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 Baby James strung together three unfinished songs into a "suite", and completed the album. The album produced two charting singles: "Fire and Rain," backed by "Anywhere Like Heaven," which peaked at #3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 31 October 1970, and "Country Road," backed by "Sunny Skies," which peaked at #37 on 20 March 1971. An additional single, "Sweet Baby James," backed by "Suite for 20 G," did not chart. All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted. Side One Side Two Some copies of the album also feature "Hi, James" and "That's All Folks" etched into the inner dead wax