The Simon Sisters "CUDDLEBUG"

Riverboat Gambler

Young Girl

CARLY'S FATHER RICHARD SIMON TOOK THIS PHOTO...

CIRCUS 1978

Carly

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

Little Girl Blue/By Myself

LITTLE GIRL BLUE/BY MYSELF (MY ROMANCE)

Elephant's Memory

In 1968 Simon worked briefly as the lead singer for Elephant's Memory, a band that subsequently earned their fame as backing for John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Carly & James (Your So Vain)

In Rolling Stone that year, Simon admitted, "It's definitely not about James," presumably referring to her then-husband. But she also said, "I can't possibly tell who it's about because it wouldn't be fair." And ever since, Simon has refused to point the finger. In 1983, she told the Washington Post: "It certainly sounds like it was about Warren Beatty. He certainly thought it was about him -- he called me and said thanks for the song." She didn't confirm that the song was about Beatty, although many have assumed it's about him because of his legendary vanity.
Mick Jagger has also been a popular suspect, even though he sang backing vocals on the track. In the same issue of Rolling Stone, Simon commented, "A lot of people think it's about Mick Jagger and that I have fooled him into actually singing on it, that I pulled that ruse."

CARLY BAREFOOT

Prefers to perform barefoot, saying she is more comfortable that way. When asked on her website, Simon referred to her feet as "large and wonderful".

Carly, Sally & Ben (It Was So Easy)

Sally and Ben Taylor

"IT WAS SO EASY"
Carly’s two children, Sally, 31, and Ben, 28, sing backup vocals on their dad, James Taylor’s, song. Both have followed in the footsteps of the parents who were dubbed “The Royal Couple of Rock” when they appeared together on the cover of Rolling Stone after their marriage in 1972. Ben is a full-time singer/songwriter, now a healthy grown son after an operation removed one of his kidneys at age 3. This was one of Carly’s darkest hours. “I was not calm,” she remembers. “And right after Ben had his operation, I went on tour — and collapsed. I was very thrown by it all.”

Carly

"But there's always a creative side to me; even when it's quiet musically, it comes out in some other direction, like painting or decorating or planting a garden or writing a children's book or putting on make-up like a Kabuki artist." - Carly Simon