# The bizarre custody battle Simon and Garfunkel had over their favourite producers: “The three great engineers”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-bizarre-custody-battle-simon-and-garfunkel-had-over-their-favourite-producers-the-three-great-engineers/
- Published: 2026-11-03T15:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T01:14:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bizarre-custody-battle-simon-and-garfunkel-producers/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Music, Offbeat, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- The former partners disputed which engineers would join their solo projects.
- Columbia’s Clive Davis assigned Roy Halee to Garfunkel.
- Paul Simon went on to work with Phil Ramone.

## Summary

Simon and Garfunkel’s breakup extended to a dispute over which recording engineers would work with them on solo albums. Their manager, Mort Lewis, said the pair envied each other’s roles: Simon felt Garfunkel was the star, while Garfunkel resented Simon’s control as the songwriter.

The article identifies three engineers they valued: Phil Ramone, Roy Halee and Tom Dowd, who had moved to Miami. After Simon’s first solo album, Columbia chief Clive Davis decided Halee would work with Garfunkel, so Simon turned to Ramone. Ramone went on to produce several of Simon’s albums, including *There Goes Rhymin’ Simon* and *Still Crazy After All These Years*.

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