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.
Did Carly Simon inherit money from her father?
Simon grew up in New York, where her father was a founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster.
“People think I’m an heiress,” she said, pointing out that she had inherited just $60,000 of the million dollars her father received for his stake in the company.
Simon’s father, Richard, was the co-founder of the publishing conglomerate, Simon & Schuster, but the singer and songwriter have accrued more as a pop star of two decades’ standing than as an heiress.
Richard sold his piece of the company in 1944 for $1 million. Later he tried to get back into publishing and had some success, but he was thwarted by ill health.
He died in 1960 of his third heart attack. Carly Simon reportedly inherited less than $60,000 from her father’s estate.