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James Taylor and Carole King at the 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour. Carole King wrote "You've Got a Friend" during the January 1971 recording sessions for her album Tapestry and James Taylor's album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. She has said that "the song was as close to pure inspiration as I've ever experienced. The song wrote itself.
She formed a band called the Co-Sines, changed her name from Carol Klein to Carole King, and made demo records with her friend Paul Simon for $25 a session. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Her first official recording was the promotional single "The Right Girl", released by ABC-Paramount in 1958, which she wrote and sang to an arrangement by Don Costa .
Released in April 1971, the album contains Taylor's biggest hit single in the US, a cover version of the Carole King standard "You've Got a Friend", which hit #1 on the Billboard charts on July 31, 1971, his only song to do so.
Two songs were co-written with Toni Stern: "It's Too Late" and "Where You Lead"; King wrote the music and Stern the lyrics. King's ex-husband Gerry Goffin co-wrote the lyrics for three of the songs, two of which had already been hits for other artists: Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (in 1967), and The Shirelles ...
Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member Cynthia Weil — who co-wrote “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Make Your Own Kind of Music,” “Walking in the ...
I Can't Hear You No More; I Can't Stay Mad at You; I Feel the Earth Move; I'd Never Find Another You; I'm into Something Good; I've Got Bonnie; If It's Over; Is This What I Get for Loving You? It Might as Well Rain Until September; It's Going to Take Some Time; It's Too Late (Carole King song)
Reba McEntire emailed her friend Carole King for help on the "Happy's Place" theme song. Listen to the results. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Goffin (1939–2014) was an American lyricist, who formed a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Carole King. Their first success was " Will You Love Me Tomorrow ", recorded by the Shirelles and a hit in 1961.