| Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period.References
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7.Recorded by The Shirelles, the song topped the charts in 1961; it was later covered by Dusty Springfield, Laura Branigan, Little Eva, Roberta Flack, and King herself.In 1965, Goffin and King wrote a special theme to Sidney Sheldon's new television series, I Dream of Jeannie, but the song was rejected in favor of an instrumental theme by Hugo Montenegro.The Monkees, was inspired by their move to suburban West Orange, New Jersey.Strawberry Alarm Clock with Toni Stern, "Lady of the Lake" and "Blues for a Young Girl Gone," which appeared on the album, The World in a Seashell.King (in 1971), Laura Nyro (in 1971), Rod Stewart (in 1974), Mary J.Mainstream success
King's own singing career, however, was slower to gain momentum.After failing several times at launching a solo career, King eventually helped pioneer a record label, Tomorrow Records, divorced Goffin and married Charles Larkey (of the Myddle Class).King then released Writer (1970), another commercial failure.Tapestry (1971) became a turning point in her career.The album garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; Record of the Year ("It's Too Late"); and Song of the Year ("You've Got a Friend").Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.In 1973, Carole King performed a free concert in New York City's Central Park and broke all previous records for such a concert with over 100,000 people attending.Also in 1975, King scored a number of songs for the animated TV production of Maurice Sendak's work, Really Rosie.Speeding Time to present
After releasing a collection called Speeding Time in 1983, King took a hiatus in Idaho, where she became an environmental activist.She returned to music in 1989, recording City Streets with guest Eric Clapton on two tracks, followed by Color of Your Dreams (1993), with a guest appearance by Slash of Guns N' Roses.Broadway production A Minor Incident, and in 1994 she played the role of Mrs.Johnstone on Broadway in Blood Brothers.King on the 1995 album Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King.From the album, Rod Stewart's version of "So Far Away" and Celine Dion's cover of "A Natural Woman" were both Adult Contemporary chart hits.Other artists who appeared on the album included Amy Grant ("It's Too Late"), Richard Marx ("Beautiful"), Aretha Franklin ("You've Got a Friend"), Faith Hill ("Where You Lead"), and the Bee Gees ("Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"Most notably, "You've Got a Friend" was a smash hit for James Taylor in 1971 (in fact, just two weeks earlier King's "It's Too Late" was at number one for its fifth week on the Billboard Hot 100) and a top 40 hit for Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway that same year.The Carpenters recorded King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" in 1972 and reached number 12 on the Billboard charts.Celine Dion also recorded King's song "The Reason" on her 1997 album Let's Talk About Love.Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers.Mirroring King's life, the film follows her from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry and a bad marriage, to her final triumph in realizing her dream to record her own hit album.Semisonic album All About Chemistry.In 2003 she began campaigning for John Kerry, performing in private homes for caucus delegates during the Democratic primaries.On July 29, 2004, she made a short speech and sang at the Democratic National Convention, about two hours before Kerry made his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for President.King continued her support of Kerry throughout the general election.King's "Where You Lead (I Will Follow)" is the theme song to the TV series Gilmore Girls.King sings with her daughter Louise.Sophie, the owner of the Stars Hollow music store.That show, along with the shows at the Greek Theater (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles and the Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts) were recorded live and released as The Living Room Tour album on July 12, 2005.The 2005 leg of "The Living Room Tour" kicked off on July 3, 2005, in Ontario, Canada.CD set contains a bonus disc with five additional tracks, including "Where You Lead (I Will Follow)."The song was written by King and Goffin.Notes
The 1973 single, "You Light Up My Life" is the not the same song as the No.Pop hit for Debby Boone in 1977 (see "You Light Up My Life" song article.Accessed November 25, 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.See all 192 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.Want it delivered Monday, January 14?Roll Hall of Fame Definitive 200 Albums title.Music (See Bestsellers in Music)Popular in these categories: (What's this?Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample.Will You Love Me Tomorrow?With expert guidance, it's simple!Get Carole King Ringtones.Buy the sheet music for Carole king at Sheet Music Plus.Add a iframe that allows us to ping the server when this element becomes visible
a9AdsViewNamespace.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?See all 349 customer reviews...Leonard Fleisig "Len" (Washington, D.It is a beautiful CD when I listen to it today.Pepper and Pet Sounds and went on from there.The growth of FM radio was fueled in part by the ability of those stations to play entire albums at a time.Similarly, the fact that FM stations would play whole sides of album encouraged musicians to create albums that were more than just a series of unrelated songs.If the definition of a classic is a piece of work that survives and propsers over time, then Tapestry is a classic.Was this review helpful to you?"Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."Why has Carol King's 1971 recording Tapestry stood the test of time?Two words: sincerity and emotion.The CD I bought from Amazon came with a sticker announcing: "4X Grammy Winner!People often say that "so and so" (fill in the blank here) is the female equivalent of Frank Sinatra, considered the King of singing lyrics with supreme sincerity.King sings her songs the more famous versions of her music performed by more famous artists seem likeelevator music in comparison.Her "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" is laced with vulnerability unmatched by any other singer.If you love someone, gift it.If you're a young musician or singer listen to and EMULATE a master writer andperformer.King's lyrics, music, rhythms and sincerity haunted and moved me in 1971 and they do today since this CD is every milligram good as it was when it was first recorded.This is a very emotional and poignant album.You can see what a beautiful person Carole King is through her music and message.Will you Love Me Tomorrow.Was this review helpful to you?This is an excellent CD with the best well known songs from Carol King.Published 13 days ago by Daniel J.My favorite is the "You've Got a Friend" (I like it by James Taylor also)...Carole King's classic album, Tapestry, never gets old.It is the perfect choice for a long road trip.Published 1 month ago by D.She is quite the songwriter
Not only is this a bajoolion times better than anything I've ever heard by Jackson Browne, it's also one of the very best records of the early '70s.Over the years the good times and bad have served to make
this Lady fantastic in the field of music.CD with the intent of giving the second to my daughter.Carole King's Timeless Messages
Carol King's album, Tapestry, is a spiritual journey through time.You've Got a Friend, to devote to my husband during our wedding and it has always been my...Published 5 months ago by Constance B.Simple, Complex, and Brilliant
Carole King is more than just the voice of a generation.She is a voice in the wilderness of modern music.Ages well, like fine wine.Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Sugar I like to hear this when I'm aching: A list by Sarah M.Folk for Womenfolk: A list by Tara M.Greats from the Greatest
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Y!DelegateListener('yuimenuitem', 'hd', 'click', YAHOO.Rating affects your music played in LAUNCHcast and Music Videos.Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin.Born Carole Klein on February 9, 1942,...Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin.King), she became a fixture at influential DJ Alan Freed's local Rock 'n' Roll shows; while attending Queens College, she fell in with budding songwriters Paul Simon and Neil Sedaka as well as Gerry Goffin, with whom she forged a writing partnership.Carol," written in her honor; King cut an answer record, "Oh!She and Goffin, who eventually married, began writing under publishers Don Kirshner and Al Nevins in the famed pop songwriting house the Brill Building, where they worked alongside the likes of Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and countless others.Ho"), and James Taylor ("You've Got a Friend").After 1977's Simple Things, she mounted a tour with the backing group Navarro and married her frequent songwriting partner Rick Evers, who died a year later after a heroin overdose.City Streets, which featured guest Eric Clapton.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Hours() * 3600 + newCurrentTime.Hours() * 3600 + currentTime.Minutes() * 60 + currentTime.See all 20 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.Day Shipping at checkout.See all 20 customer reviews...To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample.With expert guidance, it's simple!Get Carole King Ringtones.Transhumans are among us!Add a iframe that allows us to ping the server when this element becomes visible
a9AdsViewNamespace.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.The easiest way to shoot video reviews.Now after listening to this disc every day for almost two weeks I am happy tell you how lucky I was to have found it....Although I thought I might listen once or twice and then abandon it to the back of my cd collection just the opposite has happened.Hearing these songs again have given me a much keener appreciation for her talent.There's simply not a bad song on this disc.If this isn't in your collection...."Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.Hearing "Jazzman" really brings back a lot of childhood memories for me.This CD does a wonderful job of capturing all the big hits, as well as some other lesser known songs, composed, and sung by one of the great folk rock talents of this generation, Carole King.Her unique voice, piano accompaniments, and mellow but probing tunes made an unmistakable contribution to the music of the 60s and 70s, and some of her best known work became smash hits for other artists (Up on the Roof, You've Got a Friend).Tapestry is one of the great albums ever recorded and because many of the great songs on it are inevitably left off a greatest hits CD, I would make sure to buy that one as well.Was this review helpful to you?See all 20 customer reviews...Carole King is one of the most talented artists out there.Published 7 months ago by Karen A.Carole King is Awesome
Everything Carole does is amazing!It never seems to get old!This is my very first Carole King CD and I absoloutely love it.What a unique voice and incredible songs.Carole King fans
As stated in the other reviews, there are some songs that are not on this CD which were worth including, but I have been very pleased with the selections on this CD.The only thing I did not personally care for are the live cuts at the end.Shows more to King than 'Tapestry'
I admit, I am not the biggest fan of Carole King as a vocalist.Carole King is truly of the Greatest songwriters ever."CD five years ago after seeing her featured on the VH1 special about the 100 greatest artists of Rock and Roll.This is a wonderful compilation album which capitulates all of Carole King's greatest hits.Nice Collection Of Carole's Greatest Hits!This is a wonderful compilation album which capitulates all of Carole King's greatest hits.What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?Using your checking account at Amazon.If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.View or change your orders in Your Account.Visit our Help department.You have no recently viewed items or searches.Great seats still available.Buy Carole King tix.Complimentary Carole King Ringtones.All the latest Carole King Real Music Ringtones in 30 seconds.What did I just hear on KCRW?She also sings a variety of
songs from her illustrious catalog.Today, Douridas delivers his impeccable taste each Saturday on New Ground (and weekdays with 5 new original shows for KCRW's Music Channel), but you may be surprised to learn he is also the man behind the music on some of the coolest movies.Carole King had already firmly established ...James Taylor, Carole King Revisit 1970 in L.The beginning of the '70s was a milestone time for both Carole King and James Taylor.Want More Carole King?Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar. |
