It was 52 years ago this week (March 7th to 13th, 1970) that Simon & Garfunkel's final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, began it's 10-consecutive-week run on top the Billboard 200. The collection, which was the band's fifth and final set, displaced Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin III from the top spot.
Bridge Over Troubled Water was released on January 26th, 1970 and spawned four Top 20 singles — “The Boxer” (Number Seven) — which pre-dated the album by 10 months; “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Number One); “Cecilia” (Number Four); and “El Condor Pasa (If I Could)” (Number 18).
The album enjoyed an 85-week stay on the chart, and has been certified eight times platinum for sales of eight million units.