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Riverdale, Bronx, New York,
U.Early career
2 1980s
3 1990s
4 2000s
5 Family
6 Awards and recognition
7 Discography
7.Carly Simon for Elektra Records.Anticipation, the title cut from which also received significant airplay.Simon's breakthrough LP was 1972's No Secrets.The album spawned several successful singles, including Simon's biggest hit, "You're So Vain"."New York Suite 409" and on Livingston Taylor's album Over The Rainbow singing with both Livingston and James Taylor on the songs "Loving Be My New Horizon" and "Pretty Woman".Hotcakes (1974) and Playing Possum (1975).Rush on "No Regrets" and as backup on "Claim On Me".The Best of Carly Simon.It was a taped, not live, appearance during which she sang two songs: "Half A Chance" and "You're So Vain".Simon contribute backup vocals on the song "Peter" on Peter Ivers's album Peter Ivers.Libby Titus's album Libby Titus and sang backup on two songs, "Can This Be Our Love Affair?"Her sales began moderating with 1975's Playing Possum, and 1976's Another Passenger but in 1977 she had a hit with "Nobody Does It Better" from the soundtrack to the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.US hit after "You're So Vain".This led to the 1978 hit album Boys in the Trees which produced another top ten hit, "You Belong to Me".Simon and Taylor would also sing backup on one song, "Power", from Hall's next album, also titled Power (1979).On November 2, 1978 Simon was the guest vocalist on the song "I Live In The Woods" at a live, four hour concert by Burt Bacharach and the Houston Symphony Orchestra at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas.All the songs at that concert became Bacharach's album Woman, which was released in 1979.From 1972 to 1979 Simon sang backup vocals on the following James Taylor songs and albums (not counting compilations): "One Man Parade" from 1972's One Man Dog, "Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now", "Let It All Fall Down", "Me And My Guitar", "Daddy's Baby" and "Ain't No Song" from 1974's Walking Man, "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" from 1975's Gorilla, "Shower the People", "A Junkie's Lament", "Slow Burning Love" and "Family Man" from 1976's In the Pocket, and "B.In 1980, Simon signed with Elektra sister label Warner Bros.She subsequently largely retired from performing in the 1980s.Simon also contributed the song "Be With Me" to the 1980 album In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record produced by her sister Lucy and Lucy's husband, David Levine.Both albums won the Grammy for Best Album for Children.She had another minor UK success with the single "Kissing With Confidence", a song off the 1983 album Dancing For Mental Health by Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith)."Lonesome Ranger" with Lofgren).By this time her sales were dropping and Warner discharged her.Because of its lackluster sales, Epic dropped her.In 1987 Simon signed with Arista Records.The album was her first platinum release in nine years.These and older songs were featured in a picturesque HBO special set on Martha's Vineyard.This album continued her comeback and was also certified platinum by the RIAA in 1996.She also wrote the theme songs to several movies, including "Something More" for the 1982 movie Love Child, "Someone Waits For You" for the 1984 movie Swing Shift, "All The Love In The World" for the 1985 TV movie Torchlight as well as "It's Hard To Be Tender" for the 1986 TV miniseries Sins and "Love Of My Life" for 1992's This Is My Life.McAuliffe was a Simon fan, and had taken a cassette of her music on board the shuttle.Her second children's book, "The Boy of the Bells" was also published in 1990 and she wrote the score for the 1990 film Postcards From The Edge.In 1991, Simon wrote her third children's book, "The Fisherman's Song" based on the song of the same name from her 1990 album "Have You Seen Me Lately".The soundtrack was released simultaneously with the movie.In 1993 she contributed the song "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" for the film Sleepless In Seattle, and also recorded the same song in combo with "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" with Frank Sinatra for his album Duets.Simon recording a contemporary opera called Romulus Hunt, having been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Association and the Kennedy Center, and published of her fourth children's book, "The Nighttime Chauffeur".That same year Simon recorded another album of original songs, Letters Never Sent and contributed a Christmas song, "The Night Before Christmas" to the movie and soundtrack Mixed Nuts.It was also released on VHS in December of that year.That same year Clouds In My Coffee, a box set of her work from 1965 to 1995 was released.She performed a duet with Mindy Jostyn on the song "Time, Be On My Side" on Jostyn's 1995 album Five Miles From Hope.Simon wrote the theme songs to several movies, including "Two Little Sisters" from the 1996 movie Marvin's Room and "In Two Straight Lines" from the 1998 movie Madeline.In 2001, Simon performed on "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" with Janet Jackson on Jackson's album All for You.In November of 2001, "Let the River Run" was used in a public service ad for the United States Postal Service.Entitled "Pride", it was produced to boost public confidence and postal worker morale in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2001 Anthrax attacks.Christmas album with two extra tracks and called Christmas Is Almost Here Again on Rhino Records.The two extra tracks, "White Christmas" and "Forgive" were also released as a single.Several of her songs were also featured in the 2004 movie Little Black Book starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter.Simon appears in a cameo role as herself at the end of the movie.Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, which peaked at number 22 on the Billboard charts that year.It debuted at number 7 on the Billboard charts, her highest debut since Hotcakes in 1973.Simon also sang a duet, "Angel Of The Darkest Night", with Mindy Jostyn on Jostyn's 2005 album Coming Home which was released several months after Jostyn's death on March 10, 2005.That album, Into White featured covers of songs by Cat Stevens, Judy Garland, The Beatles and the Everly Brothers as well as two new songs.It also features the vocal collaborations of her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor, both accomplished artists.Released January 2, 2007, it became Billboard Magazine's "hot shot debut", entering the chart at number 15."Forgive" is a song Simon wrote for her own holiday album from 2003, Christmas Is Almost Here Again.Vineyard Haven named Midnight Farm, the title of one of her series of children's books from the late 1980s and 1990s.Family
Simon's father was Richard L.Carly was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City and has two older sisters, Joanna (b.James Taylor on November 3, 1972.Simon and Taylor had two children, Sarah Maria ("Sally") born January 7, 1974 and Benjamin Simon ("Ben") Taylor born January 22, 1977, both of whom are musicians and political activists.Simon and Taylor divorced in 1983.Prior to her marriage to Taylor, Simon had been romantically linked to Mick Jagger, Cat Stevens, Kris Kristofferson, and Warren Beatty and each has been put forward as the inspiration of her hit single "You're So Vain" written in 1972.Simon was engaged to musician Russ Kunkel from 1985 to 1986.Simon married James Hart, a writer, poet, and businessman, on December 23, 1987.The couple divorced in 2007.Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, 1990, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.Academy Award:
Best Song, 1988, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.Other awards:
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.For a detailed discography, see Carly Simon discography.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.In an effort to make Simon more comfortable while performing, an entire 1988 episode of Late Night With David Letterman was broadcast from a hotel room at the Milford Plaza in New York.During the 1990s the New York press reported on a supposed incident between Simon and the Pretenders' lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, at a Joni Mitchell concert at New York's Fez Club.The verbal confrontation between the two led to Simon's exit from the concert after a noisy Hynde insulted Simon.Carly Simon Web Site."So Carly, just who is 'You're So Vain' about?"Whenever I do a search on "Carly Simon", I inevitably get a link to a story about you and Chrissie Hynde getting into a fight at a concert.Chrissie Hynde at the Fez several years ago when Joni Mitchell played there?Shoreline, Washington
Well, Chrissie was a bit intoxicated and was yelling out during Joni's performance which needless to say, everybody wanted to hear.Chrissie was sitting right next to me and I asked her to be a little quieter.No one else would have dared say that to her, but me, stupid me, didn't know it was Chrissie.That's all it was about.It was just one of those things.The Pretenders Where Has Everybody Gone?This page was last modified 00:06, 11 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Vain, and over 30 years later interviewers are still asking her this
same question....................................Mick Jagger and that I have fooled
him into actually singing on it, that I pulled that ruse.And some of
the people think it's about James.It certainly sounds like it was about Warren Beatty.Warren, it seems, was not
a particularly good boyfriend.But he doesn't do that secondary act
very well now."That people would be THAT into what I was
thinking about, that's the greatest ego trip anybody could have....And for that very reason, of course, I can never give it away.Carly: Was You're So Vain about Warren Beatty?And did Mick Jagger sing vocals on that?I've never, ever told who You're So Vain is about.But I will tell you
since you're so very pretty in that pink sweater....Sawyer: You're So Vain is about...Who cares, I can't believe people care, you know?It was a riddle a
long time ago and it's best, as all those riddles are, it's best unsolved.McEwen: How did you get Mick Jagger to sing on You're So Vain?Well, there was originally a song that had the melody of what is now
You're So Vain, called Bless You Ben.Well, maybe a little bit.So Vain was just a series of lines in a notebook for a long time.Braver: Everyone thinks You're So Vain is about Mick Jagger.Oh, you know, don't listen to what other people tell you.Well, do you want to solve that mystery for me?You know, I could never really solve it because if I did, then no
one would have anything to talk to me about.Press picked up the story and newspapers, television and radio shows
around the world immediately followed.News went on record with his firm opinion that song was about Warren
Beatty.Ebersol alone will
learn Carly's closely guarded secret.Maybe I could disclose another letter.Laughter) Ok, we'll be asking you about this for the next thirty years.You can order it now from Amazon.New Album "Into White" (Updated)
Carly's next album will be titled "Into White" and will be released by Columbia on January 2, 2007."Devoted To You"), The Beatles ("Blackbird"), Harry Belafonte ("Jamaica Farewell"), James Taylor ("You Can Close Your Eyes"), Stephen Foster, the 19th century father of American song ("Oh!Queen Mary DVD
Carly has announced a new DVD, "A Moonlight Serenade On The Queen Mary 2."Carly Is Touring
See CarlySimon.The CD will ship on September 6.See Ben Taylor Online for more details.DVD features the regular CD audio on one side and DVD content on the other side, including documentary footage, photos, and interviews with Carly.Carly On "The Early Show"
Carly will perform on CBS television's "The Early Show" on July 20.See the Tour page for all upcoming appearances.New Carly Forum
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1.By clicking any links above, the iTunes application will launch or you will be prompted to download iTunes if you don't have it.Simon and Schuster publishing company), Simon got her start in music as part of a duo with her sister Lucy (who later wrote the music for the Broadway show The Secret Garden).The Simon Sisters had a chart single with "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod" in April 1964.Grammy Award for Best New Artist.Mick Jagger, one of those suggested, sang backup on the recording.Playing Possum (April 1975), containing the Top 40 hit "Attitude Dancing," was another Top Ten LP.Top Ten hit "You Belong to Me" and a Top 40 duet cover of "Devoted to You" with Taylor.In 1982, Simon scored a Top Ten U."Why," a song produced by the disco group Chic from the movie Soup for One.In 1983, she returned to the U."Let the River Run" from the film Working Girl in 1988.September), an album of original songs.She scored the film This Is My Life in 1992.In 1993, Simon's "family opera," Romulus Hunt, premiered and was released on record.Film Noir followed two years later, and in the spring of 2000 Simon returned with her first record of original material in six years, The Bedroom Tapes.Moonlight Serenade, in 2005.Some of the information on this page is provided by All Music Guide and does not necessarily reflect the views of Ticketmaster.By continuing past this page, you agree to abide by these terms.All Music Guide is a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.URL for paid search terms.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Hours() * 3600 + currentTime.Minutes() * 60 + currentTime.See all 14 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.Want it delivered Thursday, January 17?Try our music sampler to hear song samples from this album.Get Carly Simon Ringtones.Instant Ringtones in 30 Seconds.No Credit Card Required.Buy the sheet music for Carly simon at Sheet Music Plus.The easiest way to shoot video reviews.Carly was left to mix the album by herself.Carly's freshman entry really was a great start.Get lost in the music, and enjoy a moment of great music.When I was 12, during 1973, I fell in love with Carly Simon."Anticipation" and then finally, "Carly Simon", her eponymous debut, which is the subject of this review.Yes, musically, "Carly Simon" has something for everyone and it's all wrapped up tight in the exciting performances a truly versatile artist such as Carly Simon can give.And speaking of her songwriting, "Carly Simon" is an album that, lyrically, says things to which everyone can relate: memories in "The Best Thing" and "One More Time", pondering life and the future in "Another Door", errant lovers in "Just A Sinner" and "Dan, My Fling", reunions tinged with the melancholy of an absent someone in "Reunions", independence in "Alone", acceptance and hope in "The Love's Still Growing", whimsical delight in "Rolling Down The Hills" and marriage in "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be".So, please, don't ignore this wonderful album especially if you enjoy some or all of Carly's other work.Carly's debut album was criticized for not living up to the standard of its leadoff single, the classic "That's The Way I've Always Heard It should Be."However, this is a beautiful debut and Carly displays herself as an ample interpreter of numerous styles, from country and blues, to ballads and folk.""The Love's Still Growing," is the album's brooding closer that matches the sonic tone of ANTICIPATION'S "Three Days," despite the fact this was one song she didn't pen.Tracks on this album that I don't particularly care for are "Just A Sinner" and "Dan, My Fling."Nevertheless, this is a strong debut from Carly Simon that deserves a reevaluation.After all, she WAS just starting out and it's rare if you ask me for an artist's later work to be on a par with her debut.See all 14 customer reviews...What does a legend sound like............I'm a pretty new Carly Simon fan.Still Carly still great!Carly Simons work at the age of 22 (based on "let the river run") and constantly noting with each CD i have...WHEN IT COMES TO CARLY SIMON ALBUMS, I NEVER KNEW QUITE WHAT TO THINK OF THIS, HER DEBUT ELEKTRA RELEASE.Out First Album
What a way to begin a music career.Carly Simon Albums I didn't buy over the years.See all 14 customer reviews...Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.The magic of Carly Simon.Using your checking account at Amazon.Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?Visit our Help department.Download Carly Simon Ringtones Instantly to your Cell.Entertainment Unlimited by Ted Fass can provide Carly Simon for your show or corporate event.The album was released by Elektra Records and produced by Eddie Kramer, who had previously worked with Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix.The album included her first big hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", a sombre ballad centered on a woman pondering marriage with a sense of both inevitability and entrapment."The Love's Still Growing" (B.This page was last modified 03:24, 29 July 2007.See Copyrights for details.The Simon Sisters had a chart single with "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod" in April 1964.Jacob Brackman that reached the Top Ten.Have You Seen Me
Lately?Simon abruptly disappeared from the charts after 1980, but has continued
to record and sometimes tour.In 1964, Carly and sister Lucy Simon charted a folk single, "Winken, Blinken And Nod," but didn't record again for several years.An album for children, but since I don't know how to review those, I'll
just treat it as if it were for adults.After this
release, Lucy mostly retired from the music business, which
is unfortunate for us: her melodies are invariably strong, close to
Renaissance or baroque vocal music rather than the usual 60s folk, and
her voice is as clear and effortless as Carly's own, without the shrillness.The project is slight, perhaps, but extremely well rendered.If the rest of the album
were near the same level of quality, this would be an astonishing debut,
but it's not: many of Simon's compositions are unimaginative ("One More
Time") and betray an embarrassing longhairs vs.There are other
indications of Simon's writing talent ("Reunions"), but more in a "signs
of things to come" way than in a "Woah, let's listen to that one again"
way.Simon accompanied by acoustic guitar, piano or both."The Girl You Think You See")."The Right Thing To Do" was also a
major hit.Simon, though, played piano or acoustic guitar on every one of her
compositions.Hotcakes (1974)
Far less ambitious, musically and lyrically, with uninteresting love
songs ("Mind On My Man," "Just Not True") and silly wastes of time like
Taylor's title track.The childhood reminisces aren't as sharply
detailed or as insightful, though they're still clever ("Grownup," "Big
Sister"), and the songs with the most interesting lyrics ("Misfit,"
"Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby") have the most predictable melodic
development.The gimmicky cover of the children's song "Mockingbird" (a
duet with Taylor) sailed into the Top Ten, and the album followed.John, Bobby Keys,
Michael Brecker (all on "Mockingbird")."Sons Of Summer" by Billy Mernit, "More And More") and sluggish
pop.Taylor is on a few tracks, notably
including "Waterfall.""He Likes To Roll," with Laurindo Almeida on
guitar).There are also a couple of story songs that don't
add up to much ("Cow Town," "Libby"), just coasting on their Adult
Contemporary groove.Produced by Ted Templeman.Arif Mardin's production is uninventive, and
numbers like "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)" and "You're The One" are
sickeningly slick.Simon compositions: "In A Small
Moment," the title track, and the fascinating "Haunting."David Sanborn,
Hamish Stuart, Alex Ligertwood and
Luther Vandross.Spy (1979)
Mardin again, and the disc bombed.The good news
is, the mood pieces are better rendered than on Possum, with some
thoughtful orchestrations from Mardin ("We're So Close," "Love You By
Heart").Joni Mitchell's Hejira period, "The
Desert."Several of the
compositions aren't particularly interesting to start with, like
Nicholas Holmes' "Blue Of Blue" and "Hurt" by Jimmie Crane and Al
Jacobs.Musicians include Phil Woods, Anthony Jackson and Grady Tate, plus the
regulars.Simon, and Jimmy Bralower adds
some Linn electronic drums.Rarely have so many producers produced so little.Smith to Arthur Baker to Phil Ramone
takes a shot here, but they all follow the same recipe: layers of synth plus mechanical drums plus chorusy rhythm guitar
equals the same crappy mainstream sound that was everywhere in the 80s.The sound is so unvarying from track to track there's no
any point in discussing specific compositions.It's not much worse than Torch, but it's certainly less ambitious.Smith and Andy Goldmark.Bone Wolk, this is heavy on big hits
performed exactly like the studio versions ("Nobody Does It
Better," "The Right Thing To Do," "Anticipation," etc.Carly doesn't interact with the
audience at all, making the experience more hermetic.Hugh McCracken and Jimmy
Ryan (guitars), and Michael Brecker
(sax).Working Girl (1989)
I don't know how much of this movie soundtrack is her work, but her "Let
The River Run" won an Oscar.My Romance (1990)
Another collection of standards and show tunes, largely by Rodgers and
Hart ("Bewitched," title track)."Something Wonderful," "Time After
Time").The one original, "What Has She Got," is a decent enough
take on the musty theme "I've got the material things, she's got you."Michael Brecker is the featured
soloist, and a string section is used tastefully.Jimmy Bralower (drum programming).Since
even the high points are on familiar ground, this is not of general
interest, but it's generally inoffensive and capably arranged.Simon wrote everything here, and though the concept is unsent
letters set to music, it's really just another batch of love songs.Broadway composers:
Cole Porter ("Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"), Johnny Mercer ("Laura"), Hoagy Carmichael ("Two Sleepy People"), etc.Frank Loesser's "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year), and every track wallows in strings.John Travolta, whose duet on "Two Sleepy People" is hilariously bad.The Bedroom Tapes (2000)
A collection of tunes Simon wrote and partly performed (on guitar, keyboards, and drum programming) in a bedroom of her house.It's Carly Simon in top form in every area except the most important one: her songwriting.Gadd, Larry Ciancia, Shawn Pelton (drums); The Rankin Sisters, Jill Dell'Abate and Ben Taylor (backing vocals).Carly, you probably think this page is about you. |
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