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Carly Simon (born June 25, 1943, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter and children’s book writer known for her often confessional pop songs that epitomized the adult contemporary music genre that dominated the charts in the 1970s. Her hits include “You’re So Vain” and “Anticipation.” Simon was raised in an upper-class musical home. Her father was a cofounder of the Simon & Schuster publishing house and a pianist, and her mother...