Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 05/9/2010
Support Women Artists Sunday (Mother’s Day Edition): Carly Simon
My Mom is obsessed with Carly Simon. I’m pretty sure I knew the lyrics of Let The River Run before I knew my own name, which I suspect was inspired by the Carly song “Julie Through The Glass.” So this week I’m dedicating SWAS to Carly and more indirectly to my mommy! Happy Mother’s Day Everybody!
The daughter of Richard Simon, co-founder of the Simon and Schuster publishing empire, Carly attended Riverdale county school and spent two years at the elite Sarah Lawrence school, before dropping out to form a folk duo with her sister, Lucy.
They billed themselves as the Simon Sisters and managed to get work at small clubs and coffee houses in the early 60s.
Her first Top 10 hit “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It …
