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Carole King Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter. [2] King’s career began in the 1960s when she, along with her then husband Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists, many of which have become standards. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King’s success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years. [3] In 2000 Billboard pop music researcher Joel Whitburn named King the most successful female songwriter of 1955–99 because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] King wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK. [5] In 2005 music historian Stuart Devoy found her the most successful female songwriter on the UK sin- gles charts 1952–2005. [6] King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her most recent non-compilation album was Live at the Troubadour in 2010, a collaboration with James Taylor that reached number 4 on the charts in its first week and has sold over 600,000 copies. [7][8] She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. [9] 1 Early life and '60s song-writing (1942–1969) King was born Carol Joan Klein in February 1942, to a Jewish family in Manhattan. Her mother, Eugenia (née Cammer), was a teacher and her father, Sidney N. Klein, was a firefighter. [10][11][12] She grew up in Brooklyn, [13] learned the piano when she was four years old, and ap- peared on The Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour with a school friend, performing "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" when she was eight. [14] While at James Madison High School in the 1950s, Carol Klein changed her name to Carole King, formed a band called the Co-Sines, and made demo records with her friend Paul Simon for $25 a session. [15][16] Her first official recording was the promotional single “The Right Girl”, released by ABC-Paramount in 1958, which she wrote and sang to an arrangement by Don Costa. [17] She attended Queens College, where she met Gerry Goffin, who was to become her song-writing part- ner. When she was 17, they married in a Jewish cer- emony on Long Island in August 1959 after King had become pregnant with her first daughter, Louise. [18][19] They left college and took daytime jobs, Goffin work- ing as an assistant chemist and King as a secretary, while writing songs together in the evening at an office belong- ing to Don Kirshner's Aldon Music at 1650 Broadway opposite the Brill Building. [20] Neil Sedaka, who dated King when he was still in high school, [21] had a hit in 1959 with "Oh! Carol". Goffin took the tune and wrote the playful response “Oh! Neil”, which King recorded and released as a single the same year. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song “A Very Special Boy”. [22][23] The single was not a success. [24] Af- ter writing The Shirelles' Hot 100 #1 hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", the first No.1 hit by a black girl group, [25] Goffin and King gave up the daytime jobs to concentrate on writing. [26] “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” became a standard. [27] During the sixties, with King writing the music and Gof- fin the lyrics, the two wrote a string of classic songs for a variety of artists. [28] King and Goffin were also the song- writing team behind Don Kirshner’s Dimension Records, which produced songs including "Chains" (later covered by the Beatles), "The Loco-Motion" for their babysitter Little Eva, and "It Might as Well Rain Until September" which King recorded herself in 1962—her first hit. [29] King would record a few follow-up singles in the wake of “September”, but none of them sold much, and her al- ready sporadic recording career was entirely abandoned (albeit temporarily) by 1966. Other songs of King’s early period (through 1967) include “Half Way To Paradise” [Tony Orlando, covered by Billy Fury in U.K.], "Take Good Care of My Baby" for Bobby Vee,"Up on the Roof" for the Drifters,"I'm into Some- thing Good" for Earl-Jean (later covered by Herman’s Hermits), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees (in- spired by their move to suburban West Orange, New Jersey), [30] and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin. [31] 1

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Carole King

Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an Americancomposer and singer-songwriter.[2]

King’s career began in the 1960s when she, along withher then husband Gerry Goffin, wrote more than twodozen chart hits for numerous artists, many of which havebecome standards. She has continued writing for otherartists since then. King’s success as a performer in herown right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang herown songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a seriesof albums and concerts. After experiencing commercialdisappointment with her debut albumWriter, King scoredher breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which toppedthe U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remainedon the charts for more than six years.[3]

In 2000 Billboard pop music researcher Joel Whitburnnamed King the most successful female songwriter of1955–99 because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits onthe Billboard Hot 100.[4] King wrote 61 hits that chartedin the UK.[5] In 2005 music historian Stuart Devoy foundher the most successful female songwriter on the UK sin-gles charts 1952–2005.[6]

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful beingTapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No.1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her mostrecent non-compilation albumwasLive at the Troubadourin 2010, a collaboration with James Taylor that reachednumber 4 on the charts in its first week and has sold over600,000 copies.[7][8]

She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted intothe Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame for her songwriting. She is the recipient of the2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for PopularSong, the first woman to be so honored.[9]

1 Early life and '60s song-writing(1942–1969)

King was born Carol Joan Klein in February 1942, to aJewish family in Manhattan. Her mother, Eugenia (néeCammer), was a teacher and her father, Sidney N. Klein,was a firefighter.[10][11][12] She grew up in Brooklyn,[13]learned the piano when she was four years old, and ap-peared on The Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour with aschool friend, performing "If I Knew You Were Comin'I'd've Baked a Cake" when she was eight.[14] While atJames Madison High School in the 1950s, Carol Klein

changed her name to Carole King, formed a band calledthe Co-Sines, and made demo records with her friendPaul Simon for $25 a session.[15][16]

Her first official recording was the promotional single“The Right Girl”, released by ABC-Paramount in 1958,which she wrote and sang to an arrangement by DonCosta.[17] She attended Queens College, where she metGerry Goffin, who was to become her song-writing part-ner. When she was 17, they married in a Jewish cer-emony on Long Island in August 1959 after King hadbecome pregnant with her first daughter, Louise.[18][19]They left college and took daytime jobs, Goffin work-ing as an assistant chemist and King as a secretary, whilewriting songs together in the evening at an office belong-ing to Don Kirshner's Aldon Music at 1650 Broadwayopposite the Brill Building.[20]

Neil Sedaka, who dated King when he was still in highschool,[21] had a hit in 1959 with "Oh! Carol". Goffintook the tune and wrote the playful response “Oh! Neil”,which King recorded and released as a single the sameyear. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song “AVerySpecial Boy”.[22][23] The single was not a success.[24] Af-ter writing The Shirelles' Hot 100 #1 hit "Will You LoveMe Tomorrow", the first No.1 hit by a black girl group,[25]Goffin and King gave up the daytime jobs to concentrateon writing.[26] “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” became astandard.[27]

During the sixties, with King writing the music and Gof-fin the lyrics, the two wrote a string of classic songs for avariety of artists.[28] King and Goffin were also the song-writing team behind Don Kirshner’s Dimension Records,which produced songs including "Chains" (later coveredby the Beatles), "The Loco-Motion" for their babysitterLittle Eva, and "It Might as Well Rain Until September"which King recorded herself in 1962—her first hit.[29]King would record a few follow-up singles in the wakeof “September”, but none of them sold much, and her al-ready sporadic recording career was entirely abandoned(albeit temporarily) by 1966.Other songs of King’s early period (through 1967) include“Half Way To Paradise” [Tony Orlando, covered by BillyFury in U.K.], "Take Good Care of My Baby" for BobbyVee, "Up on the Roof" for the Drifters, "I'm into Some-thing Good" for Earl-Jean (later covered by Herman’sHermits), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees (in-spired by their move to suburban West Orange, NewJersey),[30] and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A NaturalWoman" for Aretha Franklin.[31]

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2 2 SEVENTIES SINGER-SONGWRITER AND TAPESTRY (1970–1979)

By 1968, Goffin and King were divorced and were start-ing to lose contact.[18] King moved to Laurel Canyon inLos Angeles with her two daughters and reactivated herrecording career by forming the City, a music trio con-sisting of Charles Larkey, her future husband, on bass;Danny Kortchmar on guitar and vocals; and King on pi-ano and vocals.[28][32][33] The City produced one album,Now That Everything’s Been Said in 1968, but King’s re-luctance to perform live meant sales were slow.[34] Aftera change of distributors meant that the album was quicklydeleted, the group disbanded in 1969.[35]

2 Seventies singer-songwriter andTapestry (1970–1979)

King circa 1977

While in Laurel Canyon, King met James Taylor and JoniMitchell as well as Toni Stern, with whom she would col-laborate on songs.[15] King made her first solo album,Writer, in 1970 for Lou Adler’s Ode label, with Taylorplaying acoustic guitar and providing backing vocals. Itpeaked at number 84 in the Billboard Top 200. King fol-lowedWriter in 1971 with Tapestry, featuring recent solocompositions as well as reinterpretations of the aforemen-tioned “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and "(You MakeMe Feel Like) A Natural Woman”.The album was recorded in an overlap with Taylor’sMudSlide Slim on which King, Danny Kortchmar, and JoniMitchell appeared as they did on Tapestry, with both al-bums including "You've Got a Friend", which was a num-ber 1 hit for Taylor; King said in a 1972 interview that she“didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically

in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it andwanted to record it”.[36] Tapestry was an instant success.With numerous hit singles – including a Billboard No.1with "It’s Too Late" – Tapestry held the No.1 spot for 15consecutive weeks, remained on the charts for nearly sixyears, and has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.[37]

The album garnered four Grammy Awards includingAlbum of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Fe-male; Record of the Year (“It’s Too Late,” lyrics by ToniStern); and Song of theYear, withKing becoming the firstwoman to win the award ("You've Got a Friend"). The al-bum appeared on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albumsof All Time" list at number 36.[2] In addition, “It’s TooLate” was placed at number 469 on Rolling Stone’s 500Greatest Songs of All Time.Carole King: Music was released in December 1971, cer-tified gold on December 9, 1971. It entered the top ten at8, becoming the first of many weeks Tapestry and CaroleKing: Music simultaneously occupied the top 10. The fol-lowing week it rose to No.3 and finally to No.1 on January1, 1972, staying there for three weeks. The album alsospawned a top 10 hit, “Sweet Seasons” (US No.9 and ACNo.2). Carole King: Music stayed on the Billboard popalbum charts for 44 weeks and was eventually certifiedplatinum.Rhymes and Reasons (1972), and Fantasy (1973) fol-lowed, each earning gold certifications. Rhymes and Rea-sons produced another hit, "Been to Canaan" (US No.24and AC No.1), and Fantasy produced two hits, “Believein Humanity” (US No.28) and “Corazon” (US No.37 andACNo.5), as well as another song that charted on the Hot100, “You Light Up My Life” (US No.68 and AC No.6).In 1973, King performed a free concert in New YorkCity’s Central Park with 100,000 attending.[38]

In September 1974, King released her album WrapAround Joy, which was certified gold on October 16,1974, and entered the top ten at 7 on October 19, 1974.Two weeks later it reached 1 and stayed there one week.Wrap Around Joy spawned two hits. "Jazzman" was a sin-gle and reached 2 on November 9 but fell out of the topten the next week. "Nightingale", a single on December17, went to No. 9 on March 1, 1975.In 1975, King scored songs for the animated TV produc-tion of Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie, released as an al-bum by the same name, with lyrics by Sendak.Thoroughbred (1976) was the last studio album she madeunder the Ode label.[39] In addition to enlisting her long-time friends such as David Crosby, Graham Nash, JamesTaylor and Waddy Wachtel, King reunited with GerryGoffin to write four songs for the album. Their part-nership continued intermittently. King also did a promo-tional tour for the album in 1976.In 1977, King collaborated with another songwriter RickEvers on Simple Things, the first release with a new labeldistributed by Capitol Records. Shortly after that King

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and Evers were married; he died of a cocaine overdoseone year later, while King and daughter Sherry were inHawaii. Simple Things was her first album that failed toreach the top 10 on the Billboard since Tapestry, and itwas her last Gold-certified record by the RIAA, except acompilation entitled Her Greatest Hits the following year,and Live at the Troubadour in 2010.Despite its Gold-certified record status, Simple Thingswas named “The Worst Album of 1977” by Rolling Stonemagazine.[40] Neither Welcome Home (1978), her debutas a co-producer on an album, nor Touch the Sky (1979),reached the top 100. Pearls – The Songs of Goffin andKing (1980) yielded a hit single, an updated version of“One Fine Day”.

3 Later life and work (1982–present)

Carole King performing aboard USS Harry S. Truman in theMediterranean in 2000

King moved to Atlantic Records for One to One (1982),and Speeding Time in 1983, which was a reunion withTapestry-era producer Lou Adler. In 1983, she played pi-ano in “Chains and Things” on the B.B. King albumWhyI Sing The Blues. After a well-received concert tour in1984, journalist Catherine Foster of the Christian ScienceMonitor dubbed King “a Queen of Rock”. She also called

King’s performing as “all spunk and exuberance.”[41]

In 1985, she wrote and performed “Care-A-Lot”, thetheme to The Care Bears Movie. Also in 1985, she scoredand performed (with David Sanborn) the soundtrack tothe Martin Ritt-directed movie Murphy’s Romance. Thesoundtrack, again produced by Adler, included the songs“Running Lonely” and “Love For The Last Time (Themefrom 'Murphy’s Romance')", although a soundtrack al-bum was apparently never officially released.[42] Kingmade a cameo appearance in the film as Tillie, a townhall employee.[42]

In 1989, she returned to Capitol Records and recordedCity Streets, with Eric Clapton on two tracks and BranfordMarsalis on one, followed by Color of Your Dreams(1993), with an appearance by Slash. Her song, "Nowand Forever", was in the opening credits to the 1992movie A League of Their Own, and was nominated fora Grammy Award.[23]

In 1988, she starred in the off-Broadway production AMinor Incident, and in 1994, she played Mrs Johnstoneon Broadway in Blood Brothers. In 1996, she appearedin Brighton Beach Memoirs in Ireland, directed by PeterSheridan. In 1991, she wrote with Mariah Carey the song"If It’s Over", for Carey’s second album Emotions. In1996, she wrote “Wall Of Smiles/Torre De Marfil” withSoraya for her 1997 album of the same title.Early 1991 saw King’s song "It’s Too Late" covered byDina Carroll on the Quartz album Perfect Timing. Thecover topped the dance charts worldwide and reachedNo.8 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991. It was hoped thatKing would appear in the filming of the video for the songbut she declined, citing her heavy tour schedule at thattime.In 1997, King wrote and recorded backing vocals on "TheReason" for Celine Dion on her album Let’s Talk AboutLove. The song sold worldwide, including one million inFrance. It went to number 1 in France, 11 in the UK,and 13 in Ireland. The pair performed a duet on the firstVH1Divas Live benefit concert. King also performed her"You've Got A Friend" with Celine Dion, Gloria Estefanand Shania Twain as well as "(You Make Me Feel Like)A Natural Woman" with Aretha Franklin and others, in-cluding Mariah Carey. In 1998, King wrote “Anyone atAll”, and performed it in You've Got Mail, starring TomHanks and Meg Ryan.In 2001, King appeared in a television ad for the Gap,with her daughter, Louise Goffin.[43] She performed anew song, “Love Makes the World”, which became a ti-tle track for her studio album in autumn 2001 on herown label, Rockingale, distributed by Koch Records. Thealbum includes songs she wrote for other artists duringthe mid-1990s and features Celine Dion, Steven Tyler,Babyface and k.d. lang. Love Makes the World went to158 in the US and No. 86 in the UK. It also debutedon Billboard′s Top Independent Albums chart and TopInternet Albums chart at No. 20.[8][44][45] An expanded

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edition of the album was issued six years later called LoveMakes the World Deluxe Edition. It contains a bonus discwith five additional tracks, including a remake of “WhereYou Lead (I Will Follow)" co-written with Toni Stern.[46]

The same year, King and Stern wrote “Sayonara Dance”,recorded by Yuki, former lead vocalist of the Japaneseband Judy and Mary, on her first solo album Prismic thefollowing year. Also in 2001, King composed a song forAll About Chemistry album by Semisonic, with the band’sfrontman Dan Wilson.King launched her Living Room Tour in July 2004 atthe Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. That show, alongwith shows at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles and theCape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts), wererecorded as The Living Room Tour in July 2005. The al-bum sold 44,000 copies in its first week in the US, landingat 17 on the Billboard 200, her highest-charting albumsince 1977. The album also charted at 51 in Australia. Ithas sold 330,000 copies in the United States.[47][48][49] InAugust 2006 the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at151.[50] The tour stopped in Canada, Australia and NewZealand. A DVD of the tour, calledWelcome to My Liv-ing Room, was released in October 2007.

King and James Taylor performing during their 2010Troubadour Reunion Tour

In November 2007, King toured Japan withMary J. Bligeand Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. Japanese recordlabels Sony and Victor reissued most of King’s albums,including the works from the late 1970s previously un-available on compact disc. King recorded a duet of theGoffin/King composition "Time Don't Run Out on Me"with Anne Murray on Murray’s 2007 album Anne Mur-ray Duets: Friends and Legends. The song had previouslybeen recorded by Murray for her 1984 album Heart OverMind.In 2010, King and James Taylor staged their TroubadourReunion Tour together, recalling the first time they playedat The Troubadour, West Hollywood in 1970. The pair

had reunited two and a half years earlier in 2007 withthe band they used in 1970 to mark the club’s 50th an-niversary. They enjoyed it so much that they decided totake the band on the road for 2010. The touring bandfeatured players from that original band: Russ Kunkel,Leland Sklar, and Danny Kortchmar. Also present wasKing’s son-in-law, Robbie Kondor. King played pianoand Taylor guitar on each other’s songs, and they sangtogether some of the numbers they were both associatedwith. The tour began in Australia in March, returning tothe United States in May. It was a major commercial suc-cess, with King playing to some of the largest audiencesof her career. Total ticket sales exceeded 700,000 andthe tour grossed over 59 million dollars, making it one ofthe most successful tours of the year.[51]

During their Troubadour Reunion Tour, Carole King re-leased two albums, one with James Taylor. The first, re-leased on April 27, 2010, The Essential Carole King, is atwo-disc compilation album. The first disc features manysongs Carole King has recorded, mostly her hit singles.The second disc features recordings by other artists ofsongs that King wrote, most of which made the top 40,and many of which reached No.1.[52] The second albumwas released on May 4, 2010 and is a collaboration ofKing and James Taylor called Live at the Troubadour,which debuted at No.4 in the United States with sales of78,000 copies.[53] Live at the Troubadour has since re-ceived a gold record from the RIAA for shipments of over500,000 copies in the US and has remained on the chartsfor 34 weeks, currently charting at No.170 on the Bill-board 200.[54]

On December 22, 2010, Carole King’s mother, EugeniaGingold, died in the Hospice Care unit at Delray MedicalCenter in Delray Beach, Florida at the age of 94. Kingstated that the cause of death was congestive heart failure.Gingold’s passing was reported by the Miami Herald onJanuary 1, 2011.[55]

In the fall of 2011 she released A Holiday Carole,[56]which includes holiday standards and new songs writtenby her daughter Louise Goffin who also is producer forthe album. The album would garner a Grammy nomina-tion for Best Traditional Pop Album.Her autobiography "A Natural Woman: A Memoir" waspublished by Grand Central in the United States onApril 10, 2012. It entered the NYT best seller list atNo.6.[57][58]

On Thursday, May 10, 2012, it was announced that Ca-role King was retiring from music and that her days inmusic have most likely ended. King herself also doubtedshe would ever write another song and said that her 2010Troubadour Reunion Tour with James Taylor was proba-bly the last tour of her life, saying that it “was a good wayto go out.” King also stated that she will most likely notbe writing or recording any new music.[59][60] However,on May 22, King wrote on her Facebook page that shenever said she was actually retiring, and insisted that she

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was just “taking a break.” Carole campaigned for IdahoanNicole Lefavour and BarackObama in 2012. Early inDe-cember 2012, Carole received a star on the HollywoodWalk of Fame.[61] In 2013, she received the GershwinPrize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress, thefirst female recipient in the prize’s history.[62] She hadthe benefit concert 'Painted Turtle - a celebration of Ca-role King'.[63] King also did an Australian tour in Febru-ary 2013.[64] Following the Boston Marathon bombingsof April 2013, she performed in Boston with James Tay-lor in order to help victims of the bombing.[65]

In late 2012, the Library of Congress announced that Ca-role King had been named the 2013 recipient of the pres-tigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song - the first womanto receive the distinction given to songwriters for a bodyof work. “Carole King has been one of the most influ-ential songwriters of our time,” Librarian of CongressJames H. Billington said in a statement accompanyingthe announcement. “For more than five decades, she haswritten for and been recorded by many different types ofartists for a wide range of audiences, communicating withbeauty and dignity the universal human emotions of love,joy, pain and loss. Her body of work reflects the spiritof the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity anddiversity of appeal.” President and Mrs. Barack Obamahosted the award concert at the White House on May 22,2013, with the President presenting the prize and read-ing the citation.[66] In June 2013 she campaigned in Mas-sachusetts for US Representative Ed Markey, the Demo-cratic nominee in a special election for the US Senate tosucceed John Kerry who had resigned to become Secre-tary of State.Carole King was honored as MusiCares Person of theYear in January 2014.[67]

4 Acting career

King has appeared sporadically in acting roles, notablythree appearances as guest star on the TV series GilmoreGirls as Sophie, the owner of the Stars Hollow musicstore. King’s song “Where You Lead (I Will Follow)"was also the theme song to the series, in a version sungwith her daughter Louise.[68] King also appeared as Mrs.Johnstone as a replacement in the original Broadway pro-duction of Blood Brothers.

5 Personal life and family

King has been married four times, to Gerry Goffin,Charles Larkey, Rick Evers, and Rick Sorenson. In her2012 memoir A Natural Woman, King wrote that she hadbeen physically abused by her third husband, Rick Evers,on a regular basis.[69] Evers died of a cocaine overdosedays after they broke up in 1978.[70]

Her children are musicians Louise Goffin and SherryGoffin Kondor, artist Molly Larkey, and Levi Larkey.[71]

6 Filmography

7 Political and environmental ac-tivism

After relocating to Idaho in 1977, King became involvedin environmental issues. Since 1990, she has been work-ing with the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and othergroups towards passage of the Northern Rockies Ecosys-tem Protection Act (NREPA). King has testified on Capi-tol Hill three times on behalf of NREPA: in 1994, 2007and again in 2009.[72][73]

King is also politically active in the United States Demo-cratic Party. In 2003, she began campaigning for JohnKerry, performing in private homes for caucus delegatesduring the Democratic primaries. On July 29, 2004, shemade a short speech and sang at the Democratic NationalConvention, about two hours before Kerry made his ac-ceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for Pres-ident. King continued her support of Kerry throughoutthe general election. When Kerry was named Secretaryof State in 2013 she campaigned with US RepresentativeEdMarkey, the Democratic nominee to succeed Kerry ina special election.In 2008, King appeared on the March 18 episode of TheColbert Report, touching on her politics again. She saidshe was supporting Hillary Clinton, and said the choicehad nothing to do with gender. She also said she wouldhave no issues if Barack Obama won the election. Be-fore the show’s conclusion, she returned to the stage toperform “I Feel the Earth Move”.On October 6, 2014, she performed at a Democraticfundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills,California, attended by Vice President Joe Biden.[74]

8 Tributes and covers

An all-star roster of artists paid tribute to King on the1995 album Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to CaroleKing. From the album, Rod Stewart's version of "So FarAway" and Celine Dion’s cover of “A Natural Woman”were both Adult Contemporary chart hits. Other artistswho appeared on the album included Amy Grant (“It’sToo Late”), Richard Marx (“Beautiful”), Aretha Franklin(“You've Got a Friend”), Faith Hill (“Where You Lead”),and the Bee Gees (“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?").FormerMonkeeMicky Dolenz releasedKing for a Day, atribute album consisting of songs written or co-written byKing, in 2010.[75] The album includes "Sometime in the

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King during an interview at the JFK Presidential Library, Boston,Mass., April 12, 2012

Morning", a King-penned song originally recorded by theMonkees in 1967. Dolenz had previously recorded an-other of King’s Monkees compositions, "Porpoise Song",on his lullaby-themed CD Micky Dolenz Puts You toSleep.[76]

Many other cover versions of King’s work have appearedover the years. Most notably, "You've Got a Friend" wasa smashNo.1 hit for James Taylor in 1971 and a top 40 hitfor Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway that same year.Isaac Hayes recorded "It’s Too Late" for his No.1 R&Blive album Live at the Sahara Tahoe. Barbra Streisandhad a top 40 hit in 1972 with "Where You Lead" twice– by itself and as part of a live medley with “Sweet In-spiration”. Streisand also covered “No Easy Way Down”in 1971, “Beautiful” and "You've Got A Friend" in 1972,and “Being At War With Each Other” in 1974. The Car-penters , while having musical equipment installed, firstheard "It’s Gonna Take Some Time This Time and likedit so much that they recorded it. Helen Reddy coveredtwo Carole King penned tunes: the first was "No SadSong" in 1971; the second was "I Can't Hear You NoMore" in 1976. The Carpenters recorded King’s "It’sGoing to Take Some Time" in 1972, and reached num-ber 12 on the Billboard charts. Richard Carpenter pro-duced a version of “You've Got A Friend” with then teensinger/actor Scott Grimes in 1989. Martika had a num-ber 25 hit in 1989 with her version of "I Feel the EarthMove", and “It’s Too Late” reappeared on the Adult Con-temporary chart in 1995 by Gloria Estefan. Linda Ron-stadt recorded a new version of "Oh No Not My Baby" in1993. Celine Dion also recorded King’s song “The Rea-son” on her 1997 album Let’s Talk About Love with Ca-role King singing backup and it became a million-sellerand was certified Diamond in France. “Where You Lead”(lyrics by Toni Stern) became the title song of TV showGilmore Girls. Mandy Moore covered "I Feel the EarthMove" on her 2003 album, Coverage.In 1996, a film very loosely based on her life, Grace ofMy Heart, was released. In the film an aspiring singersacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs thatlaunch the careers of other singers. Mirroring King’s life,

the film follows her from her first break, through the painof rejection from the recording industry and a bad mar-riage, to her final triumph in realizing her dream to recordher own hit album.

9 Film biography

Main article: Grace of My Heart

Allison Anders wrote and directed her 1996 sleeper hitGrace of My Heart loosely basing the lead character uponmany widely documented facts about King’s life as well asa then-current music scene on which it is laid. The storyis fleshed out withmaterial equally loosely based upon hersongwriting colleagues, the singers for whom they wrotetheir material and their various producers involved in thecreative environment anchored at the Brill Building from1958–64 and from the California music scene from 1965-71.

10 Broadway musical biography

Main article: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

A musical version of King’s life and career debuted inpre-Broadway tryouts in September 2013, in San Fran-cisco, titled Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Itstarred Jessie Mueller in the title role.[77] Previews onBroadway began on November 21, 2013 at the StephenSondheim Theatre, with the official opening on January12, 2014. The book is by Douglas McGrath.[78] Reviewswere mixed, but generally warm.[79] Jessie Mueller wonthe Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in aLeading Role in a Musical for her portrayal of King, andBrian Ronan won the Tony Award for Best Sound Designof a Musical.[80]

11 AwardsGrammy

Primetime Emmy

Satellite

11.1 Recognition

• In 1987, Goffin and King were inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fame.

• In 1988, Goffin and King received the NationalAcademy of Songwriters Lifetime AchievementAward.[18]

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• In 1990, King was inducted, along with Goffin,into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the non-performer category for her songwriting achieve-ments.

• In 2002, King was given the “Johnny MercerAward” by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

• In 2004, Goffin andKingwere awarded theGrammyTrustees Award.

• King was inducted into the Long Island Music Hallof Fame in 2007.[81]

• In 2012 (December 3), King received the 2,486thstar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• In February 2013, King was awarded the GrammyLifetime Achievement Award.

• On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, the Library of Congresshosted an invitation-only concert at their CoolidgeAuditorium in honor of Carole King. The all-star tribute included performances by Siedah Gar-rett, Colbie Caillat, Gian Marco, Shelby Lynne,Patti Austin, Arturo Sandoval and King’s daughter,Louise Goffin.[82]

• On the following night, May 22, 2013, at the WhiteHouse, King was joined by other star perform-ers including James Taylor, Gloria Estefan, EmeliSandé, Trisha Yearwood, JesseMcCartney and BillyJoel.[83] President Barack Obama presented CaroleKing with the fourth Library of Congress GershwinPrize for Popular Song, the first awarded to a womancomposer.[84] The White House concert and awardsceremony capped off two days of events celebratingCarole King.

12 Discography

Main article: Carole King discography

• Writer (1970)

• Tapestry (1971)

• Music (1971)

• Rhymes & Reasons (1972)

• Fantasy (1973)

• Wrap Around Joy (1974)

• Really Rosie soundtrack (1975)

• Thoroughbred (1976)

• Simple Things (1977)

• Welcome Home (1978)

• Touch the Sky (1979)

• Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)

• One to One (1982)

• Speeding Time (1983)

• City Streets (1989)

• Colour of Your Dreams (1993)

• Love Makes the World (2001)

• A Holiday Carole (2011)

13 Certifications

The years given are the years the albums and singleswere released, and not necessarily the years in which theyachieved their peak.U.S. Billboard Top 10 Albums[8]

• 1971 – Tapestry (No.1)

• 1971 – Music (No.1)

• 1972 – Rhymes & Reasons (No.2)

• 1973 – Fantasy (No.6)

• 1974 –Wrap Around Joy (No.1)

• 1976 – Thoroughbred (No.3)

• 2010 – Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor)(No.4)

U.S. Billboard Top 10 'Pop' Singles[8]

• 1971 – "I Feel the Earth Move" (No.1)

• 1971 – "It’s Too Late" (No.1)

• 1971 – “Sweet Seasons” (No.9)

• 1974 – "Jazzman" (No.2)

• 1974 – "Nightingale" (No.9)

Albums and singles certifications

14 See also

• List of songwriter collaborations

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[77] Hetrick, Adam. “Broadway-Bound Beautiful: The CaroleKing Musical Ends San Francisco Engagement Oct. 20”,playbill.com, October 20, 2013.

[78] Hetrick, Adam. "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,Starring Jessie Mueller, Arrives on Broadway Nov. 21”,playbill.com, November 21, 2013.

[79] Staff. “The Verdict: Critics Review Beautiful: The CaroleKing Musical ", playbill.com, January 12, 2014.

[80] , tonyawards.com

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16 External links• Official website

• Carole King discography at Discogs

• Carole King at the Internet Movie Database

• Carole King at the Internet Broadway Database

• Carole King at the Songwriters Hall of Fame

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