Shortly after the release of her 1971 self-titled debut, Carly Simon received an unexpected opportunity: a five-night stint opening for Cat Stevens at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The singer ...

On some arbitrary night, Carly Simon invited Cat Stevens over for dinner. He was 40 minutes late, and while waiting, she wrote "Anticipation".

Carly Simon says her classic ‘Anticipation’ was inspired and written about Cat Stevens while she was waiting for him to come to her house for dinner.

It’s hard, if not impossible, to imagine the 1970s without Carly Simon. After opening for Cat Stevens at LA's Troubadour in 1971, she gained near instant fame, winning a Grammy for Best New ...

About a month into a romance with Warren Beatty, Carly Simon got a call from him saying he was flying to New York from LA and absolutely had to see her. He’d be getting in at around 12:30 a.m ...

Carly Simon could have gotten away with just the name-dropping. In her life, she’s crossed paths with an astonishing range of famous people, from Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendrix to Benny Goodman ...

Carly Simon says the second verse of her infamous song “You’re So Vain” is ... and People says she has been linked to Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson and Cat Stevens. Filed ...

Writing “Anticipation” for Cat Stevens So this isn’t tragic, but it is a revelation. While Beatty inspired the second verse of “You’re So Vain,” Cat Stevens motivated her to write her ...

Singer Carly Simon got a hefty advance a while back to write her autobiography, but when no book materialized we figured she abandoned the project. Apparently not. The 70-year-old Simon, who lives ...

Carly Simon was involved in some high-profile romances in the early part of her music career. Among those, her tryst with Cat Stevens was relatively short-lived. But it paid huge dividends with a ...

Carly Simon says her classic ‘Anticipation’ was inspired and written about Cat Stevens while she was waiting for him to come to her house for dinner.