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Carole King
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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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Carole King - Loving You Forever
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Carole King - Jazzman
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Carole King- Sweet Seasons
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Carole King - Up On The Roof
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It's Too Late
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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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Beautiful
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Home Again
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Smackwater Jack
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
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Way Over Yonder
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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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grooveinLove wrote:
Carole will be performing on Oct 12 at 4 on ABC's "Frosted Pink with a Twist." The show was filmed in San Diego to raise awareness about women's cancers. A bunch of different artists are performing, along with some of the Olympic gymnasts. It's actually a really cool event! Here is a clip of Carole singing with teen pop-artist Jesse McCartney (my daughter loves him). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_OMKpgzu8 Support women's cancer awareness and be sure to watch on Sunday!
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fmera wrote:
Wishful Thinking
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linleys wrote:
fab
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bam113 wrote:
this is music
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abugslife wrote:
Jeez! When is she coming to Brazil?
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Dualcia wrote:
Where You Lead <3. Gilmore Girls ! :]
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DeaconBlues311 wrote:
Love the bonus tracks with Brian Wilson.
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blabbers wrote:
i like her. (:
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DAcookiemonster wrote:
LOL GILMORE GIRLS FTW!
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godwand wrote:
Tapestry = one of my all-time favorites
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Ben_Willems wrote:
That just touches me more than I can put in words!
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Shells52 wrote:
aside from buying the DVD, does anyone know where I can get the music from Murphy's Romance?
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NOHIDDENPATH wrote:
Great voice, great lyrics...TAPESTRY is a wonderful album. www.myspace.com/foxyladydee
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spoiledmom wrote:
A huge part of the soundtrack of my life
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namron58 wrote:
I love Carole King! The 70's were mine, she added so much to that decade.
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fmera wrote:
You Will Find Me There
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biochip wrote:
Tapestry is fantastic
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danadane61 wrote:
man this song brings back alot of high school memories. Real down to earth music
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MollyQuinn wrote:
idk i just love really rosie, it's the recently rediscovered soundtrack of my childhood
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poppicker6 wrote:
hey what can i say a natural woman totally gifted
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