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When Carly Simon released her debut single in the spring of 1971, pop radio wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. “That’s the Way I Always Heard It Should Be” was a brooding ballad that dared to ask a question few women in pop music were saying out loud: Was traditional marriage a trap? The song spoke directly to women who looked critically upon the marriages of their parents and friends and wanted something different for themselves. Yet behind the song’s feminine voice was a man. Simon composed the haunting, melancholy melody, and its lyrics were penned by her…

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