Carole King
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| + | I feel the [[earth]] - [[move]] - under my feet<br> | ||
| + | I feel the sky tum-b-ling down - tum-b-ling down<br> | ||
| + | I feel my heart start to trem-b-ling<br> | ||
| + | Whenever you're around<br> | ||
| - | '''Carole King''' (born [[February 9]], [[1942]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]], and [[pianist]]. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s. | + | --"[[I Feel the Earth Move]]" (1971) by Carole King |
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| + | It used to be so [[easy]] living here with you <br> | ||
| + | You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do <br> | ||
| + | Now you look so [[unhappy]] <br> | ||
| + | And I feel like a [[fool]] <br> | ||
| + | --[[It's Too Late (Carole King song)|"It's Too Late"]] (1971 ) by Carole King | ||
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| + | '''Carole King''' (born February 9, 1942) is an [[American singer-songwriter]] and musician known for such songs as "[[It's Too Late]]" (1971), "[[I Feel the Earth Move]]" (1971) and "[[Corazón]]" (1973). | ||
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| + | Active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the [[Brill Building]] and later as a solo artist, she is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians [[of all time]]. [[King]] is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. | ||
| - | ===''Tapestry'' and beyond=== | + | King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005. |
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| - | King followed up ''Writer'' in 1971 with ''[[Tapestry (album)|Tapestry]]'', featuring folk-flavored reinterpretations of some of her early pop hits as a songwriter, along with new compositions. | + | |
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| - | ''Tapestry'' was an instant success and was soon recognized as one of the landmark albums of the [[singer-songwriter]] genre of the early 1970s. With numerous hit singles, ''Tapestry'' would remain on the charts for nearly six years and sell over 10 million copies in the United States and an estimated 22 million world-wide. 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"). | + | |
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| - | ''Tapestry'' became the top-selling pop solo album ever, a position it held until the release of [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' in 1982. The album was later placed at #36 on [[Rolling Stone]]'s "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. In addition, "[[It's Too Late]]" was placed at #469 on [[Rolling Stone]]'s [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. | + | |
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| - | ''[[Music (Carole King album)|Music]]'' (1971), ''[[Rhymes and Reasons]]'' (1972), and ''[[Fantasy (Carole King album)|Fantasy]]'' (1973) followed, each earning either a gold or platinum [[RIAA certification]]. | + | |
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| - | In 1973, 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. | + | |
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| - | King also enjoyed major success with her 1974 album ''[[Wrap Around Joy]]''. The album reached number #1 on the Billboard charts and only for the second time in her career she had a song reach as high as #2 on the singles chart with "Jazzman," | + | |
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| - | [[Goffin]] and King reunited to write four songs for ''[[Thoroughbred (Carole King album)|Thoroughbred ]]'' (1975). [[David Crosby]], [[Graham Nash]] and [[James Taylor]], a long-time friend of King's, all appeared on the record. ''Thoroughbred'' would be her last Gold-certified record. Also in 1975, King scored a number of songs for the animated TV production of [[Maurice Sendak]]'s work ''[[Really Rosie]]'', which was also released as an album by the same name, with lyrics by Sendak. | + | |
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| - | In 1977 King collaborated with a new another songwriting partner, [[Rick Evers]], on ''[[Simple Things (Carole King album)|Simple Things]]''. King married Evers shortly thereafter; he died of a [[heroin]] [[drug overdose|overdose]] one year later. ''Simple Things'' reached number 17 on the Billboard album charts, her first release since ''Tapestry'' not to reach the top 10. Neither ''Welcome Home'' (1978), which marked her debut as a co-producer on an album, nor ''Touch the Sky'' (1979), reached the top 100. | + | |
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| - | ''Pearls - The Songs of Goffin and King'' (1980) was moderately successful and yielded a hit single, an updated version of "One Fine Day". ''Pearls'' marked the end of King's career as a hitmaker as a performer, as no subsequent single release would reach the top 40. | + | |
| + | King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, [[Gerry Goffin]], wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become [[Standard (music)|standards]], for numerous artists. 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 (album)|Writer]]'', King scored her breakthrough with the album ''[[Tapestry (Carole King album)|Tapestry]]'', which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Charles Larkey]] | ||
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Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for such songs as "It's Too Late" (1971), "I Feel the Earth Move" (1971) and "Corazón" (1973).
Overview
Active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist, she is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time. King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.
King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. 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.
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