Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on bill simon -lrb- musician -rrb- 's: - instrument - years active - birth name - label - death date - genre - birth date - name - background - image - occupation Bio: bill simon -lrb- july 1 , 1920 -- august 20 , 2000 -rrb- was a songwriter , musician and music critic . he was a contributor to the music business in the mid-20th century , notably as a jazz commentator for '' billboard magazine '' and other publications . his liner notes can still be found on many record albums of the era . raised in springville , new york , simon began his career in music in 1941 as the manager of his brother 's record store in buffalo , new york . in 1944 he moved to new york city and worked as a record salesman , record producer -lrb- he compiled the first edith piaf album issued in the usa -rrb- and jazz critic . he discovered the jazz clarinetist tony scott ; they shared an apartment for 5 years and simon was scott 's first manager . they remained lifelong friends . simon spent several years -lrb- starting in 1955 -rrb- as associate editor of '' billboard magazine '' and wrote a monthly column on jazz for '' the saturday review '' . he was manager and editor of the rca victor popular record club , owned by the book-of-the-month club , which later sold the club to reader 's digest , with simon as part of the package . he stayed at reader 's digest for 22 years , producing dozens of best-selling albums , such as '' the great band era '' and '' country roads '' . he also conceived and was the editor of 17 reader 's digest song books , including '' treasury of great show tunes '' and '' the children 's songbook '' , which have sold in the millions and are still in print . simon 's articles appear in several jazz anthologies , including '' the jazz word '' -lrb- ballantine books 1960 -rrb- and '' the jazz makers '' -lrb- rinehart & co. 1957 -rrb- . for '' record world '' 's 1974 tribute to sam goody , simon wrote the featured piece , '' sam goody -- the early years , '' on the occasion of goody 's 70th birthday and 35 years in the record business . -lrb- simon worked for goody for 5 years as salesman and record producer . -rrb- simon was also a sheet music collector and a founder and past...
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- instrument is saxophone- years active is 1941 -- 2000- birth name is william l. simon- label is reader 's digest- death date is 20 august 2000- genre is jazz- birth date is 1 july 1920- name is bill simon- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- image is billsmall.jpg- occupation is music editor , songwriter , author , saxophonist