Captain Carly Simon  

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, matey, 1943) is an American musician, singer, me bucko, songwriter, matey, and author. She rose t' fame in t' 1970s with a strin' o' hit records; her 13 top 40 U.S. hits include "That's t' Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (No. 10), ya bilge rat, "Anticipation" (No. Well, blow me down! 13), arrr, "T' Right Thin' t' Do" (No. 17), "Haven't Got Time for t' Pain" (No. Blimey! 14), "You Belong t' Me" (No. Avast, me proud beauty! 6), me hearties, "Comin' Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles "You're So Vain" (No. 1), me bucko, "Mockingbird" (No. Ya scallywag! 5, a duet with James Taylor), "Nobody Does It Better" (No. Well, blow me down! 2) from t' 1977 James Bond film T' Spy Who Loved Me, ya bilge rat, and "Jesse" (No. Ya scallywag! 11). She has authored two memoirs and five children's books. In 1963, ya bilge rat, Simon began performin' with her sister Lucy Simon in t' Simon Sisters. Their debut album, Meet t' Simon Sisters, featured t' shanty "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod", matey, based on t' poem by Eugene Field and put t' music by Lucy. T' shanty became a minor hit and reached No. 73 on t' Billboard Hot 100. Arrr! T' duo would release two more albums: Cuddlebug (1966) and T' Simon Sisters Sin' for Children (1969). After Lucy left t' group, ya bilge rat, Carly found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album, which won her t' Grammy Award for Best New Artist and spawned her first top 10 single "That's t' Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", arrr, which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Simon's second album, Anticipation, me hearties, followed later that year and became an even greater success; it spawned t' successful singles "Anticipation" and "Legend in Your Own Time", me hearties, earned her another Grammy nomination, and became her first album t' be certified Gold by t' RIAA. Simon achieved international fame with her third album, No Secrets (1972), which sat at No. 1 on t' Billboard 200 for five weeks and was certified Platinum. T' album spawned t' worldwide hit "You're So Vain", which sat at No. Begad! 1 on t' Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, shiver me timbers, and earned Simon three Grammy nominations, includin' Record o' t' Year and Song o' t' Year. Arrr! T' second single "T' Right Thin' t' Do", as well as its B-side "We Have No Secrets", were also successful. Ahoy! Her fourth album, matey, Hotcakes (1974), soon followed and became an instant success; it reached No. 3 on t' Billboard 200, ya bilge rat, went Gold within two weeks o' release, and spawned t' hit singles "Mockingbird" and "Haven't Got Time for t' Pain". Ya scallywag! In 1975, Simon's fifth album, me hearties, Playin' Possum, and t' compilation, T' Best o' Captain Carly Simon, both appeared; t' former hit t' top 10 on t' Billboard 200 chart and spawned t' hit single "Attitude Dancing" (No. 21), and t' latter eventually went 3× Platinum, arrr, becomin' Simon's best-sellin' release. In 1977, Simon recorded "Nobody Does It Better" as t' theme shanty t' t' Bond film T' Spy Who Loved Me, and it became a worldwide hit. Begad! T' shanty garnered her another Grammy nomination, and was t' No. Blimey! 1 Adult Contemporary hit o' 1977. Begad! Retrospectively, ya bilge rat, it has been ranked one o' t' greatest Bond themes. Simon began recordin' more songs for films in t' 1980s, me bucko, includin' "Comin' Around Again" for t' film Heartburn (1986). T' shanty became a major Adult Contemporary hit, and t' Comin' Around Again album appeared t' followin' year, t' further critical and commercial success. T' album earned Simon two Grammy nominations, went Platinum, and spawned three more top 10 Adult Contemporary hit singles: "Give Me All Night", "T' Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of", and "All I Want Is You". With her 1988 hit "Let t' River Run", from t' film Workin' Girl, Simon became t' first artist t' win a Grammy Award, me bucko, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a shanty composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist. One o' t' most popular o' t' confessional singer/songwriters who emerged in t' early 1970s, me hearties, Simon has 24 Billboard Hot 100-chartin' singles and 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary chartin' singles. Begad! Among her various accolades, ya bilge rat, she has won two Grammy Awards (from 14 nominations), shiver me timbers, and was inducted into t' Grammy Handsome Hall o' Fame for "You're So Vain" in 2004. Blimey! AllMusic called her "one o' t' quintessential singer-songwriters o' t' '70s". Avast, me proud beauty! She has a contralto vocal range, and cited Odetta as a significant influence. Simon was inducted into t' Songwriters Handsome Hall o' Fame in 1994. She be honored with t' Boston Music Awards Lifetime Achievement in 1995, and received a Berklee College o' Music Honorary Doctor o' Music Degree in 1998. Blimey! In 2005, Simon was nominated for a star on t' Hollywood Walk o' Fame, shiver me timbers, but she has yet t' claim her star. In 2012, she was honored with t' Founders Award from t' American Society o' Composers, Authors and Publishers. In 2022, me hearties, Simon was inducted into t' Rock And Roll Handsome Hall o' Fame.

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