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href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">Musician</a>, <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Composer (music)">composer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">Piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">vocals</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://johnsimonmusic.net">johnsimonmusic<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>John Simon</b> (born August 11, 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American music <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Writer" title="Writer">writer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Performer" class="mw-redirect" title="Performer">performer</a>. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late 1960s and the 1970s, some of Simon's most well known work includes <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">the Band</a>’s <i><a href="/wiki/Music_from_Big_Pink" title="Music from Big Pink">Music from Big Pink</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Band_(album)" title="The Band (album)">The Band</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Waltz" title="The Last Waltz">The Last Waltz</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theband_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theband-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Cheap_Thrills_(Big_Brother_and_the_Holding_Company_album)" title="Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)">Cheap Thrills</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_%26_the_Holding_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Brother & the Holding Company">Big Brother & the Holding Company</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Leonard_Cohen" title="Songs of Leonard Cohen">Songs of Leonard Cohen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Child_Is_Father_to_the_Man" title="Child Is Father to the Man">Child Is Father to the Man</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears" title="Blood, Sweat & Tears">Blood, Sweat & Tears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Simon was born in <a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk, Connecticut</a>, United States;<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his father, a country doctor, taught him violin and piano at the age of four.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began writing songs before he was ten; by the time he graduated from high school Simon was already leading and writing for several bands, and had composed two original musicals.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Official_Website_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Official_Website-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simon enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> where he wrote three more musicals and continued his role as a bandleader, taking a band to the finals of the 1st Georgetown Intercollegiate Jazz Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Official_Website_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Official_Website-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Columbia_Records">Columbia Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Columbia Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Princeton, Simon was hired as a trainee at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>. He was first assigned to the Legacy department under the guidance of <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a>, then the president of Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simon’s work during that period involved original cast albums of <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> shows and audio documentary albums, including <i>Point of Order</i>, an LP of the notorious Senate hearings conducted by anti-Communist Senator <a href="/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy" title="Joseph McCarthy">Joseph McCarthy</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Medium_Is_the_Massage" title="The Medium Is the Massage">The Medium Is the Massage</a></i>, inspired by the writings of media guru <a href="/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan" title="Marshall McLuhan">Marshall McLuhan</a>. In 1966, he arranged and produced "<a href="/wiki/Red_Rubber_Ball" title="Red Rubber Ball">Red Rubber Ball</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Cyrkle" title="The Cyrkle">the Cyrkle</a>. The song, which was co-written by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (no relation) of <a href="/wiki/Simon_and_Garfunkel" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon and Garfunkel">Simon and Garfunkel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Woodley" title="Bruce Woodley">Bruce Woodley</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Seekers" title="The Seekers">the Seekers</a>, went to No. 2 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Around 1970 he also co-wrote "<a href="/wiki/Davy%27s_on_the_Road_Again" title="Davy's on the Road Again">Davy's on the Road Again</a>" with Robbie Robertson, subsequently a British Top 10 hit in 1978 for <a href="/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band" title="Manfred Mann's Earth Band">Manfred Mann's Earth Band</a>. </p><p>With the success of "Red Rubber Ball", Simon was assigned other pop music artists like <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic" title="Frankie Yankovic">Frankie Yankovic</a>, "America’s Polka King", and jazzman <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lloyd_(jazz_musician)" title="Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)">Charles Lloyd</a>. The first production for which he also wrote extensive arrangements was <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Leonard_Cohen" title="Songs of Leonard Cohen">Songs of Leonard Cohen</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a>’s debut album. While assisting on what was to become the Simon and Garfunkel album <i><a href="/wiki/Bookends_(album)" title="Bookends (album)">Bookends</a></i>, he met <a href="/wiki/Al_Kooper" title="Al Kooper">Al Kooper</a>, who encouraged him to leave Columbia and become a freelance producer, which he did, producing <a href="/wiki/Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears" title="Blood, Sweat & Tears">Blood, Sweat & Tears</a>’ first album, <i><a href="/wiki/Child_Is_Father_to_the_Man" title="Child Is Father to the Man">Child Is Father to the Man</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Independent">Independent</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Independent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About that time, he was recommended to <a href="/wiki/Peter_Yarrow" title="Peter Yarrow">Peter Yarrow</a> of <a href="/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary" title="Peter, Paul and Mary">Peter, Paul and Mary</a> to help Yarrow with a movie he was making with <a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">cinematographer</a> Barry Feinstein.<sup id="cite_ref-theband.hiof.no_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theband.hiof.no-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was released in 1968 as <i><a href="/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat_(film)" title="You Are What You Eat (film)">You Are What You Eat</a></i> and contained the song "<a href="/wiki/My_Name_Is_Jack" title="My Name Is Jack">My Name Is Jack</a>", written by Simon for that movie, which later became a hit for <a href="/wiki/Manfred_Mann" title="Manfred Mann">Manfred Mann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work on that film brought Simon to <a href="/wiki/Woodstock" title="Woodstock">Woodstock</a>, where he met manager <a href="/wiki/Albert_Grossman" title="Albert Grossman">Albert Grossman</a>. Grossman asked him to produce several acts from his stable of talent, the first being <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot" title="Gordon Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once again, Simon sweetened the project with his orchestral arrangements (<i><a href="/wiki/Did_She_Mention_My_Name" class="mw-redirect" title="Did She Mention My Name">Did She Mention My Name</a></i>). After that, he was asked to produce an album for Janis Joplin and her band Big Brother And The Holding Company (<i><a href="/wiki/Cheap_Thrills_(Big_Brother_and_the_Holding_Company_album)" title="Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)">Cheap Thrills</a></i>, which featured the hit single "<a href="/wiki/Piece_Of_My_Heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Piece Of My Heart">Piece Of My Heart</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While producing an album for <a href="/wiki/The_Electric_Flag" title="The Electric Flag">the Electric Flag</a>, he met blues artist <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal_(musician)" title="Taj Mahal (musician)">Taj Mahal</a>, beginning a musical association which continues to the present.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Official_Website_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Official_Website-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His name is often linked with the Band, with whom he was very closely associated, and he has been referred to as "the sixth member of the Band".<sup id="cite_ref-theband.hiof.no_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theband.hiof.no-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The albums he produced with them in the 1970s, <i><a href="/wiki/Music_From_Big_Pink" class="mw-redirect" title="Music From Big Pink">Music From Big Pink</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Band_(album)" title="The Band (album)">The Band</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Waltz_(1978_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Last Waltz (1978 album)">The Last Waltz</a></i>, stand as precursors to the genre later labeled <a href="/wiki/Americana_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Americana (music)">Americana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theband.hiof.no_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theband.hiof.no-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the music director for the <i>Last Waltz</i> concert and contributed as a musician to <i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Fright_(album)" title="Stage Fright (album)">Stage Fright</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Islands_(The_Band_album)" title="Islands (The Band album)">Islands</a></i> and produced, played on, and cowrote for their 1990s comeback album <i><a href="/wiki/Jericho_(The_Band_album)" title="Jericho (The Band album)">Jericho</a></i>. Other albums of note from that period were <i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Bugle" title="Morning Bugle">Morning Bugle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Hartford" title="John Hartford">John Hartford</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jackrabbit_Slim" title="Jackrabbit Slim">Jackrabbit Slim</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Forbert" title="Steve Forbert">Steve Forbert</a>, <i>Heart To Heart</i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Sanborn" title="David Sanborn">David Sanborn</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Priestess_(album)" title="Priestess (album)">Priestess</a></i> by the jazz arranger <a href="/wiki/Gil_Evans" title="Gil Evans">Gil Evans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition he arranged as well as produced <a href="/wiki/Mama_Cass" class="mw-redirect" title="Mama Cass">Mama Cass</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Dream_a_Little_Dream_(Cass_Elliot_album)" title="Dream a Little Dream (Cass Elliot album)">Dream a Little Dream of Me</a></i> album, <i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_In_The_Rain" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger In The Rain">Tiger In The Rain</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Michael_Franks_(musician)" title="Michael Franks (musician)">Michael Franks</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Down_Home_(Seals_and_Crofts_album)" title="Down Home (Seals and Crofts album)">Down Home</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Seals_and_Crofts" title="Seals and Crofts">Seals and Crofts</a>, as well as albums for Rachel Faro, Hirth Martinez, <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Faryar" title="Cyrus Faryar">Cyrus Faryar</a> and others. Once popular music sprouted <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>, he lost interest in producing and only occasionally produced new recordings, including artists popular in Japan, including <a href="/wiki/Motoharu_Sano" title="Motoharu Sano">Motoharu Sano</a>, often labeled "The Japanese <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_work">Other work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:22%; ; padding:8px;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Somewhere beyond the plaintive quaver, rootsy supersession rock is mixed with pre-WW2 touches in a series of homely sketches—many of them about outsiders trying to make something of their lives, a theme to which a plaintive quaver is well-suited. Highlight: 'The Song of the Elves,' in which outsiders brag about how tall they are. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Review of <i>John Simon's Album</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Record_Guide:_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies" title="Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies">Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies</a></i> (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-CG_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Simon composed the score for the controversial <a href="/wiki/Frank_Perry" title="Frank Perry">Frank Perry</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Summer_(1969_film)" title="Last Summer (1969 film)">Last Summer</a></i> (1969), starring <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(actor)" title="Richard Thomas (actor)">Richard Thomas</a>. He played keyboards on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Alone_Together_(Dave_Mason_album)" title="Alone Together (Dave Mason album)">Alone Together</a></i> (1970) by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Mason" title="Dave Mason">Dave Mason</a>, including the haunting piano on the song "Sad and Deep As You". In the Eighties, he wrote two ballet scores for the choreographer <a href="/wiki/Twyla_Tharp" title="Twyla Tharp">Twyla Tharp</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and composed circus music for aerialist <a href="/wiki/Philip_Petit" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Petit">Philip Petit</a> (after his solo walk between the World Trade Towers). He was the music supervisor for a Broadway venture called <i>Rock & Roll! The First 5,000 Years</i>, modeled after <i><a href="/wiki/Beatlemania_(musical)" title="Beatlemania (musical)">Beatlemania</a></i>, and produced the original cast album of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas" title="The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas">The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At one point, Paul Simon urged John Simon to follow his muse to be a singer-songwriter in his own right.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, in the early 1970s, he recorded two albums for Warner Brothers, <i>John Simon's Album</i> and <i>Journey</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Biography_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Biography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, fifteen years later, saw the first of four albums for labels in Japan, the first of which, <i>Out On The Street</i>, was released in the U.S. by Vanguard.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simon and his wife, C.C. Loveheart, wrote and performed a cabaret act called <i>Alone Together For The First Time Again</i> and, more recently, co-authored a popular play, <i>Jackass Flats</i>, which had its professional premiere in June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-John_Simon:_Official_Website_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Simon:_Official_Website-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A self-described "compulsive musician", Simon continues to be active. These days he performs his own material in concerts on rare occasions, but plays piano weekly with his jazz trio in his hometown near Woodstock, New York and in Melbourne, Florida in a group led by bassist, Ron Pirtle.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Simon wrote a book, <i>Truth, Lies & Hearsay: A Memoir Of A Musical Life In And Out Of Rock And Roll</i> which received extensive favorable reviews as an accurate, yet personal rock history, combining first-person details of iconic recording sessions with lively, chatty wit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_discography">Solo discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Solo discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Album </th> <th>Label </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>The Baroque Inevitable</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a> </td> <td><small>Arranged & produced by John Simon. 2006 Japan re-issue credited to the Baroque Inevitable/John Simon.</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat_(film)#Soundtrack" title="You Are What You Eat (film)">You Are What You Eat (Original Soundtrack Recording)</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Masterworks" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia Masterworks">Columbia Masterworks</a> </td> <td><small>Various-artists soundtrack including 6 songs by John Simon</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Summer_(1969_film)#Soundtrack" title="Last Summer (1969 film)">Last Summer (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group#1950s_and_1960s" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records</a> </td> <td><small>Music composed by John Simon</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>John Simon's Album</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Journey</i> </td> <td>Warner Bros. Records </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>Out on the Street</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Corporation" title="Pioneer Corporation">Pioneer</a>, Japan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>Harmony Farm</i> </td> <td>Pioneer, Japan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i>Home</i> </td> <td>Pioneer, Japan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i>The Best and Beyond</i> </td> <td>Pioneer, Japan </td> <td><small>Compilation culled from Pioneer Japan recordings, includes a new recording "<a href="/wiki/Sometimes_I_Feel_Like_a_Motherless_Child" title="Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child">Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child</a>" and two previously unreleased live recordings</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i>Hoagyland: Songs of Hoagy Carmichael</i> </td> <td>Dreamsville, Japan </td> <td><small>Credited to "John Simon & Friends", incl. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Forbert" title="Steve Forbert">Steve Forbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Cain" title="Jackie Cain">Jackie Cain</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Blaine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terry Blaine (page does not exist)">Terry Blaine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Muldaur" title="Geoff Muldaur">Geoff Muldaur</a> and others.</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i>No Band</i> </td> <td> </td> <td><small>Solo, piano/vocal performances of new and old songs, several previously unreleased</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Simon_(record_producer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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