Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison

Paul Simon once described his relationship with Mrs Chitty as ‘his most peaceful time’ and it was captured in his care-free lyrics.

She now lives in a small, detached three-bedoom house on a quiet cul-de-sac, and catches a bus each day to her job as an administrator for a technical college, where she has worked for 25 years. He also mentioned her in several of his greatest hits - including ‘America’ - and immortalised their romance in the haunting ‘Kathy’s Song’.īut Mrs Chitty could not cope with the huge attention from music journalists and fans while in a realtionship with Simon. Paul Simon - half of famous duo Simon and Garfunkel - was once so besotted with English teenager that they appeared together on his first record cover.

Kathleen Chitty is the woman who inspired one of America's greatest songwriters and helped launch his career to international stardom