Carly Simon

Carly Simon is an American singer-songwriter born on June 25, 1943, in the Bronx, New York City, into a literary family — her father co-founded the publishing house Simon & Schuster. She rose to fame in the early 1970s as part of the confessional singer-songwriter movement alongside artists like Carole King and James Taylor, whom she later married. Her breakthrough came with «That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be» and the era-defining «You’re So Vain», a sharply observed takedown whose subject has remained a decades-long pop-culture mystery.

Simon’s sound blends folk-pop songwriting with soft rock and orchestral pop arrangements, marked by conversational, diaristic lyrics and a warm, expressive alto voice. She scored a major hit with the James Bond theme «Nobody Does It Better» and later found renewed success in the 1980s with «Coming Around Again» and the Oscar-winning «Let the River Run» from the film Working Girl. Beyond music, she has written children’s books and memoirs.

Over a career spanning five decades, Simon has been recognized as one of the defining voices of American singer-songwriter pop, admired for turning personal experience — romance, marriage, self-doubt — into widely resonant song craft. Her catalog remains a touchstone for the genre.