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KING Carole
(voc,p)

Personal Data:

Born:

09.02.1942

(Brooklyn, New York, USA, as Carole Klein)

Appearances:

1968-69

The City

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Writer: Carole King produced by: Lou Adler	5/1970	Ode/A&M
2.	Tapestry produced by: Lou Adler featuring: James Taylor (2) (g,voc), Danny Kortchmar (g), Charles Larkey (bg), Russ Kunkel (ds)	11/1970	Ode/A&M		4	1
3.	Music	12/1971	Ode/A&M		18	1
4.	Rhymes And Reasons	11/1972	Ode		40	2
5.	Fantasy produced by: Lou Adler	15.06.1973	Ode/A&M			2
6.	The Dimension Dolls & Little Eva & The Cookies	10/1973	London
7.	Wrap Around Joy produced by: Lou Adler	20.09.1974	Ode/A&M			1
8.	Really Rosie	3/1975	Ode			20
9.	Thoroughbred produced by: Lou Adler	1/1976	Ode			3
10.	Simple Things produced by: Carole King/Norm Kinney	7/1977	Avatar TC/East			17
11.	Greatest Hits	3/1978	Ode			47
12.	Welcome Home	4/1978	Capitol
13.	Touch The Sky	6/1979	Capitol
14.	Pearls - Songs Of Goffin And King	6/1980	Capitol			44
15.	One To One	3/1982	Atlantic
16.	Speeding Time	12/1983	Atlantic
17.	City Streets	4/1989	Capitol			111
18.	Colour Of Your Dreams	1994	Sony
19.	In Concert - The Greatest Hits Live	2/1994	Dino			160
20.	Pearls / Time Gone By	7/1994	Connoisseur
21.	A Natural Woman - The Ode Collection 1968-1976	10/1994	Legacy/Epic
22.	The Carnegie Hall Concert	3/1997	Sony
23.	Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago	25.05.1999
24.	Super Hits	15.02.2000	Legacy
25.	Natural Woman - The Very Best Of Carole King	9/2000	Columbia		31
26.	Love Makes The World produced by: Carole King/Humberto Gatica	25.09.2001	Rockingale		86	158
27.	Brill Building Legends	25.11.2003	Repertoire
28.	Greatest Collection & Carly Simon & Cyndi Lauper & Scandal	07.12.2004	Platinum Disc
29.	The Living Room Tour	12.07.2005	Rockingale/Hear			17
30.	Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967 & Gerry Goffin	30.10.2007	Ace
31.	In Concert	06.11.2007	JVC
32.	Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971	29.01.2008	Sbme Special Mkts
33.	Tapestry (2CD)	15.04.2008	Epic/Ode/Legacy		12	161
34.	Collector's Edition	19.08.2008	Madacy Special Mkts
35.	Original Album Classics	28.10.2008	Sony BMG Europe
36.	Essential Carole King	27.04.2010	Epic
37.	Live At The Troubadour & James Taylor	04.05.2010	Concord		33	4
38.	Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter	01.03.2011	Hear Music
39.	Essential Carole King 3.0	30.08.2011
40.	A Holiday Carol	01.11.2011	Hear Music/Concord			52
41.	The Legendary Demos	24.04.2012	Hear Music			56
42.	Playlist: The Very Best Of Carole King	09.10.2012	Legacy
43.	The Songs of Carole King	12.03.2013	Not Now Music
44.	An Intimate Performance & James Taylor	16.07.2013	Immortal Audio
45.	A Beautiful Collection	3/2015	Epic		32
46.	Original Album Classics	17.03.2017	Legacy
47.	The Real...Carole King	24.03.2017	Epic
48.	Tapestry: Live In Hyde Park	9/2017	Legacy

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Goin' Wild / The Right Girl	1/1959	ABC Paramount
2.	Baby Sittin' / Under The Stars	3/1959	ABC Paramount
3.	Queen Of The Beach / Short-Mort	5/1959	RCA Victor
4.	Oh! Neil / A Very Special Boy	11/1959	Alpine
5.	It Might As Well Rain Until September / Nobody's Perfect	8/1962	Dimension	3	22
6.	School Bells Are Ringing / I Didn't Have Any	11/1962	Dimension		123
7.	He's A Bad Boy / We Grow Up Together	3/1963	Dimension		94
8.	A Road To Nowhere / Some Of Your Lovin'	08.04.1966	Dimension
9.	Eventually / Up On The Roof	3/1970	Ode
10.	It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move produced by: Lou Adler	4/1971	Ode	6	1
11.	So Far Away / Smackwater Jack	7/1971	Ode		14
12.	Sweet Seasons / Pocket Money	04.02.1972	Ode/A&M		9
13.	Brother, Brother / It's Going To Take Some Time	3/1972	Ode
14.	It Might As Well Rain Until September / Nobody's Perfect (reissue)	9/1972	London	43
15.	Been To Canaan / Bitter With The Sweet	26.11.1972	Ode/A&M		24
16.	You Light Up My Life / Believe In Humanity	27.07.1973	Ode/A&M		24
17.	Corazon / That's How Things Go Down	10/1973	Ode		37
18.	Jazzman / You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine (v GB 27.9.74)	8/1974	Ode		1
19.	Nightingale / You're Something New (v GB 24.1.75)	12/1974	Ode/A&M		9
20.	Pierre / Chicken Soup With Rice	7/1975	Ode
21.	Only Love Is Real / We're Still Here Thinkin' Of You	13.02.1976	Ode		27
22.	High Out Of Time / I'd Like To Know You Better	5/1976	Ode		76
23.	Hard Rock Cafe / To Know That I Love You	12.08.1977	Capitol		25
24.	Hold On / Simple Things (v USA)	10/1977	Capitol
25.	Labyrinth / Simple Things (v GB)	11/1977	Capitol
26.	Main Street Saturday Night / Changes	4/1978	Capitol
27.	Morning Sun / Sunbird	8/1978	Capitol
28.	Disco Tech / Venusian Diamond	8/1978	Capitol
29.	It's Too Late / You've Got A Friend	6/1979	Epic
30.	Move Lightly / Whiskey	8/1979	Capitol
31.	Time Gone By / Dreamlike I Wander	10/1979	Capitol
32.	One Fine Day / Rulers Of The World	5/1980	Capitol		12
33.	Locomotion / Oh No Not My Baby	8/1980	Capitol
34.	Chains / Hey Girl	10/1980	Capitol
35.	It Might As Well Rain Until September / Nobody's Perfect (reissue)	2/1982	Decca
36.	One To One	3/1982	Atlantic		45
37.	Read Between The Lines / Golden Man	4/1982	Atlantic
38.	Read Between The Lines / Life Without Love (v USA)	5/1982	Atlantic
39.	Little Prince / Someone You Never Met Before	6/1982	Atlantic
40.	It Might As Well Rain Until September / The Road To Nowhere	10/1983	Old Gold
41.	Crying In The Rain / A Sacred Heart Of Stone	12/1983	Atlantic
42.	Speeding Time	2/1984	Atlantic
43.	City Streets / I Can't Stop Thinking About You 12",CD + Time Heals All Wounds	4/1989	Capitol
44.	Someone Who Believes In You / City Streets	7/1989	Capitol
45.	Anyone At All	23.03.1999

Videos:

1. Welcome to My Living Room - 23.10.2007, Rockingale, live

Awards:

1971 Grammy Awards

- Record Of The Year ("It's Too Late")
- Album Of The Year ("Tapestry")
- Song Of The Year ("You've Got A Friend")
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ("Tapestry")

1987 Songwriters Hall of Fame
1998 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Tapestry", 1971)
1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "Tapestry", 10 mil. copies)
2001 New York Heroes Awards
2002 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "You've Got A Friend")
2002 Johnny Mercer Award
2002 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("It's Too Late", 1971)
2013 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 MusiCares Person of the Year
2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

WWW Links:

http://www.carole-king.com
http://www.warr.org/cking.html
http://www.members.home.net/caroleking

Various:

1967 own label "Tomorrow"
2001 own label "Rockingale"

appeared on the LP:

James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (4/70, Warner Bros)
Semisonic: All About Chemistry (5.3.01, Universal/Island)
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws And Angels (21.9.04, Lost Highway)
Reba McEntire: Reba Duets (18.9.07, MCA Nashville)

Compilation Appearances:

"Where You Lead I Will Follow" on OST "Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls" (24.9.02, Rhino, & Louise Goffin)
"You Will Find Me There" on AIDS benefit album "Songs For Life" (24.6.03, Capitol)
"You've Got A Friend" on compilation "It's Still Okay To Dream" (18.11.03, Atlantic)
"Up On The Roof" on Nicolette Larson tribute live CD "Lotta Love Concert" (14.2.06, Rhino)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	7		52	Tajný svatý
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	21	09.11.2000	38	Forum kritikum	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	17.07.1971	18	Caught In The Act	gig review
1972	0	05.02.1972	18	New Pop Singles	single review
1972	0	09.12.1972	14	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	30	28.07.1973	24	New Singles	single review
1973	30	28.07.1973	51	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	12	20.03.1976	3	Singles	single review
1976	12	20.03.1976	26	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	31	30.07.1977	14	Albums	album review
1977	33	13.08.1977	18	Singles	single review
1978	38	26.09.1978	16	Singles	single review
1979	35	15.09.1979	28	Albums	album review
1982	16	17.04.1982	39	Caught In The Act	gig review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1966	0	08.04.1966	4	Singles	single review
1972	0	18.11.1972	12	Albums	album review
1973	0	26.05.1973	2	News Desk
1973	0	23.06.1973	38	Albums	album review
1973	0	30.06.1973	1
1973	0	28.07.1973	32	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1973	0	03.11.1973	18	Albums	album review
1974	38	21.09.1974	2	News Desk - Record News
1974	38	21.09.1974	17	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	10	24.05.1994	29	Recenze	album review
1994	25	20.12.1994	7	Galerie
1997	5		106	Recenze	album review
2000	6		76		profile
2000	12		104	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	9		15	Pelmel
2003	8		40