Carly Simon is classic rock?

[michael hagerty]

So does that mean Carly Simon also counts as New Wave?

...and there it is---number 500. Congratulations, Kevtronics. You beat Kelly to it---and probably with the exact same post.

 

[star883don]

Carly Simon used to be Classic Rock. That is, her music was commonly played on Rock stations of her era, as was James Taylor and other singer-songwriters. As a matter of fact, I distinctly remember KGON playing their hit version of "Mockingbird" on its first day in 1974!

I have a Lee Abrams memo (from 1991 probably) where he mentions that by 1979, Carly, JT and Carole King were gone from AOR radio and replaced with Heart, Journey, Foreigner, etc. I still have no idea where I got this but I've had it for 30 years or so.

 

[michael hagerty]

I have a Lee Abrams memo (from 1991 probably) where he mentions that by 1979, Carly, JT and Carole King were gone from AOR radio and replaced with Heart, Journey, Foreigner, etc. I still have no idea where I got this but I've had it for 30 years or so.

On page two of this thread, we have Lee saying that in a 1979 R&R interview:

https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/carly-simon-is-classic-rock.751443/post-6510452

 

[Kelly A]

I'm just stunned that this thread is still alive. Someone please, put it out of it's misery!

 

[michael hagerty]

I'm just stunned that this thread is still alive. Someone please, put it out of it's misery!

It's been dead since August, but star883don didn't see that we already had the Lee Abrams thing.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I have a Lee Abrams memo (from 1991 probably) where he mentions that by 1979, Carly, JT and Carole King were gone from AOR radio and replaced with Heart, Journey, Foreigner, etc. I still have no idea where I got this but I've had it for 30 years or so.

Carly was on WBCY, "Charlotte's Best Rock", in 1978. Broadcasting Yearbook called it AOR but only WROQ was truly album rock. WBCY was close to Top 40.