Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
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 ...
"I wrote it a while ago on a pad, but it never made it into the song." See photos of Carly Simon: "You're So Vain" was the first single from Simon's 1972 album No Secrets, ...
Perry had helped make pop history the year before as producer of “You’re So Vain,” which he would call the nearest he came to a perfect record. Simon’s scathing ballad about an unnamed lover, with Voormann’s bass runs kicking off the song and Jagger joining on the chorus, hit No. 1 in 1972 and began a long-term debate over Simon’s ...
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 ...
[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 ...
Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer.. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, Lou Reed's Transformer album, and on many recordings of the former members of the Beatles.