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"
James Taylor (album) February 1969, but failed to chart. It was released as a single in the US (Apple 1805) in March 1969, but only reached number 118. "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" was issued as a single in France (APF 506) backed with "Something's Wrong". Because of the difficulty of obtaining licensing rights from Apple during the 1970s, "Something in the Way She Moves" and "Carolina in My Mind" were re-recorded in 1976 for Taylor's "Greatest Hits" album. All songs written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted. Times are from the original Apple LP vinyl label. James Taylor (album) James Taylor is the