The Simon Sisters

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The Simon Sisters
Origin Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Folk
Children's music
Years active1963 (1963)–1969 (1969)
Labels Kapp Records
Columbia Records
Members Carly Simon
Lucy Simon

The Simon Sisters were a folk music duo consisting of Carly Simon and Lucy Simon.

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They released three albums between 1964-1969 before Lucy left to get married. [1] Lucy had a minor solo career and released two albums in the 1970s before finding greater success writing music for Broadway plays; she received a Tony Award nomination for her music on The Secret Garden in 1991. [2] Beginning in 1971, Carly began a very successful solo career, releasing over 23 studio albums that produced multiple top 40 hits across the U.S. Billboard charts, [3] as well as winning two Grammy Awards (from 14 nominations), a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award, among numerous other competitive and honorary accolades. [4]

Background and history

The Simon Sisters made their television debut performing on the Hootenanny series on April 27, 1963. [5] Their repertoire consisted of folk music, peppered with a few original compositions. [6] They were signed to Kapp Records that same year, and released their debut album, Meet the Simon Sisters , in 1964. Their second album, Cuddlebug , was recorded during the same sessions as Meet the Simon Sisters, and was released in 1966. They had a minor hit with the single "Winkin' Blinkin' And Nod", [7] a children's poem by Eugene Field that Lucy had put to music. It reached No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] The duo performed both "Winkin' Blinkin' And Nod" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" on the Hootenanny series, and those performances were selected for inclusion in the DVD set. [9] 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 , which was later re-released in 1973 as Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children.

In 2006, Hip-O-Select re-released the albums Meet the Simon Sisters and Cuddlebug on CD as the single-disc Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings . [10] In 2008, Shout! Factory released the album The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children on CD under the title Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs for Children. [11]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations and reissues

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References

  1. ↑ "The Simon Sisters bio". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nominations/1991". Tony Awards. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Carly Simon". Billboard . Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website – Awards". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ Jack Harkrider (April 27, 1963). "Smothers Brothers Visit 'Hootenanny'". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Simon Sisters, Lucy and Carly, making their television debut, will sing "Winken, Blinken, and Nod."
  6. ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Timeline". Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Carly Simon > Biography". Billboard . Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  9. ↑ The Best of Hootenanny DVD set packaging. Produced by Robert S. Bader, Shout! Factory LLC 2007
  10. ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Winkin', Blinkin' And Nod". Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Sing Songs for Children". Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "The Simon Sisters Albums and Discography". AllMusic . Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
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