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Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her most active years as a singer were during the first half of the 1970s, but her success as a songwriter spans a considerably longer period of over four decades since the early 1960s.
King has won four Grammy Awards and has been inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting, along with long-time partner Gerry Goffin.
Born Carol Klein in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish household, King started out playing the piano, then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines at James Madison High School.
She attended Queens College, where she was a classmate of Neil Sedaka and inspired Sedaka’s first big hit,
Oh! Carol, to which she later wrote and recorded a tongue-in-cheek response, Oh! Neil. Along with Sedaka and Goffin, King also befriended Paul Simon at the same college.
The Goffin-King partnership
Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually married, and had two daughters, Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin Kondor, both of whom have also become singers. Working for Aldon Music in the Brill Building, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1960s, the Goffin-King partnership first hit it big withWill You Love Me Tomorrow. Recorded by The Shirelles, the song topped the charts in 1961. It was later covered by Dusty Springfield, Little Eva, Roberta Flack, Laura Branigan, The Four Seasons, and King herself.
King has won four Grammy Awards and has been inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting, along with long-time partner Gerry Goffin.
Born Carol Klein in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish household, King started out playing the piano, then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines at James Madison High School.
She attended Queens College, where she was a classmate of Neil Sedaka and inspired Sedaka’s first big hit,
Oh! Carol, to which she later wrote and recorded a tongue-in-cheek response, Oh! Neil. Along with Sedaka and Goffin, King also befriended Paul Simon at the same college.The Goffin-King partnership
Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually married, and had two daughters, Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin Kondor, both of whom have also become singers. Working for Aldon Music in the Brill Building, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1960s, the Goffin-King partnership first hit it big with
Will You Love Me Tomorrow. Recorded by The Shirelles, the song topped the charts in 1961. It was later covered by Dusty Springfield, Little Eva, Roberta Flack, Laura Branigan, The Four Seasons, and King herself.
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So Far Away
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I Feel the Earth Move
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You've Got a Friend
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Where You Lead
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Home Again
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Beautiful
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
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Way Over Yonder
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Smackwater Jack
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Tapestry
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(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
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Jazzman
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Sweet Seasons
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Out in the Cold
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ClavierRabbit wrote:
Last year's live in Tokyo is the best memory through my life.
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Candlewhack wrote:
Lol gilmore girls
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PepeVarela wrote:
i love her music reminds me my chillhood <3
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miafleur wrote:
I adore Carole King!
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luckysouldier wrote:
OH Carol !!!
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fdo_playlist wrote:
Tapestry....Just Perfection!
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Sunzy wrote:
tapestry ooh
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crownanchor wrote:
Beautiful lady...........superb talent!:)
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strangelyn wrote:
i love her<3 she is the most respect SSW.
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googoobox20 wrote:
"so far away" is one of the most painful songz eva.
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edsimmons wrote:
so much soul
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script-ending wrote:
i love her <3
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mutexplosion wrote:
I love Carole King but admittedly have only listened to Tapestry. Not sure what to check out next...any thoughts?
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the_yin wrote:
just danced to I feel the earth move and it felt great.
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gerard1016 wrote:
just got the tapestry cd ,outstanding
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Confessions87 wrote:
Wow, great performances on Jools Holland tonight.
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christhepostman wrote:
just rediscovered carole king
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chocolatemamba wrote:
what CU2005 said...
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CU2005 wrote:
Tapestry is like the greatest hits collection most artists work their entire career to develop.
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