Singer-songwriter Carly Simon turns 82 today

Pop Expresso ^ | 6/25/25 | Pop Expresso

[DallasBiff]

Carly Elisabeth Simon was born on June 25, 1943 in Manhattan, New York, and she rose to popularity during the 1970’s as a singer- songwriter, scoring several hit songs throughout that decade and the 1980’s including “Anticipation,” “You Belong To Me,” “Coming Around Again,” the No.1 “You’re So Vain” (featuring Mick Jagger) and “Nobody Does It Better” from the 1977 James Bond film, “The Spy Who Loved Me.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 70s; carlysimon; lightweight

[wardaddy]

I had a thing for her about 11th grade

[dayglored]

> If that pic’s is her at 82, she’s still HOT. James Taylor didn’t age so well...

Ummm, no, that's an old pic. She looks more like 10 miles of bad road these days.

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7oNs9dGp2Y

[blackdog]

But to be fair, that wasn’t anything unusual in the 60’s and 70’s. Swagger, swing, and bounce, was the normal. Then Madison Avenue ruined it all with the “Wonder-Bra”, the biggest marketing scheme to ever prey on women.

[mozarky2]

Her most ogle-worthy album cover was Playing Possum
.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I’m a Blues and a blues rock person, but I’ll admit she’s talented and she turned out some very slick pop Tunes

[b4me]

no she didnt. Hair color and something done to face or airbrushed picture, because other photos of her from interviews etc, she’s wrinkly like normal people.

[af_vet_1981]

along with Carole King,

To be charitable, I supposed that is like comparing Donovan Leitch to Bob Dylan.

Yes, they all were talented and successful. However Dylan and King were more prolific. King has written more than 400 songs, recorded by over 1,000 artists. Gerry Goffin was a co-writer on so many of those songs as the lyricist.

[deport]

Yep both are showing

[Vendome]

Whatever, I haven’t got time for the pain

[Responsibility2nd]

FWIW she was not a Trump fan.

 

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[Responsibility2nd]

Carly. 2012.

Needless to say her cosmetic dentistry was not important. 

 

[decal]

Unironically, it was called “No Secrets.”

[faucetman]

I love Carly, but she has the world’s biggest MOUTH!

[dayglored]

> Yep both are showing

Album title: "No Secrets". LOL

FREE THE NIPPLES!

(That's a plumber's motto regarding the difficulties of loosening copper piping....)

[Java4Jay]

Carly Simon - Moonlight Serenade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dk9dujVeWE

[HandyDandy]

Carol Kaye of the Wrecking Crew plays that famous opening bass blibble blibble blibble of Your So Vain.

[laweeks]

Loved everything she did or wrote. Don’t give a fig about her politics.

[married21]

Oh, I wanted to sing like her. She was one of my singing along while driving somewhere favorites.

[Veto!]

Ah, those were the days.

“Nobody Does It Better” was suggestive in the nicest possible way.

[samkatz]

I loved that album cover. Quite literally.