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| Grammy Nomination for Carly Simon Carly Simon's latest album, Moonlight Serenade, has been nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category, the latest in a series of accolades for Carly and her critically-acclaimed collection of pop music standards. Carly's recent Grammy nomination comes at the end of a banner year for the artist. Released in July 2005, her Columbia Records debut album, Moonlight Serenade -- which reunited her with longtime musical collaborator/producer Richard Perry -- entered the Billboard Top 200 at #7, becoming her highest- charting debut in the SoundScan era and the fifth Top 10 album of her career. In September 2005, she performed two historic concerts on-board the fabled ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2. The first television special to be taped during a transatlantic crossing, Carly Simon's QM2 performances may be seen as part of PBS pledge week. Carly's full concert DVD of the experience, "A Moonlight Serenade On The Queen Mary 2, " is in stores now and features a music video of Carly's current holiday hit, "Let It Snow, " which has just bulleted up to #12 on Billboard's Adult Airplay chart. In late November-early December 2005, Carly broke her long hiatus from touring to perform songs from her indelible catalog and selections from Moonlight Serenade in a series of shows in intimate theater venues in select American cities -- including Boston, New York, Washington DC, Ann Arbor, and Chicago. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |