Who else here thinks she's an amazing figure in pop music?

Completely...I just heard her singing "Sweet Seasons"..
and i totally love her.

I didn't when I was younger. I thought she was a hippie. Now i love her songs..andher history in songwriting is astounding.

Who else here thinks she's an amazing figure in pop music?


Most definitely

Love her! My sister had the Tapestry album, and we used to play the heck out of it, and knew the words to every song. I know we drove our parents crazy  :D

Completely...I just heard her singing "Sweet Seasons"..
and i totally love her.

I didn't when I was younger. I thought she was a hippie. Now i love her songs..andher history in songwriting is astounding.


I knew this.  She was a bit of a hippie but then again, so am I (no secret).  Besides, she sings in my key  ;)  I love her.

She also wrote these classic rock hits( and many more) with her husband Gerry Goffin

It Might As Well Rain Until September
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Take Good Care Of My Baby
Up On the Roof
One Fine Day
I'm Into Something Good
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Take Good Care of My Baby
Chains
Don't Bring Me Down
Locomotion

She also wrote these classic rock hits( and many more) with her husband Gerry Goffin

It Might As Well Rain Until September
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Take Good Care Of My Baby
Up On the Roof
One Fine Day
I'm Into Something Good
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Take Good Care of My Baby
Chains
Don't Bring Me Down
Locomotion


She also wrote "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss.)"

Definitely

Love her! My sister had the Tapestry album, and we used to play the heck out of it, and knew the words to every song. I know we drove our parents crazy  :D



Did we have the same sister?  ;D

I reciently bought the album on CD and it is amazing that all the words came right back to me concidering I haven't heard it in decades.



Cat

Did we have the same sister?  ;D



That would be me....I was the big sister with the Tapestry album (KKay being the younger in this case).

The entire Tapestry album is ace.

I think her career as a songwriter was her greatest achievement, though that's not to play down her own remarkeable singer-song writer career. She definately began at a much more advanced age than many of her contempararies (I think she was in her mid-30s when Tapestry was released).

I think her career as a songwriter was her greatest achievement, though that's not to play down her own remarkeable singer-song writer career. She definately began at a much more advanced age than many of her contempararies (I think she was in her mid-30s when Tapestry was released).


Her first hit as a singer came with "It Might As Well Rain Until September" in late 1962. She was about 20 years old. She'd been having songwriting success since at least 1960 when "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" became a huge hit for The Shirelles. She would have been about 18 then.

I've still got Tapestry on vinyl and have bought her "Best Of" CD.  I play it all the time.

Did we have the same sister?  ;D

I reciently bought the album on CD and it is amazing that all the words came right back to me concidering I haven't heard it in decades.



Cat

Must've been a 70s sister thing to do!  :D

I think her "Tapestry" album was on the Billboard album charts longer than any album (or maybe PF's "Dark Side of The Moon" finally won)...

http://www.blogwaybaby.com/uploaded_images/Carole%20King%20Tapestry-785063.jpg

(anyone know anything about the puddy cat?  ??? )

Aside from Tapestry , I'm also a fan of all the songs she wrote for other people.  It seems like from 1960-1969, every song was written by her and Gerry Goffin.