Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period.King has won four Grammy Awards and has been inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting, along with long-time partner Gerry Goffin.
1990: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Gerry Goffin ).
Ranked #10 on VH1s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
2001: Co-wrote two songs, "Let You Go" and "One More Time", with pop group Hanson. Neither of the songs have ever been released by King or Hanson.
Has four children: Levi Larkey , Louise Goffin , Molly Larky and Sherry Goffin.
She is a composer-performer who wrote numerous hit songs for other performers before achieving fame on her own with the album "Tapestry" in 1971. Among her compositions during this early period, usually written in collaboration with first husband Gerry Goffin , were "Take Good Care of My Baby", a #1 hit in 1961 for Bobby Vee ; "Go Away, Little Girl", a #1 hit for both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond ; "The Loco-Motion", a #1 hit for both Little Eva and Grand Funk Railroad ; and "Pleasant Valley Sunday", a top-ten hit in 1967 for The Monkees. She, herself, had a top-20 hit during this period, as well, "It Might As Well Rain Until September" , also co-written with Goffin.
One of musics great songwriters, her 1971 album "Tapestry" spent more than 300 weeks on the US charts.
1997: Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame (with Gerry Goffin ).
Ex-girlfriend of Neil Sedaka. He wrote his first hit, "Oh! Carol", for her.
Attended Queens College of the City University of New York.
(August 2, 2002) Performed in concert on "Today" (1952) . One of her guitarists was her current boyfriend, director Phil Alden Robinson.
Trained with Joanne Baron at The Joanne Baron DW Brown Studio.
Attended and graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1958.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6906 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 3, 2012.
2007: Inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
Dated Warren Beatty.
The stage musical production "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" had its world premiere in San Francisco (October 2013) and debuted on Broadway (January 2014). In February 2015 the show made its West End debut in London. Featuring (as Carole King): Jessie Mueller (US) / Katie Brayben / (as Gerry Goffin): Jake Epstein (US) / Alan Morrissey / (as Cynthia Weil): Anika Larsen (US); Lorna Want / (as Barry Mann): Jarrod Spector (US), etc.
My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision,of the everchanging view.
