The imprint offered brand-new albums and singles featuring classic and original children’s stories and songs written and performed by a who’s-who of experienced artists, including renowned talent such as Burl Ives and Leonard Bernstein. Though the albums included several lullabies, as well as Lucy’s hit-charting adaptation of Eugene Field’s nursery rhyme “Wynken, Blynken And Nod,” the discs were not created specifically for children.īy 1969 Columbia Records has resumed producing children’s records actively for the first time since the post-WWII baby boom days – when kid disc pioneer Hecky Krasnow brought hit after hit to the label, from “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty The Snowman” to “Peter Cottontail” and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” That same year saw Columbia on the brink of the explosive Sesame Street phenomenon, just months away from a blockbuster TV cast LP and its hit single, “Rubber Duckie” (which hit #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart).Īrthur Shimkin, who had founded and guided the renowned Golden Records line to multimillion-selling success, was brought in to oversee the Columbia Children’s Record Library. The Simon Sisters proved successful enough in clubs to sign with the Kapp label to record two albums. By 1962 Lucy convinced a reluctant Carly – whose juxtaposition of shyness and exhibitionism continued throughout her adult life – to join her in forming a folk duo. Lucy’s bell-clear soprano melded with Carly’s striking contralto, and the effect was magic. There was always music in the Simon home, especially on Sundays, when family members and guests were invited to grab whatever would produce music and “join the dance.” In the midst of all this, Lucy and Carly Simon blended their voices in song.
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