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Multi-Platinum Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter Reunited With Producer Richard Perry On First Album For Columbia Records
In Stores Tuesday, July 19
Columbia Records will release Moonlight Serenade, a new album of romantic
standards performed by the pop music icon Carly Simon, on Tuesday, July 19.
Moonlight Serenade, her first album for Columbia Records, reunites Carly Simon
with the legendary producer Richard Perry, who first worked with Carly on her
career-defining #1 breakthrough masterpiece, No Secrets, in 1972. The pair has
gone on to enjoy a creative partnership which has lasted over the decades, notably
producing Carly's hit albums Hotcakes (1974) and Playing Possum (1975). Together,
the pair has created such classic hits as "You're So Vain," "Mockingbird,"
"The Right Thing To Do," and "Haven't Got Time For The Pain"
as well as "Nobody Does It Better" as featured in the 1977 James Bond
film, "The Spy Who Loved Me."
"I can't tell you what a pleasure and how much fun it was to make this
record with Richard Perry," said Carly Simon. "I learned to ballroom
dance at a really early age and it has served me well on this album. I also
look forward to working with all my friends at Sony Music who, if I am not mistaken,
I was in kindergarten with."
"Carly Simon was the first of her generation's premier singer-songwriters
to apply her interpretive gifts to the songbook of American standards,"
said Don Ienner, President and CEO, Sony Music Label Group, "and together
with producer Richard Perry, she recorded some of her most memorable hit records.
So the combination of Carly, Richard, and classic pop songs is a very special
event. Moonlight Serenade is beautifully arranged, and beautifully sung. Carly
has made the definitive romantic album, and I'm thrilled that she has decided
to bring this project to Columbia Records. It's a perfect fit."
Moonlight Serenade showcases Carly Simon's dusky and sensual vocal stylings
on eleven romantic standards penned by some of the world's greatest songwriters
including Glenn Miller, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Jerome Kern & Oscar
Hammerstein II, George & Ira Gershwin, and Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz.
Recorded over a four month period in late 2004-early 2005, Moonlight Serenade
includes the title track as well as the songs "I've Got You Under My Skin,"
"I Only Have Eyes For You," "Moonglow," "In The Still
Of The Night," "Alone Together," "Where Or When," "The
More I See You," "My One And Only Love," "All The Things
You Are," and "How Long Has This Been Going On."
As she performs a selection of some of the most romantic songs ever written,
Carly Simon, the quintessential singer-songwriter, proves herself a peerless
interpreter of timeless songs. Moonlight Serenade is a must-have for Carly Simon
fans as well as for aficionados of classic pop music.
The DualDisc edition of Moonlight Serenade will feature the full album on the
audio-only side while the DVD side includes the album in its entirety as well
as exclusive new footage of Carly at-home and a "making of the album"
documentary including in-the-studio footage, photos, and interviews with Carly
Simon and Richard Perry.
An essential addition to the Carly Simon canon, Moonlight Serenade fulfills
the aesthetic promise she made with 1981's Torch, the groundbreaking album of
pre-rock and non-rock cover songs that foreshadowed the trend of contemporary
singers performing pop standards.
Over the course of her prolific and highly-acclaimed career, Carly Simon has
recorded more than 25 albums and composed music for more than six feature films.
A New York native, Carly was immersed in music at an early age, beginning her
career singing with her sister, Lucy, as the Simon Sisters. Her self-titled
debut album, released on Elektra Records in 1971, introduced the world to an
artist who would create the template for confessional singer- songwriters through
such unforgettable songs as her first hit, "That's The Way I Always Heard
It Should Be" (co-written by Jacob Brackman). A year later, she earned
her first Grammy Award (for Best New Artist), opening the door for aspiring
female singer-songwriters for years to come. Throughout the 1980's Carly continued
her stream of success winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy for the song
"Let the River Run" from the Mike Nichols' film, Working Girl. Her
experiences in life, love and motherhood have resonated with fans through an
ongoing string of timeless and classic recordings. Her appeal spans decades
and ages alike from her original songs in the recent Disney Winnie the Pooh
movies to her most sophisticated compositions in the opera Romulus Hunt. An
influential and cherished performer who's made an indelible imprint on popular
music, Carly Simon continues to flourish as an artist with Moonlight Serenade.
