Lucy Elizabeth Simon was an American singer and composer for the theatre and of popular songs.
18 Facts About Lucy Simon
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Lucy Simon recorded and performed as a singer and songwriter, and was known for the musicals The Secret Garden and Doctor Zhivago.
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In 1963, Simon began performing with her sister Carly Simon as the Simon Sisters.
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Lucy Simon won a Grammy Award in 1981 with her husband, David Levine, in the Best Recording for Children category for In Harmony, and again in 1983 in the same category for In Harmony 2.
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Lucy Simon received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for composing the music for the Broadway musical The Secret Garden.
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Lucy Simon was the older sister of musician Carly Simon.
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Lucy Simon's father was from a German Jewish family, while her maternal grandfather Friedrich was of German descent.
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Lucy Simon grew up in Fieldston, a section of Riverdale in the Bronx.
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Lucy Simon attended the Fieldston School, before studying at Bennington College, graduating in 1962.
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Lucy Simon's setting of "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" has been recorded by many diverse artists, including the Doobie Brothers, Mitzie Collins, and the Big Three.
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Lucy Simon's self-titled debut album was more folk-rock in orientation while her second album, Stolen Time, had a contemporary pop sound.
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Lucy Simon won a Grammy Award in 1981 with her husband, David Levine, in the Best Recording for Children category for In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record, and again in 1983 in the same category for In Harmony 2.
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Lucy Simon made her Broadway debut as the composer of The Secret Garden, for which she was nominated for a 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score and a 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music.
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Lucy Simon composed the music for a musical version of the Russian novel Doctor Zhivago, with lyricists Michael Korie and Amy Powers and book writer Michael Weller.
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Anthony Warlow starred in the Australian production of The Secret Garden and at that time Lucy Simon said of him, "There is my Zhivago".
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Lucy Simon contributed to the Off-Broadway musical Mama and Her Boys.
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Lucy Simon died on October 20,2022, aged 82, at her home in Piermont, New York.
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Lucy Simon had suffered from metastatic breast cancer prior to her death, which came just one day after her sister Joanna died of thyroid cancer.