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On June 16, 1967, the duo performed at the Monterey Pop Festival.

That same year, Simon and Garfunkel contributed heavily to the soundtrack to Mike Nichols ' film The Graduate, which was released on January 21, 1968, and instantly rose to No. 1 as an album.

According to a Variety article by Peter Bart in the May 15, 2005, issue, Nichols had become obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel's music while shooting the film.

Larry Turman, his producer, made a deal for Simon to write three new songs for the film.

By the time they were nearly finished editing the film, Simon had written only one new song.

Nichols begged him for more but Simon, who was touring constantly, told him he didn't have the time.

He did play him a few notes of a new song he had been working on ; " It's not for the movie ... it's a song about times past — about Mrs. Roosevelt and Joe DiMaggio and stuff.

" Nichols advised Simon, " It's now about Mrs. Robinson, not Mrs. Roosevelt.