Throughout the 1970s, Carly Simon was among the leading lights of the Laurel Canyon singer/songwriter movement. She ascended to the top of the charts with singles that yoked epigrammatic lyrics to catchy melodies and smooth production. On songs like her signature hit, “You’re So Vain,” her eye for lyrical detail and the humor in her vocal performance made her an icon for heartbroken fans everywhere, giving them the words they wish they could have said themselves. 

During her July 27 “Red Tour” stop in Foxborough, Mass., megastar Taylor Swift surprised her audience by bringing Simon on stage to duet the latter’s iconic hit “You’re So Vain.” “You had the No. 1 artist in the world invite Carly to come up and sing ‘You’re So Vain’ on stage with her,” says Simon’s longtime friend and guitarist Jimmy Ryan. “It doesn’t get bigger than that when you’re trying to examine Carly’s influence on younger artists. It was right there.”

Carly Simon has faced her fear of flying before. In 1971, she forced herself to board a plane to Los Angeles for her first-ever show at the Troubadour, where she opened for Cat Stevens. In 1989, she made another momentous trip there, this time to attend the Academy Awards, where “Let the River Run,” from Working Girl, won her a Best Original Song trophy. And this fall, she’ll return to L.A. for the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where she’s finally being inducted after being eligible since 1996.

“There’s that first thought of, ‘I don’t believe it. It must be the House of Pancakes I just got into,'” says Simon. Simon spoke to RS about getting into the Hall of Fame, the upcoming film adaptation to her 2015 memoir Boys in the Trees, and the 50th anniversary of No Secrets.

It also appears on abcnews.com describing how the “pop queen” responsible for such hits as “You’re So Vain,” “Anticipation” and “Nobody Does It Better” fell ill during the first of two shows there that night. ''I had two choices,'' Simon told The New York Times. ''I could either leave the stage and say I was sick or tell the audience the truth. I decided to tell them I was having an anxiety attack, and they were incredibly supportive. They said, 'Go with it — we'll be with you.'

Michael Dorf, founder of the City Winery concert venue chain, announced that a tribute show in honor of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Carly Simon, will now take place at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 23.

Singer-songwriter opens up about friendship with Hillary Clinton, discovering EDM and the time she hired a P.I. 

Carly Simon could have gotten away with just the name-dropping. In her life, she’s crossed paths with an astonishing range of famous people, from Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendrix to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein.