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'''Carly Elisabeth Simon''' (born ], ] in ]) is an ], ] and two-time ] winning ] ] who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s ] movement. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. '''Carly Elisabeth Simon''' (born ], ] in ]) is an ], ] and two-time ] winning ] ] who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s ] movement. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.


==Biography==
===Family===
Simon's father was ] (co-founder of ]), an accomplished pianist who often played ] and ] at home. Her mother was ] (née Heinemann), a biracial<ref>http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/carlysimon261058.html</ref> (black and Jewish) civil rights activist and singer. Carly was raised in the ] neighborhood of the ], ] and has two older sisters, ] (b. 1940) and ] (b. 1943), and a younger brother, ] (b. 1947).


Simon married fellow singer-songwriter ] on ], ]. Simon and Taylor had two children, ] born ], ] and ] Taylor born ], ], both of whom are musicians and political activists. Simon and Taylor divorced in 1983.

She has been married to ], a writer, poet, and businessman, since ], ].

===Early career===
Carly Simon's musical career began with a short-lived attempt with her sister ] as ]. They had a minor hit in ] called "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod" and made three albums together before Lucy left to get married and start a family. After that Carly hooked up with eclectic New York rockers ] for about six months. She also appeared in the ] ] movie ] where she played an auditioning singer and sang the song "Long Term Physical Effects" which was included in '']'', the 1971 soundtrack for the movie.

Her solo music career began in ] with the self-titled '']'' for ]. The album contained her breakthrough top-ten hit – the haunting, bleak suburban melodrama "]" – and was followed quickly by a second album, '']'', the title cut from which also received significant airplay.

Simon's major breakthrough LP, though, was ]'s '']''. The album spawned several successful singles, including Simon's biggest hit, "]". (See that article for the enduring mystery of who the song is about.)

In 1973 Simon performed on ]'s album ''Lee Clayton'' co-singing on the song "New York Suite 409" and on ]'s album '']'' singing with both Livingston and James Taylor on the songs "Loving Be My New Horizon" and "Pretty Woman".

She followed up the success of ''No Secrets'' with the well-received albums '']'' (]) and '']'' (]). In 1974 Simon also performed on ]'s album ''Ladies Love Outlaws'', co-singing with Rush on "No Regrets" and as backup on "Claim On Me". In ] ] also released her first greatest-hits album '']''. '']'' was released in ].

On ], ], Simon made her only appearance on '']''. It was a taped, not live, appearance during which she sang two songs: "Half A Chance" and "You're So Vain". 1976 also saw Simon contribute backup vocals on the song "Peter" on ]'s album ''Peter Ivers''. In 1977 Simon co-produced ]'s album ''Libby Titus'' and sang backup on two songs, "Can This Be Our Love Affair?" and "Darkness 'Til Dawn".

Her sales began moderating, but in ] she would have a hit with "]" from the soundtrack to the ] film '']''. Charting at #2, this was her second-biggest US hit after "You're So Vain".

Simon's 1978 album '']'' produced another top ten hit, "You Belong to Me". Also in 1978, Simon and James Taylor sang backup vocals on two songs for Taylor's sister ]'s album '']'': "Happy Birthday Sweet Darling" and "Jason & Ida". Simon and Taylor also sang backup on three songs on ]'s debut solo album ''John Hall'', "The Fault", "Good Enough" and "Voyagers". Simon and Taylor would also sing backup on one song, "Power", from Hall's next album, also titled ''Power'' (1979).

On ], ] Simon was the guest vocalist on the song "I Live In The Woods" at a live, four-hour concert by ] and the ] at Jones Hall in ]. All the songs at that concert became Bacharach's album '']'', which was released in ]. That year, shortly after the ] nuclear accident, from September 19 to September 22, a series of concerts were held at New York's ] sponsored by MUSE (]), a group of musicians against nuclear power, co-founded by John Hall. Always politically active, Simon and James Taylor were part of the concerts which later became a film documentary as well as a soundtrack called '']''.
Simon finished the decade with her last album for ] called '']'', 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 '']'', "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 '']'', "]" from 1975's '']'', "Shower the People", "A Junkie's Lament", "Slow Burning Love" and "Family Man" from 1976's '']'', and "B.S.U.R." from 1979's '']''. She also co-wrote with Taylor the song "Terra Nova" on his 1977 album '']''. At the end of the song, Simon sang what has come to be known as "Lambert's Cove".

===1980s===
In ], Simon signed with ]. During a show in ], ] while touring to promote her album, '']'', Simon collapsed onstage of exhaustion. She subsequently largely retired from performing in the 1980s. She had a top 20 hit with the single, "Jesse", from that album. Simon also contributed the song "Be With Me" to the ] album '']'' produced by her sister ] and Lucy's husband, David Levine. Simon can also be heard on the song "In Harmony" along with other members of the Simon/Taylor families. Carly and Lucy contributed a "]" song called "Maryanne" to the ] follow-up album '']'', also produced by Lucy and her husband. Both albums won the ] for ].

'']'' (]) was an album of melancholy ] reflecting her mood at the time. "]" (]), from the soundtrack to the ] movie '']'', was a hit single in the UK (but stalled at #74 in the US). She had another minor UK success with the single "]", a song off the ] album '']'' by ] (actually ]). Simon was the uncredited singer of the song on the album. Still, few of her singles in the 1980s rose in the pop charts, although some did better among ] audiences. In ] she made her last album for Warner &mdash; '']''. That same year Simon performed on two albums, ''The Perfect Stranger'' by ] (co-singing on the song "Fight For It" with Young) and ''Wonderland'' by ] (co-singing on the song "Lonesome Ranger" with Lofgren). By this time her sales were dropping and Warner cut her loose. She was picked up by ] in ] and made only one album for them &mdash; '']''. Because of its lacklustre sales, Epic dropped her.

During this time Simon successfully contributed to several film scores, including the songs "If It Wasn't Love" for '']'' (1986), "Two Looking At One" for '']'' (1986), "Coming Around Again" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" for '']'' (1987), and "Let the River Run" for '']'' (for which she won the ] in 1988). The '']'' soundtrack came out in ]. In 1987 Simon signed with ]. Her first album for them, '']'' (]), was her strongest during this decade, as exemplified by the songs, "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of", "Give Me All Night", "All I Want Is You" and the title track, "Coming Around Again" which wove in and out of the children's song "Itsy Bitsy Spider". These and older songs were featured in a picturesque ] special set on ]. Most of these songs were compiled for her ] album &mdash; '']'', her second greatest hits album. She also wrote the theme songs to several movies, including "Something More" for the 1982 movie '']'', "Someone Waits For You" for the 1984 movie '']'', "All The Love In The World" for the 1985 TV movie '']'' as well as "It's Hard To Be Tender" for the 1986 TV miniseries '']'' and "Love Of My Life" for 1992's ''This Is My Life''. In 1987, Simon sang "The Turn Of The Tide" for a ] TV special called "Free to Be . . . A Family". The song was later included on the ] album '']''. In 1989 Simon's first of several children's books, "Amy the Dancing Bear" was published.

She also wrote a song called "]" as a tribute to ], who was supposed to be the first teacher in space, before she died in the ], when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff with McAuliffe on board on January 28, 1986. McAuliffe was a Simon fan, and had taken a cassette of her music on board the shuttle.

===1990s===
In 1990 Simon came out with two albums: her second standards album, '']'' and '']'', her first album of original songs since 1987. Her second children's book, "The Boy of the Bells" was also published in 1990 and she wrote the score for the 1990 film '']''. 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". That same year, Simon performed a duet with ] on the song "The Last Night Of The World" (from the ] musical) on Domingo's album ''The Broadway I Love''. A year later Simon was asked to write the music for the ] film "This Is My Life". The soundtrack was released at the same time as the movie. 1993 was a busy year for Simon. She contributed the song "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" for the film '']''. That year she also recorded the same song, "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", in combo with "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" with ] for his album '']''.

1993 also saw Simon recording a contemporary opera called '']'', having been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Association and the Kennedy Center, as well as the publishing of her fourth children's book, "The Nighttime Chauffeur". She also contributed to ]'s album ''Eolian Minstrel''. Simon co-wrote the song "Private Fires" with Vollenweider and was the featured vocalist on the song.

1994 brought a cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for ]' 1994 film ''Baseball'' as well as a recording of "I've Got a Crush On You" for ]'s covers album ''The Glory of Gershwin''. That same year Simon recorded another album of original songs, '']'' and contributed a Christmas song, "The Night Before Christmas" to the movie and soundtrack ]. In April, 1995, Simon surprised thousands of commuters at New York's ] with an unannounced performance which was filmed for a Lifetime Television Special. It was also released on VHS in December of that year. Also in 1995 she put aside years of ] long enough to stage an American concert tour in conjunction with ]. That same year '']'', a box set of her work from 1965 to 1995, was released. On ], 1995, Simon made a rare joint appearance with her ex-husband James Taylor for a concert on Martha's Vineyard dubbed "Livestock '95", a benefit for the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society. Over 10,000 fans attended. She also performed a duet with ] 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 '']'' and "In Two Straight Lines" from the 1998 movie '']''. 1997 saw the release of Simon's third standards album, '']'', as well as her fifth children's book, "Midnight Farm". In 1998, Simon was diagnosed with ] and had a mastectomy and received chemotherapy. In 1999 '']'', her third greatest hits album, was released in the United Kingdom first and eventually in the USA. That year Simon also was the featured vocalist for the song "Your Silver Key" on the album ''Cosmopoly'' by Andreas Vollenweider.

===2000s===
In ] she returned from her illness with '']'', her first album of original songs in almost six years. In ], Simon performed on "]" with ] on Jackson's album '']''. She also contributed back-up vocals on two songs, "Don't Turn Away" and "East Of Eden", for Mindy Jostyn's 2001 album ''Blue Stories''. In November of 2001, "Let the River Run" was used in a public service ad for the ]. Entitled "Pride", it was produced to boost public confidence and postal worker morale in the wake of the ] and the ]. As the song played, images of postal workers were shown, as overlay text reminded viewers of the unofficial ] and history.

In ], Simon recorded a Christmas album, '']'', for ] while in Los Angeles lending support to her son, ], and his band. That same year, Simon personally chose all the songs for a two disc anthology album titled '']'', also for Rhino Records. ] saw a re-release of her 2002 Christmas album but with two extra tracks and called '']'', also on Rhino Records. The two extra tracks, "White Christmas" and "Forgive" were also released as a single. Simon also performed several concerts during the 2004 holiday season at Harlem's ] along with BeBe Winans, son Ben and daughter Sally, Rob Thomas, Livingston Taylor, Mindy Jostyn, and Kate Taylor along with other members of the Taylor and Simon family. The show was directed by Randy Johnson and produced by Kerri Brusca.

Among Simon's recent work were songs for the ] ] films '']'' in 2003 and '']'' in 2005. Several of her songs were also prominently featured in the ] movie ''Little Black Book'' starring ] and ]. Simon appears in a cameo role as herself at the end of the movie. 2004 also saw the release of her fourth greatest hits album, '']'', which eventually peaked at number 22 on the Billboard charts that year.

In ] she released another album of standards, her fourth, titled '']''. ''Moonlight Serenade'' debuted at number 7 on the Billboard charts, her highest debut since ''Hotcakes'' in 1973. To promote ''Moonlight Serenade'', Simon performed two concerts onboard the ] which were recorded and released on DVD on ], ]. She also performed in a concert tour in the United States, her first tour in 10 years. 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 ], ]. Besides being one of Simon's closest friends, Jostyn was married to ], Simon's long-time friend and musical collaborator. Also in 2005, she became involved in the legal defense of fellow musician and family friend ] with his struggle against a federal incarceration.

In 2006 she recorded a new album of "soothing songs and lullabies" for ]. That album, '']'' featured covers of songs by ], ], ] and the ] as well as two new songs. It also features the vocal collaborations of her children, ] and ], accomplished artists in their own right. Released ], ], it became '']'''s "hot shot debut", entering the chart at number 15.

Simon is also the featured vocalist on four songs on ]'s holiday album ''Midnight Clear'', released on ], ]: "]", "Suspended Note", "Hymn to the Secret Heart" and "Forgive". "Forgive" is a song Simon wrote for her own holiday album from 2003, ''Christmas Is Almost Here Again''.

Simon currently lives on ] and co-owns a store in ] named Midnight Farm, which is the title of one of her series of children's books from the late 1980s and 1990s.


==Awards and recognition== ==Awards and recognition==

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Carly Simon
Musical artist

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.


Awards and recognition

Grammy Awards:

Academy Award:

Golden Globe Awards:

Other awards:

Discography

Videography

Bibliography

  • Amy the Dancing Bear, 1989
  • The Boy of the Bells, 1990
  • The Fisherman's Song, 1991
  • The Nighttime Chauffeur, 1993
  • Midnight Farm, 1997

Trivia

  • Simon is one of the artists mentioned in the lyrics of Reunion's 1974 song "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)".
  • Simon provided the voice of "Marie" in a 1995 episode of Frasier entitled "Roz in the Doghouse".
  • Preferrs to perform barefoot, saying she is more comfortable that way.
  • Simon appeared in the 1986 movie Perfect (uncredited) and in a 1989 episode of thirtysomething as herself.
  • 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. Some reports have Hynde grabbing Simon around the neck and punching her although a publicist for Hynde has said that Hynde was just hugging Simon.

References

  1. Simon, Carly (2002-04-9). "Carly Simon Official Website - Ask Carly". Archived from the original (HTML) on 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2006-12-21.

    Did you fight with Chrissie Hynde?

    One of the downsides of the Internet is that misinformation stays up there forever. 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. So I'm wondering what really happened between you & Chrissie Hynde at the Fez several years ago when Joni Mitchell played there?

    Markly - 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.

    She started choking me in a loving way, saying: "you're great too Carly, get up there, you need to do this too". Very nice, the only problem being that it was right in the middle of Joni's song and people were looking at US. So I moved seats. That's all it was about. I must say that her choking me in 'fun intoxication' looked to a lot of the audience like a fight. It was not. I just couldn't believe that no one was interceding and saying anything to her. I love her music and respect her as an artist. It was just one of those things. Go figure.

    Love Carly Carly Simon - 4/10/02 {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |accessyear=, |month=, |accessmonthday=, and |coauthors= (help); More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 44 (help)

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The Man with the Golden Gun, 1974 		James Bond title artist
The Spy Who Loved Me (Nobody Does It Better), 1977 		Succeeded by
Shirley Bassey
Moonraker, 1979

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