Carole King

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Carole King is an American singer-songwriter and pianist renowned for her influential 1971 album "Tapestry" and her extensive contributions to pop and rock music.

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instanceOf composer
human
pianist
recording artist
singer-songwriter
activeYearsStart 1958
awardReceived Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Trustees Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
surface form: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
basedIn Idaho
surface form: Idaho, United States

Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
birthName Carol Joan Klein
collaboratedWith Gerry Goffin
James Taylor
Lou Adler
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1942-02-09
genre adult contemporary
blue-eyed soul
pop
rock
singer-songwriter
soft rock
inductedAs non_performer_songwriter
performer
influenced 1970s pop music
female singer-songwriters
instrument piano
vocals
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
movement Brill Building sound
name Carole King self-link
notableSongWritten (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
I Feel the Earth Move
It’s Too Late
One Fine Day
So Far Away
The Loco-Motion
Up on the Roof
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
You’ve Got a Friend
notableWork A Natural Woman: A Memoir
Fantasy
Music
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
Rhymes & Reasons
Simple Things
Tapestry
The Living Room Tour
Thoroughbred
Wrap Around Joy
Writer
occupation composer
pianist
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Manhattan
surface form: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Capitol Records
Columbia Records
Ode Records
Rockingale Records
spouse Charles Larkey
Gerry Goffin
Rick Evers
Rick Sorenson

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I’m Gonna Be Strong composer Carole King
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Be Strong
I’m Gonna Be Strong associatedWithSongwriter Carole King
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Be Strong
Halfway to Paradise composer Carole King
Halfway to Paradise writer Carole King
Chains composer Carole King
Chains lyricist Carole King
Crying in the Rain writer Carole King
Crying in the Rain composer Carole King
Just Once in My Life composer Carole King
Just Once in My Life coWriter Carole King
Just Once in My Life musicBy Carole King
Just Once in My Life hasSongwriter Carole King
Don’t Ever Change writer Carole King
Don’t Ever Change composer Carole King
Smackwater Jack composer Carole King
Smackwater Jack writer Carole King
Smackwater Jack performer Carole King
Smackwater Jack vocalist Carole King
Smackwater Jack hasMusicBy Carole King
It Might as Well Rain Until September partOf Carole King
this entity surface form: Carole King discography
Hey Girl (originally for Freddie Scott) writer Carole King
subject surface form: Hey Girl
Hey Girl (originally for Freddie Scott) composer Carole King
subject surface form: Hey Girl
Hey Girl (originally for Freddie Scott) associatedWithSongwriter Carole King
subject surface form: Hey Girl
Time Don’t Run Out on Me writer Carole King
Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee hit) composer Carole King
subject surface form: Take Good Care of My Baby
Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee hit) songwriter Carole King
subject surface form: Take Good Care of My Baby
Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees hit) composer Carole King
subject surface form: Pleasant Valley Sunday