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Carly Elisabeth Simon was born on the 25^th June 1945, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA of German, Swiss and Spanish descent. She is a multi-talented musician – a singer, songwriter, and composer. She is also recognized as an actress, known for small roles in several TV shows and films. Her career in the entertainment industry has been active since the 1960s.

Have you ever wondered how rich Carly Simon is? According to sources, it is estimated that the overall size of Carly’s net worth is equal to $45 million. Her career in entertainment has earned her a big part of her wealth over time, during which she has released a number of singles and albums. Additional to this, she has appeared in a number of television shows and films, which have also added to her fortune.

Carly Simon was raised in a Catholic family of Jewish ancestry, with three siblings. She is the daughter of Richard Simon, who was the co-founder of Simon & Schuster publishers and a pianist, and Andrea Louise Simon, a singer; thus, she grew up in surroundings that were musically rich. Partly tanks to that, when she started stuttering and a psychiatrist tried to cure her, at the age of eight Carly began singing and songwriting; for her these were therapy. After attending Riverdale Country School, she continued education at Sarah Lawrence College, and became a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity. However, it did not take long for her to quit education and start her career in the world of music.

Carly’s career began in the 1960s, when she started a music duo with her sister Lucy, entitled “The Simon Sisters”, releasing three albums before her sister Lucy decided to leave and dedicate herself to her husband. Carly continued on her own, becoming one of the most successful singers and songwriters in the music industry. Her first self-titled solo album was released in 1971, and immediately propelled her into the music scene, as the song “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be”, entered the Billboard Top Chart at No. 10. The same year she released her second album, entitled “Anticipation”, which reached No. 30 on the Billboard Chart.

Her career had just begun, but she already made a name for herself, and her career only rose from that point on, peaking at the end of the 1980s, when she won Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe Awards for the song “Let The River Run”, which was used for the film “Working Girl” (1983).

Carly has released 39 albums in total, which have increased her net worth by a large degree, as every one of them became more successful than the previous release; some of the albums include “Spy” (1979), “Spoiled Girl” (1985), “My Romance” (1990), “Hello Big Man” (1983), “The Bedroom Tapes” (2000), “Moonlight Serenade” (2005), and her last studio album “Never Been Gone” (2009).

She has also recorded two Christmas albums, in 2002 and 2003, entitled “Christmas Is Almost Here”, and “Christmas Is Almost Here Again”, and she has released a number of compilation albums such as “The Best Of Carly Simon” (1975), “Anthology” (2002), “Playlist: The Very Best Of Carly Simon”, and the latest release “Songs From The Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection” (2015). All added steadily to her net worth.

Thanks to her successful career, Carly has earned numerous prestigious awards, such as Best New Artist for her debut album, and Best Album Package, for her “Boys In The Trees” (1978) album. She was inducted into the Songwriting Hall Of Fame in 1994, and also inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2004, for her song “You Are So Vain”.

Apart from her successful career on the music scene, Carly has also been recognized as an actress for several roles in films, such as “Taking Off” from 1971, “Perfect” from 1985, and in the 2004 film “Little Black Book”. On the TV, she has made guest-starring appearances in episodes of “Thirty something”, “Total Recall”, “Family Guy” and “Bob’s Burger”. All these roles contributed to her overall net worth.

Regarding her personal life, Carly Simon was been married to Canadian singer-songwriter James Taylor from 1972 until 1983. They have two children named Sarah Maria Taylor and Benjamin Simon Taylor, both are also musicians. Later, she was briefly engaged to William Donaldson but they broke up, and she married James Hart in 1987, but they divorced in 2007. At the present time she is single.

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• Though Carly sang the popular theme song “Nobody Does It Better” from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), this was not her first liaison with 007. When she (then 20) and sister Lucy (22) were traveling on a liner from England to New York in 1965, they met Sean Connery (35) who invited them to his cabin for drinks and later proposed a ménage à trois. They purportedly declined and the proposal was later coined a “Simon sisters sandwich” by their friends.
• With her 1988 hit “Let the River Run” from the film Working Girl (1988), she became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song written and performed entirely by a single artist.
• Awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2012.
• The Simon family home was located in Stamford, Connecticut.
• One of the few singer-songwriters from her generation to own all her music.
• Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
• Grandmother of Bodhi Taylor Bragonier, born 4 October 2007.
• Daughter, Sally Taylor, is expecting Carly’s first grandchild in September 2007.
• Her father was of German Jewish descent. Her maternal grandfather, Frederick A. Heinemann, was of German origin, and her maternal grandmother, Asuncion Elma Maria Del Rio, was of Spanish descent. Carly has stated that she may have distant Moorish heritage through her Spanish ancestry.
• She once said in an interview she never goes anywhere without her plush Daffy Duck toy. Daffy Duck is her all-time favorite cartoon character, and she has even hinted in several other interviews that he’s the subject of her famous song “You’re So Vain”.
• In November 2001, “Let the River Run,” her award-winning theme song from Working Girl (1988), was used in a memorable public service ad produced for the U.S. Postal Service. The ad, entitled “Pride,” was a response to the 9/11 and anthrax attacks of 2001, and was intended to restore confidence and improve morale for the USPS.
• Is mentioned in the song “Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me” by Reunion.
• Sister, Lucy Simon, is a singer; brother, Peter Simon, is a photojournalist; sister, Joanna Simon, is an opera singer, was an Emmy-winning arts correspondent for PBS NewsHour (1975), and is the VP of Fox Residential Group real estate.
• In support of her latest album, “Moonlight Serenade” (July 2005), she has said she will be making public appearances, in direct defiance of her long-standing stage fright, about which she now says she “no longer has time for that negativity”.
• In 2003, she held an auction for a charity on Martha’s Vineyard at which she offered to tell the high bidder who the song “You’re So Vain” is about. The winning bidder was Dick Ebersol, then-chairman of NBC Sports & Olympics, who paid $50,000. Ebersol had to sign a confidentiality agreement, but was allowed to give one hint: The man’s name contains the letter E. Carly has since added an additional hint: The man’s name also contains the letter A.
• 2003, fractured her shoulder falling in the bathtub.
• Carly’s mother Andrea and her close personal friend Jacqueline Kennedy died four months apart. Carly wrote “Like a River” for her mother and “Touched by the Sun” for Jackie. Both songs appear on her 1994 “Letter’s Never Sent” album.
• Diagnosed with breast cancer [October 1997]
• Son, Ben Taylor, is the lead singer of The Ben Taylor Band. They were the support for Sheryl Crow on her 2003 European tour.
• Won the 1972 Grammy for Best New Artist
• Ranked #28 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
• Received an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Her song “You’re So Vain” is allegedly about Warren Beatty.
• Children with James Taylor: Sally Taylor (b. 7 January 1974) and Ben Taylor (b. 22 January 1977).
• Her father was president and co-founder of Simon & Schuster publishing house.
• Wrote “Anticipation” (1971) about love interest Cat Stevens.
• Is the niece of singer ‘Peter Dean’.
• Her song “You’re So Vain” (released in late 1972) was a number-one pop hit in 1973.
• Has released musical albums (including CDs) on the Elektra, Warner Brothers, Epic, Arista, Rhino, Columbia, Hear Music, and Iris records.

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