Carole King is an American songwriter and singer who was one of the most prolific female musicians in the history of pop music. She composed dozens of hit songs with Gerry Goffin and later recorded Tapestry, one of the most popular albums in music histor
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Carole King Performs "Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)" with Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011) Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, this song, performed by Carole, appears on the album Now That Everything's Been Said (1968) and Pearls (Songs of Goffin/King) (1980) ...
About Beautiful - The Carole King Musical BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Before she was hit-maker Carole King, she was Carole Klein, a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice. From the chart-topping hits she wrote for the biggest acts in music to her own life-chang...
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” the story of her early career steps towards the iconic status she holds today. “Beautiful,” a Broadway hit now playing at Spreckels, is a celebratory, upbeat and uncritical look at how an unassuming songwriter – who began by writing songs for ...
King, who was born in Brooklyn, performed the show to more than 100,000 fans. “New York has given me such an awful lot — stimulus, ideas, feelings to write — that the concert is just a small way of giving something back to it,”The New York Timesreported she said before the sho...
Saxophonist Tom Scott came out front to play the solo he recorded on “Jazzman” after King delivered a tender rendition of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” the Shirelles hit that also appeared on “Tapestry.” The evening closed with the ensemble performing “I...
You summed up the power and beauty of Carole King very well! I wouldn’t necessarily say that King is my overall favorite artist of all time, but her songs have touched me and have more meaning for me than any other artist I can think of. I’ve always been a big fan of King and...
It was a perfect storm of time and place for King and Tapestry, buoyed by her back catalog but fueled by her new set of songs, including the timeless "You've Got a Friend," which Taylor recorded at the same time as King's version and rushed out as a No. 1 single. On an album ...
It was a perfect storm of time and place for King and Tapestry, buoyed by her back catalog but fueled by her new set of songs, including the timeless "You've Got a Friend," which Taylor recorded at the same time as King's version and rushed out as a No. 1 single. On an album ...