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"
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) for the park on Sunday." Taylor's version has been released on many live and compilation albums. These include the compilation albums "Greatest Hits" (1976), "Classic Songs" (1990), "The Best of James Taylor" (2003) and "The Essential James Taylor" (2013). Live versions have been included on "Live" and "Live at the Beacon Theater". In a web-only exclusive, "The Simpsons" released a video highlighting the 2016 presidential election. In it, Marge is struggling to sleep because she is frustrated that basic manners are gone from politics. Homer convinces her to imagine a world in which the candidates are cordial with each other.