Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song) her 1965 album "Runnin' Out of Fools"; Franklin performed the song (with Ray Johnson providing the counter-vocal) on the March 10, 1965 episode of the TV program "Shindig!". Franklin's version of "Mockingbird" was one of several tracks to which Columbia Records company gave a single release after the singer's commercial success with Atlantic Records in 1967; released at the same time as Franklin's Atlantic single album "Chain of Fools"—which would reach #2—Franklin's version of "Mockingbird" scored two weeks at #94 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in December 1967. American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and James Taylor recorded a remake of "Mockingbird"
Night Owl (James Taylor song) "Sweet Baby James", producer Chip Taylor issued Flying Machine demos including "Night Owl" on the album "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine". Author Ian Halperin complains that for the CD reissue of "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine" Chip Taylor remixed the song and added bass guitar and percussion. James Taylor's brother Alex Taylor chose to include his own version of "Night Owl" on his 1971 debut album "With Friends & Neighbors". James Taylor played guitar on this version. King Curtis played tenor saxophone. White describes Alex Taylor's version as "a steady-rocking version." "Tuscaloosa News" editor Ben Windham