Film Noir (album)

Film Noir
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	September 16, 1997
Recorded	1996-7 New York City
Genre	Standards
Length	42:26
Label	Arista
Producer	Carly Simon, Jimmy Webb & Arif Mardin
Carly Simon chronology
Clouds in My Coffee (1995) Film Noir (1997) The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better (1999)

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Film Noir is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's twenty-second album, nineteenth studio album, and third album devoted to standards, released in 1997. Jimmy Webb co-produced the album and contributed his vocals, orchestration and piano skills to the project which was filmed for an AMC documentary (which premiered in September 1997). He also co-wrote the title song "Film Noir" with Simon. John Travolta duets with Simon on the song "Two Sleepy People". Film director Martin Scorsese provided liner notes in the fold out booklet.^[1][2]

Promotion

Simon made and released a music video for Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.^[3] She also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno^[4] and The Late Show with David Letterman.^[5] and appeared on The View and CBS This Morning. She performed Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year, along with Jimmy Webb, on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.^[6]

Songs In Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's Film Noir aired as a special presententation on AMC. This documentary also features footage of Jimmy Webb, Arif Mardin and Van Dyke Parks in the studio recording the album with Simon.

Awards

40th Annual Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1998	Film Noir	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance	Nominated

Track listing

1. "You Won't Forget Me" (Kermi Goel, F. Speilman) — 2:52
2. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) — 4:33
3. "Lili Marlene" (M. David, Norbert Schultze, H. Leip) — 3:41
4. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Edgar Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen) — 4:42
5. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) — 3:34
6. "Film Noir" (Jimmy Webb, Carly Simon) — 3:35
7. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) — 4:44
8. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, John Wolf) — 3:32
9. "Fools Coda" (Torrie Zito) — 1:13
10. "Two Sleepy People" (Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael) — 3:37
11. "Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) — 2:54
12. "Somewhere in the Night" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) — 3:29

Credits

Elena Barere - Concert Master Dick Berkhe - Vocal Arrangement Craig Boyce - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Mark Burdett - Art Direction Peter Calo - Guitar Al Dana - Vocals (Background) Jill Dell'Abate - Production Manager Kevin DiSimone - Vocals (Background) Peter Doell - Assistant Engineer Billy Eric - Engineer Brian Faehndrich - Engineer Frank Filipetti - Engineer, Mixing David Finck - Bass (Acoustic) Barry Finclair - Concert Master Teese Gohl - Keyboards Greg Gorman - Photography Roy Hendrickson - Engineer Ted Jensen - Mastering Mindy Jostyn - Guest Artist Rita Karidis - Design Russ Kassoff - Piano Michael Kosarin - Piano, Piano Arrangement Joe Lizzi - Assistant Engineer

Arif Mardin - Producer Jim Murray - Assistant Engineer Michael O'Reilly - Engineer Kevin Osborne - Vocals (Background) Van Dyke Parks - Arranger, Conductor, Guest Artist Jeff Pevar - Mandolin Lenny Roberts - Vocals (Background) Nancy Roof - Production Coordination Al Schmitt - Engineer Martin Scorsese - Liner Notes Carly Simon - Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Ben Taylor - Vocals (Background) Darryl Tookes - Guest Artist, Vocals (Background) John Travolta - Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist Marlo Viscel - Design Billy Ward - Drums Jimmy Webb - Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Guest Artist, Organ, Performer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer Yvonne Yedibalian - Assistant Engineer Bill Zimmerman - Research Torrie Zito - Arranger, Composer, Conductor

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	84

References

1. "Usher Scores Billboard Hit; Bieber Could Outsell Madonna". 26 June 2012. Voice of America. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
2. "Film Noir". carlysimon.com.
3. "Carly Simon - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. "Carly Simon - Jay Leno show Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Carly Simon". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
6. "Carly Simon - SPRING WILL BE A LITTLE LATE". Retrieved 17 July 2014.

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website