
1969
Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year for Bookends
With Art Garfunkel
1969
First pitch for the New York Yankees opener in World Series
1970
First pitch for the New York Yankees opener in World Series
1971
Grammy Award for Record of the Year for Bridge Over Troubled Water
With Art Garfunkel
1971
Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971
Grammy Award for Song of the Year for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Record for Bridge Over Troubled Water
With Roy Halee
1973
Grammy Nomination Album Of The Year for There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
1973
Rolling Stone Award for American Tune as Song Of The Year
1976
Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Still Crazy After All These Years
1976
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Still Crazy After All These Years
1976
Rock Music Humanitarian Award for his contribution to the NY City Public Library
1977
British Britannia Award for Best International Pop Album of the past 25 years for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1977
British Britannia Award for Best International Pop Single of the past 25 years for Bridge Over Troubled Water
1978
Emmy Awards to The Paul Simon Special as Outstanding Writing In A Comedy-Variety Or Music Special
The award goes to Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels as screenplayers
1986
Honorary Doctorate of Music by Berklee College Of Music
1986
Paul Simon sings the National Anthem at Shea Stadium,New York during World Series Games
1987
Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Graceland.
1988
Grammy Award for Record of the Year for Graceland.
1987
Named as Songwriter of The Year and Comeback Of The Year by Rolling Stone Magazine
1988
British BPI Award for International Album of the Year for Graceland.
1989
Frederick D. Patterson Award by United Negro College Fund
1990
Simon & Garfunkel Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
1990
Plaque at Widnes Station, U.K., celebrating he wrote there the song Homeward Bound
1991
Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year for The Rhythm Of The Saints
1991
Grammy Nomination for Producer Of The Year for The Rhythm Of The Saints
With Roy Halee
1992
Emmy Award For Outstanding Individual Achievement In Technical Direction/Camera/Video For A Miniseries Or A Special to Paul Simon's Concert In Central Park
( ROY HALEE Audio Mixing, JAY VICARI Audio Mixing, RANDY EZRATTY Audio Mixing, STACEY FOSTER Audio Mixing, RICH TRAVALI Audio Mixing. HBO)
1997
Yale University Honorary Degree
1997
Delivarance commencement address at Queens College University, N.Y.
1998
Induction into Songwritter Hall of Fame
1998
The Johnny Mercer Award from The National Academy of Popular Music / Songwriters Hall of Fame
1998
Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for Bridge Over Troubled Water Album
1998
Tony Nomination for Original Musical Score for The Capeman
Music: Paul Simon, Lyrics: Paul Simon & Derek Walcott
1998
Tony Nomination for Scenic Designer for The Capeman
Bob Crowley
1998
Tony Nomination for Orchestration for The Capeman
Stanley Silverman
2001
Grammy Nomination for Album Of The Year for You´re The One
2001
Induction into Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as Paul Simon solo
2001
Person Of The Year. Rolling Stone Magazine
2001
MusiCares Person Of The Year by National Academy of Recording Arts
2002
The Kennedy Center Honors
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Dove Award from The Gospel Music Association
2002
Globe Awards nomination for Father And Daughter song
2002
Oscar Awards nomination for Father And Daughter song
2003
Grammy Award as member of Simon & Garfunkel for their lifetime achievement
2004
Special Award from Health Children Foundation to Simon & Garfunkel
On May 19 Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel, received a special honour from the Children's Health Fund because of their a million bucks donation to CHF. They were honoured in a special ceremony hosted by NBC's Al Roker at the fund's annual gala dinner. Simon´s wife Edie Brickell performed several songs in the event.
2004
Joe DiMaggio Award
On May 17, 2004 Paul Simon received the prestigious Joe DiMaggio Award in a gala dinner which took place at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, N.Y. Simon was introduced by Phil Ramone and he performed Mrs. Robinson along Garfunkel.
The Joe DiMaggio Award was established in 1999 in memory of baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio. Mr. DiMaggio was a friend and generous supporter of Xaverian High School and was the first individual to receive Xaverian's highest honor, the Concordia Award, in 1997. Upon his death in 1999, Xaverian's Concordia Award was renamed the Joe DiMaggio Award to memorialize Mr. DiMaggio's life-long commitment to the health, education, and well being of America's youth. To date, the DiMaggio Award has been presented to Mayor Rudy Giuliani, tenor Luciano Pavarotti, media legend Regis Philbin, legendary statesman Dr. Henry Kissinger, and publisher Mort Zuckerman. They share the distinction of being avid fans of Joe DiMaggio and benefactors of the school.
2005
Rock Icon Award from BMI
In the Grand Ballroom of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, BMI handed out more than fifty awards to worthy songwriters and publishers at the 53rd Annual BMI Pop Awards. Paul Simon recieved the top award, the Icon. BMI awards the Icon for what they describe as "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers." Paul Simon sang "Slip Slidin' Away". Brian Wilson took on "Sounds of Silence," Yolanda Adams crooned "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," Joss Stone delivered a reggae-flavored "Mother and Child Reunion," and two Maroon 5 members sang "Homeward Bound" as BMI's Icon Award was presented to Simon.
His songwriting catalog has earned 39 BMI Awards -- including multiple citations for "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Mrs. Robinson," "Scarborough Fair" and "The Sound of Silence" -- and amassed nearly 75 million broadcast airplays, according to BMI surveys.
PAUL SIMON´s BMI Awards List (39 BMI performance awards):
“The Boxer” – 1969, 1980 Pop Awards/1981 Country Award/Million-Air [3 million]
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – 1970-74 Pop Awards/Million-Air [6 million]
“Cecilia” – 1970 Pop Award/Million-Air [3 million]
“El Condor Pasa” (“If I Could”) – 1970-71 Pop Awards/Million-Air [2 million]
“Feelin’ Groovy” – 1967 Pop Award/Million-Air [4 million]
“Gone At Last” – 1975 Pop Award
“Hazy Shade Of Winter” – 1988 Pop Award/Million-Air
“Homeward Bound” – 1966 Pop Award/Million-Air [4 million]
“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” – 1976 Pop Award/Million-Air [2 million]
“I Am A Rock”– 1966 Pop Award/Million-Air [3 million]
“Kodachrome” – 1973 Pop Award/Million-Air [3 million]
“Late In the Evening” – 1980 Pop Award/Million-Air
“Loves Me Like A Rock” – 1973-74 Pop Awards/Million-Air [3 million]
“Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” – 1972 Pop Award/Million-Air
“Mother and Child Reunion” – 1972 Pop Award/Million-Air [2 million]
“Mrs. Robinson” – 1968-72 Pop Awards/Million-Air [7 million]
“My Little Town” – 1975 Pop Award/Million-Air
“Red Rubber Ball” – 1966 Pop Award/Million-Air [2 million]
“Scarborough Fair” – 1968-69 Pop Awards/Million-Air [6 million]
“Slip Slidin’ Away” – 1977-78 Pop Awards/Million-Air [2 million]
“Sound Of Silence” – 1965, 1968 Pop Awards/Million-Air [7 million]
“Still Crazy After All These Years” – Million-Air
“Work It” – 2003 Pop Award/2003 Urban Award
“You Can Call Me Al” – 1987 Pop Award/Million-Air [2 million]
2006
Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award
Paul Simon and his music were celebrated with an award and an outdoor concert as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Festival organizers presented Paul Simon with the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award after his July 5th concert, held in conjunction with the festival. The award, a statue based on a Miles Davis self-portrait, was awarded for the first time to Simon, for integrating the spirit of jazz into his music. One night earlier, on July 4th, the festival organized a large celebration of Paul Simon's songs, inviting local and international musicians to perform the sounds of Simon at a free outdoor concert in front of about 100,000 people in downtown Montreal
2006
The Albert B. Sabin Annual Awards- 2006 Humanitarian Award
2007
We Are Family Foundation Award
On April 24 Paul Simon accepted an award from the We Are Family Foundation which was started in September 2001 by Nile Rodgers, the famous music producer and leader of Chic, and Nancy Hunt. Since then, they have raised millions of dollars and built schools in South Africa and South America. It´s pretty impressive stuff. Last night, they raised more than $1 million. Of course, the annual fundraiser is all about music
2007
1ST GERSHWIN AWARD BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Simon has become the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, named in honor of George and Ira Gershwin. As the Mark Twain Prize has done for American humor, the annual Gershwin Prize will honor an American composer or performer "whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins," the library says. The same producers who originated the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 1998 have been working to establish a popular-music corollary since 2000.
On May 22 Simon received the prize in an invitation-only ceremony in the library's Great Hall, followed by a gala concert Wednesday 23 at the Warner Theatre. There Paul took the stage with Stevie Wonder for a duet of Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. And Ladysmith Black Mambazo returned to join him on Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes. Upon finishing, Simon told the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you." Many hollered back, "Thank you," which was met with cheers. Simon introduced "my dear friend" Art Garfunkel, greeting him with a hug, and the two sang their 1970 hits Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia. For a finale, Wonder and Simon did Loves Me Like a Rock backed by the gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds, who performed on the 1973 recording. Before Simon's appearance, the most raucous reception was earned by Lovett and Buckwheat Zydeco in their rousing performance of the Cajun-flavored That Was Your Mother. Other highlights: James Taylor's subtle version of Still Crazy After All These Years, Marc Anthony's hip-shaking delivery of Late in the Evening, Krauss' return to the stage to singGracelandand Simon on his own tender Father and Daughter, from the movie The Wild Thornberrys. A backing band performed below an artificial facade of the Library of Congress. Video highlights ran throughout the night, including a collection of Saturday Night Liveclips introduced by creator (and Simon pal and neighbor) Lorne Michaels. One showed Simon singing Still Crazy After All These Years in a turkey costume.
Librarian of Congress James Billington presented the award to Simon at a Tuesday dinner. At the same time, the 12-time Grammy winner announced plans to add his song notes for Graceland to the library, joining original manuscripts by Leonard Bernstein, John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, and Ira and George Gershwin, for whom the award is named.
According to James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, "Paul Simon's contribution has been very special and deserving of recognition, as indicated by the quality of people coming to this event. . . . As our first designee, we made it clear that real musical craftmanship is involved, as well as a lifetime of achievement, continued growth and diversification."
The Library of Congress will receive the extensive works-in-progress archives Simon has been keeping since he began "Graceland," written notes on yellow legal pads tracing how songs were made lyrically and CDs "of every little phase of a recording that typically starts with a drum pattern, or three or four, then edits and evolution and additions," he explains. "It may go on for months before you start to hear a vocal come down, and by the time you complete the process, you can hear every little nuance of what I decided to change in phrasing. It's pretty interesting to be able to document it so effortlessly."
© Jose Maria Escudero 2007