American singer-songwriter, born June 25, 1945, New York City.She has won two Grammy awards (of fourteen nominations), an Oscar and a Golden Globe. She was married to James Taylor from 1972 until their divorce in 1983, and is the mother of Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, daughter of Richard L. Simon, co-founder of book publisher Simon & Schuster, and sister of Joanna Simon, Peter Simon and Lucy Simon.