Carly Elisabeth Simon (* 25. Juni 1945 in New York City) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin und Songschreiberin.
Zusammen mit Musikern wie John Denver, Carole King und ihrem späteren Ehemann James Taylor erschien sie in den frühen 1970ern auf der Bühne.
Ihr Vater war Richard Simon (Mitbegründer von Simon & Schuster), ein begabter Pianist, der zu Hause oft Chopin und Beethoven spielte. Sie wuchs in Riverdale in New York auf und hat zwei Schwestern und einen Bruder.
Nach einem kurzen Versuch, mit ihrer Schwester Lucy Simon eine Karriere zu starten (sie hatten als The Simon Sisters Mitte der 1960er einen kleinen Hit mit dem Kinderlied Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod), begann Carly Simon ihre Solo-Karriere 1971 mit dem Album Carly Simon, das den Top-Ten-Hit That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be lieferte. Es folgte bald das zweite Album Anticipation.
Der Durchbruch kam jedoch erst 1972 mit dem Album No Secrets, von dem einige erfolgreiche Singles ausgekoppelt wurden, insbesondere Carly Simons größter Hit You're So Vain, bei dem Mick Jagger im Refrain mitsingt und auf dem Klaus Voormann das markante Bass-Intro spielt.
1972 heirateten Carly Simon und James Taylor. Das Paar hat zwei Kinder, Sarah Maria („Sally“) (* 7. Januar 1974) und Benjamin Simon Taylor (* 22. Januar 1977). 1983 wurde die Ehe geschieden.
1974 erschien das Album Hotcakes, 1975 dann Playing Possum. Einer ihrer Hits in den 1970ern war der Titelsong Nobody Does It Better zum James-Bond-Film Der Spion, der mich liebte. 1980 hatte sie einen Zusammenbruch bei einer Vorführung und zog sich daraufhin von der Bühne zurück. Es erschienen jedoch weiterhin Aufnahmen von Carly Simon, so etwa Why (1982) und Let the River Run (1988), für das sie 1989 den Oscar in der Kategorie Bester Song erhielt. Der Song wurde im Film Die Waffen der Frauen verwendet.
1998 wurde bei Carly Simon Brustkrebs festgestellt. Nach erfolgreicher Therapie machte sie wieder Musik. 2000 erschien das Album The Bedroom Tapes. 2005 erschien Moonlight Serenade und ein Jahr später Into White.
Quelle: Wikipedia

Interessantes über den Song "You're so vain" kann man in "Songs und ihre Hintergründe" lesen.

ALBEN:

1971 CARLY SIMON
1. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
2. Alone
3. One More Time
4. The Best Thing
5. Just A Sinner
6. Dan, My Fling
7. Another Door
8. Reunions
9. Rolling Down The Hills
10. The Love's Still Growing

1971 ANTICIPATION
1. Anticipation
2. Legend In Your Own Time
3. Our First Day Together
4. The Girl You Think You See
5. Summer's Coming Around Again
6. Share The End
7. The Garden
8. Three Days
9. Julie Through The Glass
10. I've Got To Have You

1972 NO SECRETS
1. The Right Thing To Do
2. The Carter Family
3. You're So Vain
4. His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
5. We Have No Secrets
6. Embrace Me, You Child
7. Waited So Long
8. It Was So Easy
9. Night Owl
10. When You Close Your Eyes

1974 HOTCAKES
1. Safe And Sound
2. Mind On My Man
3. Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby
4. Older Sister
5. Just Not True
6. Hotcakes
7. Misfit
8. Forever My Love
9. Mockingbird
10. Grownup
11. Haven't Got Time For The Pain

1975 PLAYING POSSUM
1. After The Storm
2. Love Out In The Street
3. Look Me In The Eyes
4. More And More
5. Slave
6. Attitude Dancing
7. Sons Of Summer
8. Waterfall
9. Are You Ticklish
10. Playing Possum

1976 ANOTHER PASSANGER
1. Half A Chance
2. It Keeps You Runnin'
3. Fairweather Father
4. Cowtown
5. He Likes To Roll
6. In Times When My Head
7. One Love Stand
8. Riverboat Gambler
9. Darkness 'Til Dawn
10. Dishonest Modesty
11. Libby
12. Be With Me

1978 BOYS IN THE TREES
1. You Belong To Me
2. Boys In The Trees
3. Back Down To Earth
4. Devoted To You
5. De Bat (Fly In Me Face)
6. Haunting
7. Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)
8. You're The One
9. In A Small Moment
10. One Man Woman
11. For Old Time's Sake

1979 SPY
1. Vengeance
2. Just Like You Do
3. We're So Close
4. Coming To Get You
5. Never Been Gone
6. Pure Sin
7. Love You By Heart
8. Spy
9. Memorial Day

1980 COME UPSTAIRS
1. Come Upstairs
2. Stardust
3. Them
4. Jesse
5. James
6. In Pain
7. The Three Of Us In The Dark
8. Take Me As I Am
9. The Desert

1981 TORCH
1. Blue Of Blue
2. I'll Be Around
3. I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5. Body And Soul
6. Hurt
7. From The Heart
8. Spring Is Here
9. Pretty Strange
10. What Shall We Do With The Child
11. Not A Day Goes By

1983 HELLO BIG MAN
1. You Know What To Do
2. Menemsha
3. Damn You Get To Me
4. Is This Love?
5. Orpheus
6. It Happens Everyday
7. Such A Good Boy
8. Hello Big Man
9. You Don't Feel The Same
10. Floundering

1985 SPOILED GIRL
1. My New Boyfriend
2. Come Back Home
3. Tonight And Forever
4. Spoiled Girl
5. Tired Of Being Blonde
6. The Wives Are In Connecticut
7. Anyone But Me
8. Interview
9. Make Me Feel Something
10. Can't Give It Up
11. Black Honeymoon (Bonus Track)

1987 COMING AROUND AGAIN
1. Coming Around Again
2. Give Me All Night
3. Do The Walls Come Down
4. Hold What You've Got
5. It Should Have Been Me
6. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
7. You Have To Hurt
8. All I Want Is You
9. As Time Goes By
10. Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)
11. Itsy Bitsy Spider

1988 GREATEST HITS LIVE
1. Nobody Does It Better (live)
2. You're So Vain (live)
3. It Happens Everyday (live)
4. Anticipation (live)
5. The Right Thing To Do (live)
6. Do The Walls Come Down (live)
7. You Belong To Me (live)
8. Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night) (live)
9. All I Want Is You (live)
10. Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider (live)
11. Never Been Gone (live)

1990 MY ROMANCE
1. My Romance
2. By Myself / I See Your Face Before Me
3. When Your Lover Has Gone
4. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
5. My Funny Valentine
6. Something Wonderful
7. Little Girl Blue
8. He Was Too Good to Me
9. What Has She Got
10. Bewitched
11. Danny Boy
12. Time After Time

1990 HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY
1. Better Not Tell Her
2. Didn't I?
3. Have You Seen Me Lately?
4. Life Is Eternal
5. Waiting At The Gate
6. Happy Birthday
7. Holding Me Tonight
8. It's Not Like Him
9. Don't Wrap It Up
10. Fisherman's Song
11. We Just Got Here

1992 THIS IS MY LIFE (SOUNDTRACK)
1. Love Of My Life
2. Back The Way (Dottie's Point Of View)
3. Moving Day
4. Easy On The Eyes
5. Walking And Kissing
6. The Show Must Go On
7. Love Of My Life (Toots)
8. Back The Way (Girls Point Of View)
9. Little Troupers
10. The Night Before Christmas
11. This Is My Life Suite: Pleasure And Pain/Coming Home/Uncle Peter
12. Love Of My Life (Drive To The City)

1994 LETTERS NEVER SENT
1. Intro
2. Letters Never Sent
3. Lost In Your Love
4. Like A River
5. Time Works On All The Wild Young Men
6. Touched By The Sun
7. Davy
8. Halfway 'Round The World
9. What About A Holiday
10. The Reason
11. Private
12. Catch It Like A Fever
13. Born To Break My Heart
14. I'd Rather It Was You

1997 FILM NOIR
1. You Won't Forget Me
2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
3. Lili Marlene
4. Last Night When We Were Young
5. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
6. Film Noir
7. Laura
8. I'm A Fool To Want You
9. Fools Coda
10. Two Sleepy People
11. Don't Smoke In Bed
12. Somewhere In The Night

2000 THE BEDROOM TAPES
1. Our Affair
2. So Many Stars
3. Big Dumb Guy
4. Scar
5. Cross The River
6. I Forget
7. Actress
8. I'm Really The Kind
9. We, Your Dearest Friends
10. Whatever Became Of Her
11. In Honor Of You

2002 ANTHOLOGY
1. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
2. One More Time
3. Anticipation
4. Legend In Your Own Time
5. Julie Through The Glass
6. You're So Vain
7. We Have No Secrets
8. The Right Thing To Do
9. Mockingbird
10. Haven't Got Time For The Pain
11. Older Sister
12. Waterfall
13. Attitude Dancing
14. In Times When My Head
15. Nobody Does It Better
16. You Belong To Me
17. Devoted To You
18. Boys In The Trees
19. Vengeance
20. Come Upstairs
21. Jesse
22. Not A Day Goes By
23. Why
24. It Happens Everyday
25. Orpheus
26. Come Back Home
27. Coming Around Again
28. Give Me All Night
29. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
30. All I Want Is You
31. Let The River Run
32. My Romance
33. Better Not Tell Her
34. Love Of My Life
35. Like A River
36. Two Little Sisters (Theme From Marvin's Room)
37. Film Noir
38. Scar
39. Actress
40. Touched By The Sun (live)

2004 REFLECTIONS (GREATEST HITS)
1. You're So Vain
2. Anticipation
3. Nobody Does It Better
4. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
5. Coming Around Again
6. The Right Thing To Do
7. Let The River Run
8. I've Got To Have You
9. Mockingbird
10. Legend In Your Own Time
11. Why
12. We Have No Secrets
13. Haven't Got Time For The Pain
14. You Belong To Me
15. Jesse
16. Boys In The Trees
17. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
18. Give Me All Night
19. Love Of My Life
20. Touched By The Sun

2005 MOONLIGHT SERENADE
1. Moonlight Serenade
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
3. I Only Have Eyes For You
4. Alone Together
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. Moonglow
7. Where Or When
8. The More I See You
9. My One And Only Love
10. All The Things You Are
11. How Long Has This Been Going On?

2007 INTO WHITE
1. Into White
2. Oh! Susanna
3. Blackbird
4. You Can Close Your Eyes (+ Sally Taylor)
5. Quiet Evening
6. Manha De Carnaval
7. Jamaica Farewell
8. You Are My Sunshine
9. I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)
10. Devoted To You/All I Have To Do Is Dream
11. Scarborough Fair
12. Over The Rainbow
13. Love Of My Life
14. I'll Just Remember You

2008 THIS KIND OF LOVE
1. This Kind Of Love
2. Hold Out Your Heart
3. People Say A Lot
4. Island
5. How Can You Ever Forget
6. Hola Soleil
7. In My Dreams
8. When We're Together
9. So Many People To Love
10. They Just Want You To Be There
11. The Last Samba
12. Sangre Dolce
13. Too Soon To Say Goodbye

2010 NEVER BEEN GONE
1. The Right Thing To Do
2. It Happens Every Day
3. Never Been Gone
4. Boys In The Trees
5. Let The Riverrun
6. You're So Vain
7. You Belong To Me
8. No Freedom
9. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
10. Coming Around Again
11. Anticipation
12. Songbird

Eines der größten Geheimnisse der Rockwelt wird eventuell gelüftet. Carly Simon's größter Hit "You're so vain" stellte immer die Frage, wer wohl in dem Song gemeint ist. Sie hat es nie verraten. (siehe p8086-songs-und-ihre-hintergruende.html#p8086)

Nun erklärte Carly, in der neuen Version des Songs auf ihrem neuen Album "Never been gone" würde sie im Backround flüstern "David". Das sei der Name des damals gemeinten Mannes.
Plattenlabel-Mogul David Geffen?
David Crosby? Er schrieb einen Song "Long time gone", sehr verwandt mit Carly's neuem Albumtitel.
Manche denken an David Bowie.
Das Rätsel besteht weiter.