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Waiting for Cat Stevens inspired Carly Simon to pen this 1971 hit in under an hour

When Cat Stevens ran late for a dinner date, Carly Simon used the few extra minutes to pen what would become one of her most ...
Forbes

Carly Simon Charts Her First Hit On One List With A Decades-Old Tune

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Carly Simon is regarded as one of the most celebrated female voices ...
American Songwriter

Watch Carly Simon Knock Two Classic Early Hits Out of the Park—Central Park, That Is—During a 1971 New York City Concert

Carly Simon was one of the most respected female singer/songwriters to emerge from the 1970s, but she notoriously suffered from severe stage fright. You’d never guess that, though, by watching some ...
The Cheat Sheet

Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ Inspired the Weirdest Cover Ever

Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp teamed up for a strange and unexpected cover of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” in 2012. The pairing of these two iconic figures made headlines, but the cover was unlike ...
American Songwriter

The 1972 Carly Simon Hit That Alanis Morissette Once Refused to Play, Citing “Anti-Woman Sentiment”

From Carly Simon to Alanis Morissette to Taylor Swift and countless artists before, in between, and undoubtedly after, musicians have been writing breakup songs (and the general public has been eating ...