Carole King

Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter. She was most active as a singer during the early- to mid-1970s, but she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period.

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Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Carole Klein (as she was then known) started out playing the piano and then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines in high school. While attending Queens College, King befriended Paul Simon, Neil Sedaka and Gerry Goffin.

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Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually marrying, working in the famous Brill Building, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1960s. The Goffin-King partnership first hit it big with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which topped the charts when released by the Shirelles in 1961; it was later covered by Dusty Springfield. Future hits written by the pair include: "Take Good Care of My Baby" (Bobby Vee), "The Loco-Motion" (Little Eva and later remade Grand Funk Railroad and Kylie Minogue), "One Fine Day" (The Chiffons), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees), "Up on the Roof" (The Drifters and later James Taylor), "Chains" (The Cookies and later The Beatles), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin) and "He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)" (The Crystals). She had a modest hit singing one of her own songs in 1962 with "It Might As Well Rain Until September." The pair had daughters, Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin Konder who are singers.

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