“It Keeps You Runnin’” is a song by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The song was written by band member Michael McDonald, and served as the third single from their sixth studio album Takin’ It to the Streets. It was also covered and released as a single by Carly Simon. American singer-songwriter and […]
Boys In The Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1978. The album included “You Belong to Me”, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and became Simon’s fifth Top 10 pop hit. Another track, a remake of The Everly Brothers’ 1958 hit “Devoted to You”, […]
“Devoted To You” is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant. The best-known recording was by The Everly Brothers, released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of “Bird Dog,” but reached the charts on its own, at No. 10 on the United States pop charts, No. 25 […]
“You Belong To Me” is a song written by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and Michael McDonald. Originally recorded by McDonald’s rock group The Doobie Brothers for their seventh studio album, Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977). A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers’ 1983 album Farewell Tour would later chart on the […]
No Secrets is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on November 28, 1972, by Elektra Records. The album was Simon’s major commercial breakthrough; it spent five weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and quickly went Gold, as did its lead single, “You’re So Vain”, which remained at […]
Christmas Is Almost Here is the nineteenth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on October 22, 2002. The album peaked at No. 14 on Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart. Simon re-released the album the following year with two bonus tracks: “White Christmas” (with Burt Bacharach) and “Forgive” (with Andreas […]
Come Upstairs is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1980. It was the first of her three albums for Warner Bros. Records and it has a harder, more rock-oriented sound than her previous albums. Whereas those earlier records were prime examples of the singer-songwriter genre, with soft-rocking arrangements primarily built […]
“Jesse” is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and produced by Mike Mainieri. The song was the lead single from Simon’s ninth studio album, Come Upstairs (1980). The song is told in first-person about the narrator’s disdain for her former lover, Jesse, who has just moved back to town. She vows to have […]
“Haven’t Got Time for the Pain” is a song written by Carly Simon and Jacob Brackman that was first released on Simon’s 1974 album Hotcakes. It was also released as a single, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It is also known for its use in […]
“Mockingbird” is a 1963 song written and recorded by Inez and Charlie Foxx, based on the lullaby “Hush Little Baby”. American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and James Taylor recorded a remake of “Mockingbird” in the autumn of 1973, and the track was released as the lead single from Simon’s fourth studio album Hotcakes in 1974. It […]