The Simon Sisters

The Simon Sisters
OriginProvincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.
GenresFolk
Children's music
Years active1963 (1963)–1969 (1969)
LabelsKapp Records
Columbia Records
MembersCarly Simon
Lucy Simon

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

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

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. ^ a b c "The Simon Sisters Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.