Carly Simon

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Carly Simon's birthday. Singer songwriter's classic seventies pop and famous mystery feuds. Question one. Carly Simon won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Let the River Run? Which office set nineteen eighty eight film? Did she write it for? A movie about a Staten Island secretary with big ideas? Question two? Name the nineteen seventy two Carly Simon hit that opens with you walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht and mentions an Apricot scarf, an era defining mystery laced anthem. Question three.

0:50 In twenty fifteen, Carly Simon publicly revealed that one verse of Your so Vain refers to a particular Hollywood leading man. Which actor did she confirm? Question four? Which nineteen seventy one singer songwriter Landmark spent fifteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard two hundred, helping to find the mellow, introspective sound of early seventies pop. Question five. A famous nineteen seventies song feud saw a Southern rock band answer Neil Young's critiques in Southern Man and Alabama. Which band fired back and with what nineteen seventy four hit We'll be right back with these answers after this break, welcome back.

1:45 Question one? Which film featured Carly Simon's Oscar winning Let the River Run? Answer, Working Girl, Let the River Run was written for the nineteen eighty eight film Working Girl. Simon became the first artist to win the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy for the same song as its sole writer and performer. Question two, which Carly Simon song begins with a yacht and an apricot scarf? Answer, You're so Vain? You're So Vain topped the Billboard Hot one hundred in nineteen seventy three and became famous for its choy hints about a real life subject. Its sly lyrics and swaggering groove made it a classic of seventies pop. Question three, which actor did Carly Simon confirm is referenced in one verse of Yours so Vain? Answer Warren Batty. Simon said the second verse is about Warren Batty, while keeping other verses subjects undisclosed. The partial reveal kept the songs decades long.

2:39 Guessing Game Alive. Question four, which nineteen seventy one album spent fifteen straight weeks at number one on the Billboard two hundred Answer Tapestry Carol King. Carol King's Tapestry dominated the charts in nineteen seventy one, powered by hits like It's Too Late and I Feel the Earth Move. Its intimate songwriting influenced an entire generation of artists. Question five, who answered Neil Young with Sweet Home Alabama in nineteen seventy four answer Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama. Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama name checks Neil Young while pushing back on his portrayal of the South. Despite the musical sparring, both sides later expressed mutual respect. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.