Carly Simon

Carly Simon biography

Simon resides on Martha's Vineyard and is associated with a store in Vineyard Haven named Midnight Farm, the title of one of her series of children's books from the late 1980s and 1990s.

In an interview published on May 1, 2008, with the Bay Area Reporter, an LGBT news service, Simon was asked about the possibility of a performance in the True Colors Tour. She responded, "The part that I could be involved in is the gay and lesbian part. The part that would be hard for me is to commit to a tour, because I'm not very comfortable being onstage. But the part that would be easiest for me would be singing on behalf of all of us. I don't consider myself to be not gay... I've enlarged all of my possibilities. I have a lot of extremely personal stories to tell about that, but we won't go into that right now. Let's just say that it just depends upon who I'm with."

Simon has been close friends with James Taylor's younger brother Livingston Taylor for over forty years. Livingston has said, "I love Carly and Carly loves me. She's a ferocious advocate and supporter of my music." They have worked as a musical duo for some songs such as "Best of Friends", released in Livingston's 2006 album There You Are Again, and others earlier in their careers.

In May 2010 Simon revealed she had been one of the several celebrities who fell victims to financial advisor Kenneth I. Starr, now a prison inmate, whose Ponzi scheme lured her into 'investing' millions of dollars with him, which she lost.

In an interview with Reuters on April 18, 2012, Simon revealed that she has a severe stammer.

Awards and recognition

• Grammy Awards:
• 1971 — Best New Artist
• 1989 — Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television for "Let the River Run" from Working Girl (1988)
• 2004 (inducted) — Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "You're So Vain" (1972)

*Academy Award:

• 1988 — Best Song, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl

*Golden Globe Awards:

• 1989 — Best Original Song, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl (1988)

*Other awards:

• 1994 — inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
• 2012 — awarded the ASCAP Founders Award

Videography

• Live from Martha's Vineyard, 1987
• Carly in Concert - My Romance, 1990
• Live at Grand Central, 1995
• A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2, 2005
• Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars documentary, songs by Carly Simon 2006 [Link 1]

Works

• Amy the Dancing Bear, 1989
• The Boy of the Bells, 1990
• The Fisherman's Song, 1991
• The Nighttime Chauffeur, 1993
• Midnight Farm, 1997

References

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