Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American musician, singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children’s author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits
One of the most popular confessional singer/songwriters who emerged in the early 1970s, Simon has 24 Billboard Hot 100-charting singles and 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary charting singles.
Among her various accolades, she has won two Grammy Awards (from 14 nominations) and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for “You’re So Vain” in 2004. AllMusic called her “one of the quintessential singer-songwriters of the ’70s”.
She was honoured with the Boston Music Awards Lifetime Achievement in 1995 and received a Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree in 1998. In 2005, Simon was nominated for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but she has yet to claim her star.
In 2012, she was honoured with the Founders Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. On November 5, 2022, Simon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Carly Simon Sibling
Carly Simon has three siblings she grew up with. Her siblings are Lucy Simon, Joanna Simon and Peter Simon. Both Lucy and Joanne are dead.
Opera singer Joanna Simon, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday, and the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Lucy Simon, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.
Born to Simon & Schuster publisher Richard Simon and his wife Andrea, all three sisters forged paths in the music industry.
Carly and Lucy formed the Simon Sisters in the 1960s and opened for other acts in Greenwich Village folk clubs, AP reported. Their recording of “Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nod” hit No. 73 on the Billboard charts in 1964.
Lucy later attended nursing school and married illustrator David Levine, with whom she had two children.
The two 1980s children’s albums that she produced, “In Harmony” and “In Harmony 2,” each won a Grammy Award. She also earned a Tony nomination for the score of the Broadway musical “The Secret Garden.”
Lucy is survived by her husband; daughter, Julie Simon; and son, James Levine, as well as four grandchildren.
Carly Simon Albums
Studio albums
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Christmas albums |
- 2002: Christmas Is Almost Here
Live albums
- 1988: Greatest Hits Live
Other albums
- 1989: Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
- 1992: This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture)
- 1993: Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
- 2003: Piglet’s Big Movie (soundtrack)
- 2005: The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Compilation albums
- 1975: The Best of Carly Simon
- 1995: Clouds in My Coffee
- 1999: The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better
- 2002: Anthology
- 2004: Reflections: Carly Simon’s Greatest Hits
- 2009: Carly Simon Collector’s Edition
- 2011: Original Album Series
- 2014: Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
- 2015: Songs from the Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection
Carly Simon Instagram
Carly Simon’s Instagram is @carlysimonhq.
Carly Simon Net Worth
Carly Simon is a musician and singer-songwriter whose net worth is $65 million.
Born in New York, she has also written very successful children’s books and became a household name in the 1970s with her hit songs that include “Nobody Does It Better”, “You’re So Vain” and “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be”.
She developed an interest in performing as a child and she and her two sisters even performed together at first.
The group broke up when her oldest sister moved onto become a professional opera mezzo-soprano but Carly and her older sister formed the duo The Simon Sisters and got a contract in 1963 with Kapp Records. The duo broke up when her sister got married.