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  • Mother And Child Reunion
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  • Columbia Records singles
  • 1972 singles
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  • Song recordings produced by Paul Simon
  • Song recordings produced by Roy Halee
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  • Paul Simon songs
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  • %22Mother and Child Reunion%22 is a song by Paul Simon on his album, Paul Simon (1972), his first solo album after Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was released as a single on February 5, 1972, reaching No. 1 in South Africa and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 57 song for 1972. It was one of the earliest songs by a white musician to feature prominent elements of reggae.The song was inspired by Simon's grief over the death of his family's dog, while he has said that the title has its origin in a chicken-and-egg dish called %22Mother and Child Reunion%22 that Simon saw on a Chinese restaurant's menu. James Benninghof wrote that Simon predicted the title event, the %22mother and child reunion,%22 while the second verse describes the effect of what happened on %22the strange and mournful day,%22 but without making clear what it was.The song was recorded at Dynamic Sounds Studios at Torrington Bridge in Kingston, Jamaica, with Jimmy Cliff's backing group. Guitarist Huks (%22Hux%22) Brown and bass guitarist Jackie Jackson were also long-time members of Toots & the Maytals. Cissy Houston sang background vocals on the recording.
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  • Paul Simon
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  • USSM17100570
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  • Roy Halee
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  • PT184.76514739S
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  • Columbia Records
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  • 1971
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  • Mother And Child Reunion
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