The Simon Sisters

The Simon Sisters was a band of two sisters, Carly Simon and Lucy Simon. They released three albums in the 1960s before the duo disbanded when Lucy left to get married. Lucy had a minor solo career and released two albums in the 1970s before having more recent success writing music for Broadway plays. Carly, beginning in 1971, went on to a very successful solo career that spans over four decades.

Background and history

The duo would hitchhike up to Provincetown, MA in the summer of 1964, and sing at a local bar called The Moors. Their repertoire consisted of folk music, peppered with a few original compositions.^[1] They were signed to Kapp Records that same year, and released their only albums with the record label: Meet The Simon Sisters (also released as "The Simon Sisters - Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod") and Cuddlebug.^[2] They had a minor hit with the single "Winkin' Blinkin' And Nod",^[3] a children's poem by Eugene Field that Lucy had put to music. They performed "Turn! Turn! Turn!" on the Hootenanny TV series, and that performance was selected for inclusion in the DVD set with selected performances from that program.^[4] In 1969, the duo was signed by Columbia Records and released a third album, The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children, latter re-released by Columbia in 1973 as Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1964: Meet The Simon Sisters
• 1964: Cuddlebug
• 1969: The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children

Compilations and reissues

• 1973: Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children
• 2006: Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings (Limited Edition CD)
• 2008: Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs For Children

References

External links

• The Simon Sisters (Lucy and Carly) at AllMusic
• Carly Simon's Official Website

Carly Simon Discography Studio albums Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately This Is My Life Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone Compilations The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Christmas Is Almost Here Anthology Christmas Is Almost Here Again Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection) Soundtracks Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet's Big Movie Pooh's Heffalump Movie Concerts Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 Singles "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" Other songs "We Have No Secrets "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes" The Simon Sisters Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs For Children Book:Carly Simon