Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon was born in New York City, and was raised in its Riverdale neighborhood, with two sisters and a brother. Her father, Richard L. Simon, co-founded the Simon and Schuster publishing company, and played Chopin and Beethoven on the piano. Her mother, Andrea Louise (Heinemann), was a civil rights and community activist. Her father was from a German Jewish family, while her mother was of German and Cuban (mostly African and Spanish) descent. Carly attended so many Brooklyn Dodgers games with her father that she was made a team mascot before they loved to Los Angeles. She once said if she could see herself in a ballplayer, it would be Pee Wee Reese; a shortstop is not quite in the infield and not quite in the outfield. Three of her uncles gained distinction in various fields of music. George, as an authority on Jazz; Henry, as a Musicologist and book editor; and Alfred, as the music director of a classical radio station. Carly's eldest sister Joanna was a professional o