Carly Simon

Carly is the daughter of Richard Simon, who owned part of the publishing company Simon and Schuster. When she shopped her demo tape, Clive Davis at Columbia Records turned her down and she went to Elektra. She understands how Davis could miss this one, as her father turned down publishing the book Gone With The Wind.

She started dating James Taylor in November 1971 and married him a year later. They had two children together (Sally in 1974 and Ben in 1977) but she filed for divorce in 1981 - it was finalized in 1983. Simon recalls her early years with Taylor as some of her happiest. They made music together as well, including a hit duet of "Mockingbird" in 1974.

She won the Grammy for Best New Artist of 1971, beating out Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Bill Withers.