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Simon wrote "You're So Vain" over the course of a year. The song was originally titled "Bless You, Ben." [4] The bass guitar intro was played by Klaus Voormann. [5] The strings were arranged by Simon and orchestrated by Paul Buckmaster. In early 1973, "You're So Vain" reached No. 1 in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
A gavotte in Brittany, France, 1878. The gavotte (also gavot, gavote, or gavotta) is a French dance, taking its name from a folk dance of the Gavot, the people of the Pays de Gap region of Dauphiné in the southeast of France, where the dance originated, according to one source. [1]
No Secrets is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records on November 28, 1972. [1] [2]Simon's major commercial breakthrough, No Secrets spent five weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and quickly went Gold, as did its lead single, "You're So Vain", which remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks and the Adult ...
For the first time ever, Carly Simon performed the mysterious "lost" verse from her iconic hit "You're So Vain.". Though she had unveiled the actual lyrics from the song's unreleased fourth verse ...
Richard Perry, a prominent record producer who helped craft dozens of hits with a polished pop sound throughout the 1970s and ’80s, such as Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” died Tuesday ...
[12] Musicologist Walter Everett describes how this song, as well as other of Simon's songs from this period, including "Anticipation," "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" and "You're So Vain," alternate major and minor keys to contrast dreams against reality. [13] Instrumentation includes bongo drums, which play a syncopated rhythm ...
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "The Right Thing to Do" (No. 17), "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (No. 14), "You Belong to Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles "You're ...
[5] Simon created a similar controversy when she released "You're So Vain". It was speculated to be about Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger, both of which she denied. [6] In 2000, Jackson called American rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott to reveal that she loved her work. She asked the rapper to work with her on a remix of the song "Son of a Gun (I ...