Carly Simon
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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" (No. 10), 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.
Simon achieved international fame with her third album, ''No Secrets'' (1972), which sat at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 for five weeks and was certified Platinum. The album spawned the worldwide hit "You're So Vain", which sat at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for three weeks, and earned Simon three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The second single "The Right Thing to Do", as well as its B-side "We Have No Secrets", were also successful. Her fourth album, ''Hotcakes'' (1974), soon followed and became an instant success; it reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200, went Gold within two weeks of release, and spawned the hit singles "Mockingbird" and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain". In 1975, Simon's fifth album, ''Playing Possum'', and the compilation, ''The Best of Carly Simon'', both appeared; the former hit the Top 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and spawned the hit single "Attitude Dancing" (No. 21), and the latter eventually went 3× Platinum, becoming Simon's best-selling release.
In 1977, Simon recorded "Nobody Does It Better" as the theme song to the Bond film ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', and it became a worldwide hit. The song garnered her another Grammy nomination, and was the No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit of 1977. Retrospectively, it has been ranked one of the greatest Bond themes. She has a contralto vocal range, and cited Odetta as a significant influence. Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. She was honored 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 honored with the Founders Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. In 2022, Simon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1983
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