• Carole King is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter. In the 1960s, King and her then-husband Gerry Goffin were known as the songwriting team Goffin and King. Her album Tapestry was a hit and is considered a major influence on the singer-songwriter genre.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: New York City, New York
  2. Born: February 9, 1942, as Carole Klein
  3. Years Active: 1958 - Present
  4. Label: Rockingale
  5. [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_King#Discography Discography]
  6. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990
  7. Grammy Awards: 4

• Compositions

  King is best known as composer and singer of the early-1970s radio hits "I Feel the Earth Move," "So Far Away" and "You've Got a Friend", but her work with Goffin in the 1960s produced some of the most popular and enduring songs of the era. Among them are Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," The Drifters' "Up on the Roof," Herman's Hermits' "I'm into Something Good" and the dance-craze hit "The Loco-Motion." In the 1980's, she composed several R&B; hits for Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole.

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