 In 2008,
Garfunkel was ranked 86th in "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of Rose (née Pearlman) and Jacob "Jack" Garfunkel, a traveling salesman.Art is a middle child with two brothers, the older named Jules and the younger named Jerome.