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7 unusual facts about Carly Simon


Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard

It featured Simon and a live band performing the majority of her Coming Around Again album as well as her classic hits such as "Anticipation", "You're So Vain", and "Nobody Does It Better".

Carly Simon: Live From Martha's Vineyard is a 1987 HBO concert special recorded live on the shores of Martha's Vineyard.

Clear Spot

Beefheart wanted more commercial success – hence his decision to work with the widely respected team of producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee, who also created hits for artists such as The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon and Van Morrison.

Derek Taylor

Taylor served as Director of Special Projects, working with artists such as The Rolling Stones, Yes, America, Neil Young, Vivian Stanshall, Carly Simon and Alice Cooper.

Hello Big Man

Hello Big Man is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's eleventh studio album (twelfth overall), released in 1983.

Never Been Gone

Never Been Gone is an album by the American singer/songwriter Carly Simon, released in October 2009.

This Kind of Love

This Kind of Love is an album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in April 2008 by Hear Music.


Buzzy Linhart

His prowess on the vibraphone found him performing as a session musician on recordings by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richie Havens, Carly Simon, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, and Jimi Hendrix (on the Cry of Love album).

Christmas Is Almost Here Again

Christmas Is Almost Here Again is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 27th album, and second Christmas album, released in October of 2003.

Danny Kortchmar

Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s.

Don Grolnick

Don Grolnick (b. Brooklyn, NY, September 23, 1947; died June 1, 1996) was an American jazz and pop pianist and composer, most noteworthy for his work with artists such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Bob Mintzer, Dave Holland and Steely Dan.

Frank Filipetti

Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams, George Michael, 10,000 Maniacs, Lauren Kinhan, and James Taylor, whose Hourglass Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed, winning Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.

Gavotte

Carly Simon's song "You're So Vain" includes the lyric "You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte".

George T. Simon

Not only was his father wealthy, but his brother, Richard L. Simon, was the co-founder of the American publishing house Simon & Schuster, and the singer-songwriter Carly Simon is one of his nieces.

Into White

It was released on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman and was covered in 1971, in Italian, by Mia Martini (with the title "Nel rosa "- "Into Pink "-, from the album "Oltre la collina" - "Over the hill") and in 2007 by Carly Simon.

Marshall Blonstein

Among the Audio Fidelity catalogue titles are popular items such as James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, Carly Simon’s No Secrets and several Grateful Dead titles.

Musicians United for Safe Energy

Other musicians performing at the concerts included Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, The Doobie Brothers, Jesse Colin Young, Gil Scott-Heron, Tom Petty, Poco and others.

Rob Mounsey

He has also composed widely for film and television, including the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl (with Carly Simon), the film Bright Lights, Big City (with Donald Fagen), and the HBO hit series Sex and the City.

In 1976, he moved to New York to become a noted studio musician, arranger and producer for a wide range of well-known artists, including Rihanna, Aaron Neville, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Diana Ross, Donald Fagen, Brian Wilson, Aztec Camera and countless others.

That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is a 1971 single written by Carly Simon and Jacob Brackman and performed by Simon, released from her self-titled debut album.

The Belle Stars

The Belle Stars furthered this with "The Clapping Song" (their first top 20 hit), a remake of the 1965 Shirley Ellis hit, and then "Mockingbird", a hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx in 1969 and James Taylor and Carly Simon in 1974.

Working Girl

The film features a notable opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song.


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