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Made famous by Aretha Franklin, it also appears on Carole's 1971 album, Tapesty. This powerful song has been taken on by various female powerhouses, including Celine Dion, Mary J Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Bonnie Tyler and, obviously, Rod Stewart. A Celebration of Carole King And Her Music; Denver Post". Denver Post. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012 . Retrieved December 19, 2012. Crafting this timeless hit was done amid Goffin and King’s early marriage. Don Kirshner commissioned the song for The Shirelles after their prior hit ‘Tonight’s the Night’. Continuing the song’s story, King fashioned the melody one afternoon while tending to their young daughter. She left a note for Goffin to pen the lyrics.
Perone, James E. (2006). The Words and Music of Carole King. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.22. ISBN 9780275990275. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016 . Retrieved February 6, 2011. Heller, Karen (December 1, 2015). "Carole King's musical odyssey". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018 . Retrieved June 5, 2018. In February 2013, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. And in January 2014, a Broadway musical covering her life – including the Goffin years – titled, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, opened in New York. It would go on to great success, wining two Tony Awards, and after its London run, two Olivier Awards. King had been apprehensive about the show’s dredging up of old, painful history, as it focuses on the Goffin-King love affair, their work at the Brill Building, their marriage, and Goffin’s infidelity. The show ends just as King is enjoying fame for her groundbreaking solo album, Tapestry. While Gerry Goffin’s infidelity and emotional problems are part of the stage production, he did attend the show’s opening in January 2014 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, though he was not then in the best of health.Schleier, Curt (June 7, 2012). "Q&A: Neil Sedaka on Adele and Carole King – The Arty Semite – Forward.com". The Jewish Daily Forward. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013 . Retrieved March 19, 2013. Richard Williams, “Gerry Goffin: The Poet Laureate of Teenage Pop,” The Guardian (London, UK), June 20, 2014. King's mother had learned to play piano as a child, and after buying a piano, would sometimes practice. When King developed an insatiable curiosity about music from the time she was about three, her mother began teaching her basic piano skills, without giving her actual lessons. [16] :14 When King was four, her parents discovered she had absolute pitch, [19] which enabled her to name a note correctly just by hearing it. [16] :14 King's father enjoyed showing off his daughter's skill to visiting friends: "My dad's smile was so broad that it encompassed the lower half of his face. I enjoyed making my father happy and getting the notes right." [16] :15 The President and First Lady Host Concert Honoring Carole King: Recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song". Carole King. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014 . Retrieved April 19, 2014. VVN Music (May 11, 2012). "Carole King Retires". Noise11. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013 . Retrieved November 11, 2012.
On this pop classic, King’s fragile melody seems to rise nervously from its bed of chords as if she were raising a question she is afraid to ask. To this, Goffin’s lyrics add: “Tonight you’re mine completely/You give your love so sweetly/Tonight the light of love is in your eyes/But will you love me tomorrow?”On January 21, 2017, King marched in the 2017 Women's March in Stanley, Idaho, carrying a sign that said "One Small Voice." In an op-ed for The Huffington Post, she wrote she carried that message because "I've never stopped believing that one small voice plus millions of other small voices is exactly how we change the world." [98] Legacy [ edit ] King during an interview at the JFK Presidential Library, Boston, Mass., April 12, 2012 In February 2016, the PBS TV program, American Masters, featured the profile, “Carole King: Natural Woman,” which included history on the Goffin-King biography and discography. Steve Chagollan, “Carole King: A Natural Hitmaker / Walk of Fame Honors,” Variety .com, December 3, 2012. Carole King: Music was released in December 1971, certified gold on December 9, 1971. It entered the top ten at 8, and for many weeks Tapestry and Carole King: Music simultaneously occupied the top 10. The following week it rose to No.3 and finally to No.1 on January 1, 1972, staying there for three weeks. The album also spawned a top 10 hit, "Sweet Seasons" (US No.9 and AC No.2). Carole King: Music stayed on the Billboard pop album charts for 44 weeks and was eventually certified platinum.
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