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Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer, composer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born in The Bronx in 1943, she is a contralto who began her work period in 1964. She is educated at Sarah Lawrence College and is a member of the Democratic Party. Her musical genres include pop music, adult contemporary, blues rock, electronic, and jazz. She has recorded for Arista Records, Elektra, and Epic Records.
Simon is the daughter of Richard L. Simon and Andrea Heinemann Simon. She has siblings Joanna Simon and Lucy Simon, and a child named Sally Taylor. She was married to James Taylor. Her awards include the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. She is recognized in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame collection.
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Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. After a brief stint with her sister Lucy Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album Carly Simon, which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single, "That's the Way I've Always…
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- Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self - Inductee (archive footage)2022
- A Painter Who Farms — Herself2018
- Classic Albums: Carly Simon - No Secrets — Self2017
- Jackie Robinson — Self2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation — Self2013
- Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love — Self2013
- Finding Your Roots — Self2012
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
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Carly Simon (born Carly Elisabeth Simon on 25 June 1943: - New York City, USA) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work. Throughout her career, she has amassed a total of 13 Top 40 Hits including "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better" and "Coming Around Again". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ca
Key facts
- Born
- Carly Elisabeth Simon , ( 1943-06-25 ) June 25, 1943 (age 82) , New York City , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer musician songwriter memoirist author
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Spouses
- James Taylor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) James Hart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 )
- Children
- 2, including Sally Taylor
- Parents
- Richard L. Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother)
- Relatives
- Joanna Simon (sister), Lucy Simon (sister), George T. Simon (uncle)
- Genres
- Soft rock pop rock folk
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar piano
- Works
- Carly Simon discography
- Labels
- Elektra Warner Bros. Epic Arista Rhino Columbia Hear Music Iris
- Formerly of
- The Simon Sisters
- Website
- carlysimon .com
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Simon
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Father
- Richard L. Simon
- Mother
- Andrea Heinemann Simon
- Sibling
- Lucy Simon
- Occupation
- pianist
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- You're So Vain
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- www.carlysimon.com
- Image
- Carly Simon (1989) 2.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- birth name
- Carly Elisabeth Simon
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- social media followers
- 477000
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- writing language
- English language
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- medical condition
- dyslexia
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Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 top 40 U.S. hits include "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (No. 10), "Anticipation" (No. 13), "The Right Thing to Do" (No. 17), "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (No. 14), "You Belong to Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles "You're So Vain" (No. 1), "Mockingbird" (No. 5, a duet with James Taylor), "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, and "Jesse" (No. 11). She has authored two memoirs and five children's books.
In 1963, Simon began performing with her sister Lucy Simon in the Simon Sisters. Their debut album, Meet the Simon Sisters, featured the song "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod", based on the poem by Eugene Field and put to music by Lucy. The song became a minor hit and reached No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. The duo would release two more albums: Cuddlebug (1966) and The Simon Sisters Sing for Children (1969). After Lucy left the group, Carly found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album, which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and spawned her first top 10 single "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Simon's second album, Anticipation, followed later that year and became an even greater success; it spawned the successful singles "Anticipation" and "Legend in Your Own Time", earned her another Grammy nomination, and became her first album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.
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