Now 80, Carly Simon Confesses He Was the Love of Her Life

Carly Simon's life and career have been an enchanting blend of artistic brilliance and intriguing personal narratives. Born on June 25, 1945, in New York City, she was destined to make her mark on the music world. Carly's journey began with her debut self-titled album in 1971, which included the chart-topping hit "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be." Her signature husky voice and introspective lyrics resonated with audiences, earning her a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Carly and James Taylor
03:06 - Carly and Warren Beatty
03:56 - Carly and Cat Stevens
04:42 - Carly and Mick Jagger
05:36 - Carly and Russ Kunkel
06:22 - Carly and Richard Perry
07:04 - Carly and Jim Hart
07:47 - Outro
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While Carly Simon's musical prowess was unquestionable, her love life often took center stage in the public eye. Her marriage to fellow musician James Taylor in 1972 was a high-profile union that produced two children, Sarah Maria and Benjamin. The couple's creative synergy resulted in collaborations like "Mockingbird," which remains a cherished musical memory. However, their marriage faced the challenges of fame, personal struggles, and substance abuse, ultimately leading to divorce in 1983.
Carly Simon's love life didn't stop with her marriage to James Taylor. She was romantically linked to various notable figures, including Warren Beatty, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Mick Jagger, Russ Kunkel, and Richard Perry, each leaving their mark on her personal and creative journey. These relationships often found their way into her songs, sparking speculation and intrigue among fans eager to decipher the inspiration behind her lyrics.
Now 80, Carly Simon Confesses He Was the Love of Her Life

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[@barbiemichael186]

So who was the love of her life? You made it about as clear as mud!

[@MsLucyJayne]

I was wondering the same thing. Also, it seems like she had a lot of relationships “in the early seventies” when she was also married toJames Taylor? 🤔

[@JanELuft]

Answer: "James"

[@ForceWinds3]

Love how the video and headline don't match. Seriously?

[@acooksla]

She seemed to have many

[@TheMichaelseymour]

i think it was rodney dangerfield .

[@Lydynthmn]

Music can really heighten the romantic feelings in a relationship, when both people love it and play instruments, sing, or get involved in some way together. Music bonds people.

[@ferociousgumby]

I LOVE the way James Taylor and Carly Simon sang "Mockingbird" - there's a concert version on KZbin that you HAVE to see!

[@barbaragottlock230]

Yes! It is AMAZING. Such joy and love!

[@ferociousgumby]

@@barbaragottlock230 I've watched it a dozen times. Best concert footage EVER!

[@conniedebruyn8045]

I had often heard that they were competitive between each other but with that said, they are two timeless classics that have changed the music world for the better and they are both legendary in their own ways. Wish music could be that way in today’s world ❤❤❤

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Thank you so much for the birthday greeting! Have a great week💕

[@joycecolemanallsep3732]

1972 I was in 10th grade.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@williamreaves3780]

Wonderful songwriter with a beautiful voice. Thank you, Carly !!

[@chesterthawkins7510]

Love Carly and James Tay lor too. Beautiful couple and amazing talents!

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Us too! What is your favorite song of Carly?

[@sgrowe56]

The Spy Who Loved Me., dumbass name, but great song.

[@carolynstewart8465]

Who wasn't with mick jagger and warren beatty.

[@HeartWorX.Creations]

LOL-RIIIIGHT!!! 😱🥹😆❗️❗️

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Carly Simon told People magazine that the 1972 , Your so Vain is indeed about Warren Beatty, but only partially. More specifically, the second verse.

[@mathmusic1490]

From what I've read, it's not clear if Carly was ever 'with' Mick.....................As for Warren, she realized he was a 'nothing'.......a 'player.'

[@kimberley-xu8ff]

Absolutely love Carly Simons music. I have alot of her CDS . Love James Taylors music too.

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Us too! What is your favorite song of Carly?

[@kimberley-xu8ff]

@@FactsVerse All of them.

[@warangel4389]

I graduated high school 1979- Greatest Music Ever!!

[@cirrus1964]

You probably never had a radio!

[@cirrus1964]

In 1979 I was a Senior member in a high class hospital in the Netherlands. No one here had a radio, but all had 100% healthcare, and a solid economy! And no idiots as Trump on the road, we might have given more throttle!!!

[@warangel4389]

@@cirrus1964 🤣👆🏼

[@rudolphvaleriano1578]

Love n respect for Carly Simon!

[@annkramer3704]

Some of the absolute BEST music of the 1970's came from these two. THANK YOU!

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[@Frankie6565]

Love the fun they had with Mockingbird! Adorable! ❤😊❤

[@davidd1395]

Carly is still beautiful. ❤

[@sheiladineen9483]

Carly Simon is 78. She was born on June 25, 1945.

[@sgrowe56]

NO.....Carly Elisabeth Simon born June 25, 1943 according to several reliable sources.

[@TheVineyarder]

I remember sitting in the elementary school gym in Oak Bluffs here on Martha's Vineyard back in 1970,and listening to them do a concert for the benefit of I think our hospital here.Both of them were so nice and friendly over the years

[@mayaberk3270]

lucky you!

[@sgrowe56]

Cool, you were there, Wow.

[@TheVineyarder]

@@sgrowe56 yup! they knew each other much earlier-as kids here in the Vineyard

[@brianworkman9954]

Carly, I love your music. I listen to you regularly. Keep singing, your music makes my days better.

[@rosemarie.bentleybentley5121]

Love. Both. Of. Them❤❤

[@mikedavis2969]

She sure can sing .

[@m.e.d.7997]

And write

[@thefamouspeople1960]

Love Carly Simon

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We love Carly too. Which of her songs appealed to you the most?

[@maestromike91971]

Music isn’t the same today. We get songs about sex and how hot they are. The music back then meant something!

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[@skyeblu1722]

There are millions of beautiful songs out there today….what are you talking about?

[@maestromike91971]

@@skyeblu1722 no… there isn’t. Music in the 50s to the 90s were more real and a lot of artist wrote their own music . Now everything is Woke. And a lot of singers use Auto tune and other computer gadgets so anyone can sound decent. and 99% of music today is written by the same people and all the songs are the same. If you listen to any new songs today, if you really listen. They are the same . The words are a bit different, but the music is the same. Back in the day, when I was young, the music brought out feelings . Not just about sex, we hear them today, they bring back feelings and great memories.

[@salterrae2525]

True. 1960s 70s 80s had some poetry and idealism.

[@Frankie6565]

I just love Carly and James together and always will ! So want them to be friends, they have 2 awesome kids they created from all their own creativity! ❤

[@bkm2797]

I think it was James Taylor describing their relationship as Hungry woman Angry man, have to say that comment never left my head. I enjoy both of their music, Carly being the more ethereal of the two.

[@normolsen5209]

Yeah always heard it was James Taylor but having met Warren Beatty he is definitely Vain yet His wife Annette is a absolute Sweetheart. I met them at a very prestigious dinner party in Pacific heights in the early 2000s well actually I really only met her because he walked by like his Shit don't stink.

[@sgrowe56]

Taylor was a insecure dick, who was threatened by Carly's talent and fame. She's MUCH BIGGER than him in all ways.

[@janetzenner5928]

A great talent, both of them, especially together.

[@kevinobrien3915]

Two superb singers 😅

[@ericsen]

The song "It Happens Everyday" is not from her album "Hotcakes". It is on the album "Hello Big Man".

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[@ericpetersen4254]

@@FactsVerse I liked the tone of your video. I would like to see more videos that have a respectful tone. I really dislike videos that are click bate and sensational.

[@junefreeman7955]

Thank you! I didn't recognize that title and I love "Hotcakes" album!

[@danielamadeo6877]

carly.- bellisima voz.- como pasan los años.- la escucho desde 1969.-

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

SHE HAS A BEAUTY TIME CAN NEVER AGE.

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[@Smackwater587]

She is the ❤ of my life!!!!! 🙋‍♀️

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[@loudredflipflops]

I love Carly Simon!

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[@nancyacker5747]

So who was the love of her life

[@patbogost3832]

I think they were all the love of her life! She sure got around didn’t she?!

[@barbarajackson7488]

James taylot

[@shabbykat273]

Taylor.

[@tmar0075]

Me 😄😘

[@margaret513]

JT of course she still loves him he was a junkie so she strayed a lot he probably did too Adore them both ..❤lucky enough to meet JT🎉😍

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

Jim Hart’s eventual decision to come out as a gay man was a major factor in his divorce from Carly Simon. This fact had been made public in memoirs written by both Jim and Carly.

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[@TheVineyarder]

Jim and Carly were a great couple-I know it wasnt meant to be,but I believe they are still good friends

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

@@TheVineyarder I am very glad to learn that Jim and Carly have remained friends. In particular I’m glad because she and James have essentially no contact, and Carly has admitted publicly that emptiness has hurt her greatly.

[@amycollins2429]

I'm glad they're still friends.

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[@rollthedice-zn5or]

Stunning still

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[@kcinca5410]

Closed captioning said all of these relations began in the 1970's. If so, she was a very busy women!

[@user-bo9sh7uy4p]

May God blessed you life 🙏 ✨️ 🙌 ❤️

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[@Kevin-zz9nc]

I was never able to hear Mick Jaggers backing on You're so vain. Couldn't hear it over the radio or when playing the single at home 20 years later heard the CD release whilst in the supermarket and heard it loud and clear. Dont think they were still doing mono mixes in 1975 so dont know why.....

[@montemasterson9588]

Top 5 female singer of all time.

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Absolutely! We feel the same way. Thank you for sharing your sentiments and for watching our content. What is your favorite song of Carly?

[@montemasterson9588]

@@FactsVerse Nobody Does it Better is my favorite and then Haven't Got Time For the Pain would be 2nd. Of course You're So Vain is her biggest hit.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Talented song writer as well! Wrote most all her material.

[@v2807]

This doesn’t include anything about her saying who the love of her life was.

[@TheVineyarder]

James was definitely

[@mathmusic1490]

James Taylor was the love of her life. She really could not ever stop thinking about him. Read about her in "Girls Like Us", a book about the lives of Carly, Joni Mitchell, and Carole (Klein) King.

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[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

Carly’s relationship with drummer Russ Kunkel was significantly complicated by the fact that he was a member of James Taylor’s backing band.

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[@jimAndCheryl]

WAIT WHAT how could she have so many guys in the 1970s if she was married to James Taylor in 1972 you know what makes her RIGHT

[@dawnesmith1462]

Judgemental much?

[@jimAndCheryl]

@@dawnesmith1462 Lol why do you have the same issue

[@dawnesmith1462]

@@jimAndCherylYou are absolutely judgemental. You just proved it. They lived their lives as they chose. Mind your own business.

[@jimAndCheryl]

@@dawnesmith1462 Looks like you don't know how to mind your own business you big cry baby LOL Go back to your safe place

[@jimAndCheryl]

@@dawnesmith1462 Lol what a cry baby go to your safe place and mind your own business

[@barbaracameron5610]

James Taylor was the one.

[@TampaCEO]

Every woman who dated Warran Beaty has either praised him or kept it private. Nobody has said anything negative about him. What a lucky guy he was given the women he's dated.

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[@sallyrose9960]

The song It Happens Every Day, was on her 1983 album. Hello Big Man, not her 1973 album Hotcakes.

[@georgevincent1834]

Carly looks like Mr. Ed.

[@alfredbenedek3398]

AS A PROFESSIONAL SONG WRITER, I RESPECT CARLY SIMON IMMENSLY. ON THE MAN SIDE, I RESPECT JUST AS MUCH; NEIL DIAMOND!SIMPLY EXCELLENT & AMAZING!

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[@evamariesneed-rodriguez7047]

So who was the Love of her Life? I don’t recall it ever being mentioned…. Uggggg; frustrating 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@nancywebster-wr5yf]

It was James Taylor. Hands down.

[@warangel4389]

Carly said it!! James was the love of my life.

[@TheVineyarder]

to see them together when they were so young and just married as I did there is no doubt who her 1st love was

[@Cecibenassi]

I love her. I couldn't buy the album that was selling in UK. I think that both, she and Mike was a nice partners.

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[@pegschwalbach2500]

What about Jackson Browne?

[@warangel4389]

Love Jackson ❤

[@peggysuedavis3395]

So, was it James Taylor? I never heard who was the love of her life.

[@evamariesneed-rodriguez7047]

Exactly! I read the transcript, too & it was Never Mentioned 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Rumors are it's Warren Beatty. Mick Jagger is singing back ground vocals on the song.

[@TheVineyarder]

it was always James

[@emilylabo7053]

Wow she really got around.

[@petejones879]

Her body on the cover of the no secrets album... Mmm what a great figure

[@HeartWorX.Creations]

I recall my older male cousin commenting on that cover pic (referencing her breasts/nipples) where you see it ALL thru her top!! It was quite provocative for that time-I always thought she was beautiful!!

[@user-eg3yd1vn2i]

Taylor most likely was bi-polar. He turned to drugs to self medicate. Love them both!

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[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Thanks for letting us know, I always knew the truth about this story, It was farmer Joe from down the road.

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[@thelonerider2600]

@18 seconds got me thinking - have you ever seen Carly and mick jagger in the same room?

[@jimcamp2423]

Every couple that is at that level has their careers and to be successful. End of the day, marriages generally don't last, when they crash, better to not be caught flat footed to make the pivot to continue on uninterrupted for a quality of life. Quite often career(s) of one or both stall. then there's always the unique worlds of parents, family, births & deaths that complicate. Quite often as a super couple, one wants to be included in the others show(s). Is it competitive or is it more a matter of not letting the other down, supportive, yet critical of the spouse's work without hurting ?

[@roccosophie6498]

Although both are far too politically left for my taste, I'm still a huge fan of Carley Simon and James Taylor. If they ever competed against each other, I can understand why. They are both huge stars in the music industry. Two of the greatest we've ever and will ever, have seen in our lifetime.

[@renataburr]

James Taylor was the love of her life!

[@EricDodsonLectures]

It's remarkable how these so called, "Power couples" never seem to have enough power to keep their relationships from falling apart.

[@michaelmiller9684]

Jagger sings on YOU'RE SO VAIN, os it isn't about him. Was about Warren Beatty so the thought goes. "Flew your Lear jet, ...." etc.

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[@brendaleverick3655]

I liked Warren Beatty in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller".

[@samanthab1923]

He was with Julie Christie then

[@acooksla]

One man after another, oy!

[@user-le2eq3iv4o]

"I t Happens Everyday" is NOT from the "Hotcakes" album. It's from Coming Around Again.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Might be quicker to list who she HASN'T had a " liaison " with ?

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Never knew Carly and Cat Stevens dated. Hmmm shocked.

[@keryljensen978]

She wrote " Anticipation " about him.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@keryljensen978 True.

[@tinpanally51_36]

Cat Stevens, every woman who dated him says he was the love of their lives .and I get it .

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[@markhooper4532]

Winnie Wallace.... Must have been Russ Kunkels hair that attracted Carly to him....

[@annresnik6059]

I don't think that James was civil to Carly; I don't think they talked at all after the divorce.

[@yolandacereceres2312]

At Seventeen, Carly Simon

[@TheCheermeister]

J.T. was a heroine addict during his time with Carly.

[@THE_CDN]

The answer to the question is: James Taylor.

[@jerryayon4120]

She’s been with everybody. Use goods.

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[@marionmarino1616]

Simon wrote her famous song, “You’re so Vain” about her romance with - well, it was NOT Taylor!

[@yovamccoy2806]

You never said which guy was the love of her life.

[@user-nq3qy2fs8d]

I never really cared for her vocals that much although some of the lyrics are intriguing. I feel most of her branding was based upon her look of the day.

[@grissomnumber1]

I think it was warren Beatty.

[@durangomcmurphy1529]

I wonder if she was the inspiration for the Beach Boys song " I Get Around " .

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[@caleguillory5451]

It happens everyday is not from Hotcakes. It’s from Hello Big Man.

[@chucknchar]

Carly is 80? No wonder I'm also old.

[@grand73am]

She was born in 1943, not 1945.

[@sheiladineen9483]

Wrong. She was born on June 25, 1945.

[@Juliana65]

I own Hotcakes. There's no song titled " It happens every day'. Perhaps is on a different album?

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[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

Wow. Exciting 🤣🤪😅. LoL Hah haha. 🤣

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[@susanthames8466]

I read her book " Boys in the Trees" & I got so tired of Jim Hart trying to compare himself to James Taylor, like that was his only claim to fame. Jim Hart, you don't look like JT, you look like Jim Hart...lol..I think he was a hanger on to Carly's fame, until she got tired of him & he revealed that he was gay. He was a bad alcoholic & a crack addict ( I read his book ). It didn't seem that he contributed much to their relationship, besides trying to be James Taylor # 2 to everybody. I think JT saw thru this facade also, & was not impressed. Jim Hart thought he was a "trophy husband" for Carly but even she disclosed in her book that he was a lousy kisser, & that this really turned her off sexually. She felt that if she had to teach him how to kiss, that it just took the spark & any spontaneity out of anything that they ever had.

[@teresahardy9962]

I always believed she wrote You're So Vain about James Taylor.

[@tommccallan8802]

The closest to the rumors for the song are Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

@@tommccallan8802 And yet Mick Jagger sang back-up on “You’re So Vain”-we hear him! Both Beatty and Jagger have always seemed amused by being called the inspiration for the song.

[@aviyahchaverim9388]

He strikes me as a narcissistic type@@pattijean3544

[@jbm8444]

She appears to of had a lot of relationships in the 70s even though she was married to James Taylor from 72 to 83.

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

She's had several relationships.

[@michaelhayden5264]

So about whom was "Your So Vain" really about??

[@rturney6376]

Taylor Swift was named after James Taylor and the love 💗 of her life was Karlie too… Karlie, Karlie Kloss.

[@samanthab1923]

Wait, what?

[@goodbyebluesky5770]

Just think...she could have dated Brian Wilson and sang "I get around"

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[@goodbyebluesky5770]

@@FactsVerse How about one of the GREATEST guitar players of all time...that nobody has ever really heard of? His name...........Terry Kath

[@chasermalloy7406]

So "it happens every day" which was released in 1974 was about the end of her marriage which was in 1982 ? Your work is up to its usual standard.

[@The1djdave]

maybe they'll be "coming around again."

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[@vienna844]

It wasn’t James Taylor, that I know

[@JohnathonRoberts-py8nq]

No!! I have the HOTCAKES album. It happens everyday is NOT ON the HOTCAKES LP. YOU people need to get the shot straight

[@judmcc]

Well, you didn't answer the question "who was the love of her life?"

[@addymorris8180]

Why didn’t this Video even Mention Henry Kissinger?

[@pearlfeather9326]

😂

[@brucemitchell5637]

So she was having multiple affairs while she was married to James Taylor?

[@m.e.d.7997]

So was he

[@samanthab1923]

No, these were all after

[@wg820]

It is so sad how all these adults acted as if breaking up families won't harm their children. Marriage is meant for life for the sake of the children brought into the world not necessarily for the adults involved. They should have worked things out for the sake of their children. Not jumped from bed to bed.

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[@timlynch5710]

Over-indulged her entire life.