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About Carole King

Songwriting Success Takes Off

Carol Klein grew up in New York, and it was during her years at the James Madison High School in the 1950's that she changed her name to Carole King. It was also around this time that she formed a band called the Co-Sines. When King was studying at Queens College, she met and fell in love with first husband, Gerry Goffin. In 1960, the Shirelles released the hit single, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which was written by King and Goffin. This is the song that made them all when it went straight to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Remarkable Accomplishments

Throughout the sixties, King and Goffin wrote songs for various artists including "Up on the Roof" for The Drifters, "One Fine Day" for The Chiffons, and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Women for Aretha Franklin. But, the duo's success together was short lived and by 1968 they were divorced, and Carole relocated to Laural Canyon in Los Angeles. During the 70's King started to release her own albums. First, Writer in 1970 with James Taylor, which reached 84 on the Billboard Top 200, then with the second album, Tapestry, in 1971, which rocketed to number 1 in the charts and also won her four Grammy Awards. Throughout the 70's more success came for King with 6 U.S. Billboard Top 10 albums including Music at number 1 in 1971 and Wrap around Joy, also at number 1 in 1974. During the 80's King went on to have several more successes including writing and performing the Care Bears theme tune, "Care-a-Lot" and working alongside Eric Clapton on "City Streets". Throughout the 90's and 00's Carole continued to write for artists such as Mariah Carey and Dinah Caroll as well as making her own music. In 2010 Carole and old friend, James Taylor released an album together called Live at the Troubadour before finally hanging up her hat and retiring in 2012. It was also this year Carole got an entry into the Hollywood Wall of Fame.