June 25, 2025

Carly Simon

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Celebrate Carly Simon's 80th birthday with five questions about the legendary singer-songwriter's career. From mysterious song subjects to Oscar-winning compositions, explore the life and music of this influential artist who helped define the 1970s folk-rock sound. Enjoy Five Daily Trivia Questions commercial-free at caloroga.com/plus.

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Calarogus Shark Media. Greetings, trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today we're celebrating the eightieth birthday of singer songwriter Carly Simon.

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Question one, Which Carly Simon hit from nineteen seventy two

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contains the famous lyrics you probably think this song is

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about you? Question two? For which nineteen eighty eight song

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did Carly Simon win an Academy Award for Best Original Song?

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Question three? What was the name of the folk duo

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that Carly Simon formed with her sister Lucy in the

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nineteen sixties before her solo career. Question four? Which famous

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singer songwriter was Carly Simon married to from nineteen seventy

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two to nineteen eighty three? Question five? What psychological condition

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has Carly Simon publicly discussed that has affected her ability

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to perform live concerts. We'll be right back with these

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melodic answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's

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reveal today's answers. Question one, which nineteen seventy two hit

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contains those lyrics? Answer, You're so vain? This song became

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Simon's biggest hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot

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One hundred. The identity of the subject has remained one

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of pop music's greatest mysteries, with speculation including Warren Beatty,

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Mick Jagger, and James Taylor, though Simon has never definitively

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revealed the answer. WO For which song did Simon win

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an Academy Award? Answer, Let the River Run. This song

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from the film Working Girl earned Simon the Oscar for

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Best Original Song in nineteen eighty nine. She also won

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a Golden Globe and Grammy for the same song, making

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it a rare triple crown achievement in entertainment awards. Question three,

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What folk duo did Simon form with her sister? Answer?

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The Simon sisters, Carly and Lucy Simon recorded several albums

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in the nineteen sixties, including their minor hit Winkin, Blinken

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and Nod. This early experience helped prepare Carly for her

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later solo success in the singer songwriter movement of the

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nineteen seventies. Question four. Which singer songwriter was Simon married to?

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Answer James Taylor. Their marriage was one of music's most

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famous partnerships, and they collaborated on several songs, including Mockingbird.

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Despite their divorce in nineteen eighty three, they remained committed

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cope parents to their children, Sally and Ben Taylor, both

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of whom became musicians. Question five. What psychological condition has

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affected Simon's live performances? Answer? Stage fright, severe performance anxiety.

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Simon has been open about her struggles with this condition,

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which has limited her live performances throughout her career. Despite

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this challenge, she has continued recording and occasionally performs in

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more intimate settings. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the

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you tomorrow.

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