The Best Of Carly Simon

Carly Simon was one of the most popular of the confessional singer/songwriters who emerged in the early '70s. The youngest daughter in an upper-class New York family (her father, Richard Simon, co-founded the Simon & Schuster publishing company), Simon got her start in music as part of a duo with her sister Lucy. The Simon Sisters had a chart single with "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod" in April 1964.Carly Simon's solo debut did not come until the release of her self-titled first album in February 1971. It contained her first solo hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," an anti-marriage song that reached the Top Ten.

Simon's second album Anticipation (1971) contained a Top 40 follow-up in the title song, and she won the 1971 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Her third album, the gold number one No Secrets (1972), featured the gold number one hit "You're So Vain," which aroused speculation about its subject. Mick Jagger, one of those suggested, sang backup on the recording. "The Right Thing to Do," a second single from the album, made the Top 40.

This collection covering Simon's early solo works was originally released in 1975 and, though it covers just a fraction of her decades long career, is a worthy of any fan with a singer / songwriter bent.