Carly Simon

Simon's most recent work was songs for the Disney Winnie The Pooh film Piglet's Big Movie. The "Switched On" albums are compilations of material previously released on singles and EPs. She survived her disease, and in 2000 recorded her first album since her illness, The Bedroom Tapes. This was part of an ongoing effort by Warner to cut costs; The Breeders and Third Eye Blind were also dropped from the label for this reason. In 1998, Simon was diagnosed with breast cancer and received chemotherapy. On June 7, 2004, the Warner Music label announced they were dropping Stereolab in response to the poor sales (40,000 to that date) of Margerine Eclipse. She also recorded a cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for Ken Burns' 1994 film Baseball. Despite the band's fanbase and critical acclaim, Stereolab has not achieved high levels of financial or popular success.

"Why" (1982) was a hit in the UK, but she continued to scrape only the bottom of the charts with most of her singles in the 80s; during this time Simon also contributed to several film scores, including the songs "Coming Around Again" for Heartburn, and "Let the River Run" for Working Girl (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1988). Stereolab earned a minor place in the Britpop movement, with their sound proving influential to bands like Blur: occasional keyboard-driven b-sides and singer Damon Albarn's love of retro keyboards showed the influence, and in recognition Lætitia Sadier was invited to provide vocals on To The End from Blur's Parklife album. In 1980, Simon collapsed onstage of exhaustion, and largely retired from performing in the 1980s. The song "Bop Scotch", off the album Margerine Eclipse, for example, can be interpreted as a direct attack on the contemporary policies of the United States. January 22, 1977), prior to their 1983 divorce. Lyrically, Stereolab's music is quirky (song titles evoke memories of 1950s science fiction stories, but have nothing to do with the song's content), but highly politically and philosophically charged, sometimes with a decidedly Marxist bent. January 7, 1974) and Benjamin ("Ben") Simon Taylor (b. The usage of Moog synthesizers also gives the band's music a sort of retro feel, roughly akin to The Doors.

Simon and Taylor had two children, Sarah Maria (b. Unusual for western music, two-part vocal harmonies are often separated by the interval of a fourth (thirds or sixths being more usual). Her sales quickly began sinking, though, in the later 1970s, with only a few Top Ten hits, including "Nobody Does It Better" (from the soundtrack to The Spy Who Loved Me, a James Bond film) and "You Belong to Me" (from Boys in the Trees, 1978). The drum playing anchors each song in place with a steady and driving groove. Simon married fellow singer-songwriter James Taylor in 1972 (see 1972 in music) and followed up the success of No Secrets with a series of well-received albums Hotcakes (1974) and Playing Possum (1975). As the band developed, they incorporated new instrumentation, and an increasingly complex sense of rhythm and structure. The speculation continues. Early Stereolab material characteristically relied on droning, repetitive guitar or keyboard riffs, with or without vocals.

The caveat was that Ebersol swore himself not to reveal that person. Other members have come and (in some cases) gone over the years: Martin Kean, Duncan Brown, Richard Harrison and Simon Johns (all bass); Joe Dilworth (drums); Gina Morris (vocals); Sean O'Hagan (keyboards, guitar); Katharine Gifford and Morgane Lhote (both on keyboards). In 2003, NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol won an auction from Simon in which the prize was a revelation on the actual person whom "You're So Vain" was about. Hansen was killed in a cycling accident on December 9, 2002. Simon herself once acknowledged the song was about "many vain men I've known in my life". By 1992 they had recruited the band's other core members, Mary Hansen (vocals, guitar) and Andy Ramsay (drums). Much speculation was aroused regarding its subject, with many rumors pointing to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, who sang back up on the recording; other nominees included Warren Beatty, Cat Stevens, and Kris Kristofferson. They were founded in 1990 by songwriters Tim Gane (guitar, keyboards), formerly of the band McCarthy, and Lætitia Sadier (sometimes credited as Seaya Sadier; vocals, keyboards, trombone, guitar), who is from France and sings in both English and French.

"You're So Vain" was a sarcastic profile of a self-absorbed lover. The song was a number one hit, and spawned one of the biggest mysteries in the rock era. The band are often referred to as "The Groop" by their fans (and in the title of their song "The Groop Play Chord X" on the album Space Age Batchelor Pad Music). The album spawned several successful singles, including Simon's biggest record, "You're So Vain". Stereolab are also notable for founding their own record label, Duophonic Records, with a grant from UK charity The Prince's Trust. Simon's major breakthrough, though, was 1972's No Secrets. They are noted for the use of vintage keyboard instruments like Moog synthesizers and Vox and Farfisa organs. The album contained a top-ten hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", and was followed quickly by a second album, Anticipation, the title cut from which also scored airplay. Stereolab are a British-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the "motorik" beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term "post-rock" was applied.

After a short-lived attempt at launching a career with her sister Lucy Simon (they had a minor hit in the mid-1960s with a version of the children's song "Winken, Blinken, and Nod" as "The Simon Sisters"), and a short spell with eclectic New York rockers Elephant's Memory, Simon launched her solo career in 1971 with the self-titled album Carly Simon. Margerine Eclipse (2004). She was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of New York City and has two sisters and a brother. ABC Music (BBC Radio 1 sessions) (2002). Her father was Richard L. Simon (co-founder of Simon & Schuster, Inc.), an accomplished pianist who often played Chopin and Beethoven at home. Sound-Dust (2001). Simon (born June 25, 1945) is a US musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter boom. The First of the Microbe Hunters (2000).

Carly E. Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999). That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be, 1971. Aluminum Tunes (Switched On, volume 3) (1998). The Right Thing To Do, 1973. Dots and Loops (1997). Haven't Got Time For The Pain, 1974. Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996).