Carly Simon - Film Noir (1997)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"You Won't Forget Me" (Kermi Goel, F. Speilman) – 2:52
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 4:33
"Lili Marlene" (M. David, Norbert Schultze, H. Leip) – 3:41
"Last Night When We Were Young" (Edgar Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen) – 4:42
"Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) – 3:34
"Film Noir" (Jimmy Webb, Carly Simon) – 3:35
"Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 4:44
"I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, John Wolf) – 3:32
"Fools Coda" (Torrie Zito) – 1:13
"Two Sleepy People" (Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:37
"Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) – 2:54
"Somewhere in the Night" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) – 3:29
Carly Simon Band Members / Musicians
Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals
Teese Gohl – keyboards
Jimmy Webb – acoustic piano, organ, arrangements and conductor, lead vocals (5)
Russ Kassoff – acoustic piano
Michael Kosarin – acoustic piano, piano arrangements
Mindy Jostyn – accordion, guitar, violin
Peter Calo – guitar
Jeff Pevar – mandolin
David Finck – acoustic bass
Billy Ward – drums
Van Dyke Parks – arrangements and conductor
Torrie Zito – arrangements and conductor
Elena Barere – concertmaster
Barry Finclair – concertmaster
Dick Berkhe – vocal arrangements
Al Dana – backing vocals
Kevin DiSimone – backing vocals
Kevin Osborne – backing vocals
Lenny Roberts – backing vocals
Ben Taylor – backing vocals
Darryl Tookes – backing vocals
John Travolta – lead vocals (10)
Carly Simon – producer (1-6, 8-12)
Jimmy Webb – producer (1-6, 8-12)
Arif Mardin – producer (7)
Frank Filipetti – engineer, mixing
Al Schmitt – engineer
Billy Eric – additional engineer
Brian Faehndrich – additional engineer
Roy Hendrickson – additional engineer
Michael O'Reilly – additional engineer
Craig Boyce – assistant engineer, mix assistant
Peter Doell – assistant engineer
Joe Lizzi – assistant engineer
Jim Murray – assistant engineer
Yvonne Yedibalian – assistant engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
Jill Dell'Abate – production manager
Nancy Roof – production coordination
Mark Burdett – art direction
Rita Karidis – design
Marlo Viscel – design
Greg Gorman – photography
Martin Scorsese – liner notes
Bill Zimmerman – research
Film Noir is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on September 16, 1997.
It is Simon's 3rd album devoted to standards, following Torch (1981) and My Romance (1990). 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. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance in 1998.
