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===Later career===
Simon worked on several projects in the [[1990s]] including an opera ''[[Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera|Romulus Hunt]]'' and a cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for [[Ken Burns]]' [[1994]] film ''Baseball''. She wrote the score for the [[1990]] film ''[[Postcards From The Edge]]'' as well as sthe theme songs to several movies, including "Two Little Sisters" from the [[1996]] movie ''[[Marvin's Room]]'' and "In Two Straight Lines" form the [[1998]] movie ''[[Madeline]]''. She recorded "I've Got a Crush On You" for [[Larry Adler]]'s covers album ''The Glory of Gershwin'' in 1994. In [[1995]] she put aside years of [[stage fright]] long enough to stage an American concert tour in conjunction with [[Hall and Oates]]. In [[1998]], Simon was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] and received chemotherapy. In [[2000 in music|2000]] she recorded her first album since her illness, ''[[The Bedroom Tapes]]''.
Among Simon's recent work were songs for the [[Walt Disney|Disney]] [[Winnie the Pooh]] films ''[[Piglet's Big Movie]]'' in [[2003]] and ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Movie]]'' in [[2005]]. Her songs were also prominently featured in the movie ''Little Black Book'' starring [[Brittany Murphy]] and [[Holly Hunter ]]. In [[2005]] she released another album of standards titled ''[[Moonlight Serenade]]''. ''Moonlight Serenade'' debuted at number 7 on the Billboard charts, her highest debut since ''Hotcakes'' in 1973.
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