Wobbling Carly Simon  

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

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