Carly Simon an instant hit, reaching No. 3 on "Billboard's" Album Chart and was certified Gold. "Hotcakes" included two top ten singles, "Mockingbird", a duet with James Taylor that peaked at No. 5 on "Billboard's" Pop Singles chart, and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain", which hit No. 2 on "Billboard's" Adult Contemporary chart. The same year, Simon provided vocals on Tom Rush's album "Ladies Love Outlaws" and co-sang with Rush on "No Regrets" and as backup on "Claim on Me". In 1975, Elektra released her first greatest-hits album, "The Best of Carly Simon", which became Simon's all-time best selling disc and
Sweet, Sweet Smile a bonus track on her "The Ultimate Hits Collection" album. Sweet, Sweet Smile "Sweet, Sweet Smile" is a C&W song composed by Otha Young and Juice Newton introduced by the Carpenters on their 1977 album "Passage". The track features drummer Ron Tutt who regularly backed Elvis Presley. "Sweet, Sweet Smile" is one of the few songs recorded by the Carpenters which was chosen by Karen Carpenter rather than Richard Carpenter. Juice Newton and her bandleader Otha Young had written "Sweet, Sweet Smile" for Newton herself to record but Newton's label Capitol Records was not interested in the song. Newton's manager,