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. Tracks 1 Christmas Is Almost Here (Livingston Taylor) 03:53 2 O Come, All Ye Faithful (Traditional) 03:26 3 The Land […]
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 […]
Hotcakes is singer-songwriter Carly Simon‘s fourth studio album. Released in 1974, it became one of her biggest selling albums. The album featured the major hits “Mockingbird”, a duet with her then-husband James Taylor (a cover of a 1963 hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx), and “Haven’t Got Time for the Pain”. Recorded during her pregnancy […]
“You Know What To Do” is a song written by Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman, Peter Wood, and Mike Mainieri, and performed by Simon. The song served as the lead single from Simon’s 11th studio album, Hello Big Man. Musicians Bass Tony Levin Drums Rick Marotta Drums (Linn) Jimmy Bralower Guitar (solo) Elliott Randall Guitar Andy […]
The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me. The film’s soundtrack was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, who filled in for veteran John Barry due to his being unavailable for work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons. The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond […]
“Waterfall” is a song written and performed by Carly Simon, and produced by Richard Perry. The song served as the second single from Simon’s fifth studio album, Playing Possum. Waterfall was not as successful on the Billboard Pop singles chart as its predecessor “Attitude Dancing”, peaking only at #78. However, it was much more successful […]