Carole King is tagged as: female vocalists, singer-songwriter, folk, classic rock, pop Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. As a songwriter, she and songwriting partner and husband Gerry Goffin penned over two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have since become standards and reaching number one; as a singer and performer, her iconic album Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971, and remained on the charts for over six years. King’s success as a performer was highest in the first half of the 1970s, although she was a successful songwriter long before and long after. She was just 17 when she wrote her first #1 hit with Gerry Goffin, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” in 1959. In 1997 she wrote “The Reason” for Céline Dion. In 2000, King was named the most successful female songwriter of the 1955-99 pop music era by Joel Whitburn, a Billboard magazine pop music researcher, as she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 during that time. This was featured in the Los Angeles Times. King has released 25 solo albums, her most successful being Tapestry. Her most recent album is The Living Room Tour, which experienced great success on the charts in its first week alone. She has won four Grammy Awards and w... Read More About Carole King Biography...  Send Carole King ringtones to your cell
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