Joining it will be Chubby Checker's 1960's dance hit The Twist and Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel.

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Bagpipers opened the gathering, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus sang the national anthem, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed, and Paul Simon played his classic song The Sounds Of Silence.

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Later, the 1966 album "Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was a hit in its day but not before the duo struggled and split early on.

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Its subsequent success prompted the duo to reunite and record another album entitled Sounds of Silence in 1966, which Garfunkel said was a life changer for him and his partner, Simon.

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It catches investors when their guard is low but their trust is high, and once a co-worker or colleague confirms its working for them, the sounds of a cash register ringing can silence more rationale thoughts.

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Because of the grant that went to this company, we can hear the sounds of machines humming and people doing their work, instead of just the ghostly silence of an emptied-out building and the memory of workers who were laid off a long time ago.

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Search and rescue teams toiled through the night, working in silence so as not to miss sounds of life.

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There are sounds of banging and screaming and her last words 'please don't' and there is silence.

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