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"
Mexico (James Taylor song) song hasn't aged, and that it still seems "as immediate and relevant in the 21st century as [it] did in the 1970s." "Mexico" has appeared on a number of James Taylor compilation albums. It was included on the 1976 album "Greatest Hits". It later appearedon the 1990 album "Classic Songs", the 2003 album "The Best of James Taylor" and the 2013 album "The Essential James Taylor". Live versions of "Mexico" have been included on several live albums, including the 1991 album "Live in Rio", all versions of the 1993 album "Live" and the 1998 album "Live at the Beacon Theatre".