Carly Simon was born Carly Elisabeth Simon on June 25, 1945, in the Bronx, New York City. Her father, Richard Simon, was a professional pianist who co-founded the famous Simon & Schuster publishing house. Her mother, Andrea Heinemann Simon, was a singer and a civil rights activist.
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She had two older sisters, Joanna and Lucy, as well as a younger brother, Peter. Although her father’s family line was German-Jewish, Carly was raised as a Roman Catholic. Her Catholic roots came from her maternal grandmother, originally from Cuba and was of biracial Pardo descent.