A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
Carly Simon Quotes
I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.
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| Birth: | 25th June, 1945 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Lyricist, Singer |
About
Carly Simon was born in New York City. She is an American singer-songwriter. 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 Heard It Should Be". Simon achieved international fame with her breakthrough album No Secrets which sat firmly at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 5 weeks, and spawned the worldwide hit "You're So Vain", for which she received two Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "You're So Vain" in 2004, and awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2012.
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