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Carole King
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American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1942)
OverviewAI-generated
Carole King is an American singer-songwriter, performer, and author whose career began in 1958. Her musical style is associated with folk, pop, and classic rock. She has been recognized in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. King has authored 35 works, including *Bookbinding with Coptic Stitching*, *Montgomery*, *Tender Tomorrow*, *Natural Woman*, and *Beautiful - the Carole King Musical Songbook*.
Her official website describes her as a songwriter, performer, and author. On Last.fm, her music has been played 20,564,600 times by 1,403,722 listeners. She maintains a social media following of 353,000. King has stated that the song is the center and key to her work, noting that without a good song, one has nothing by her value.
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Spouse
- Gerry Goffin
- Child
- Louise Goffin
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.caroleking.com
- Image
- CaroleKingHWOFDec2012.jpg
Show 14 more facts
- date of birth
- 1942-02-09
- Commons category
- Carole King
- topic's main category
- Category:Carole King
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- birth name
- Carol Joan Klein
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- name in native language
- Carole King
- pseudonym
- Carole King
- partner in business or sport
- Gerry Goffin
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- related category
- Category:Songs written by Carole King
- social media followers
- 353000
- Commons gallery
- Carole King
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the latter half of the 20th century and 61 songs that reached the UK charts, establishing her as the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts from 1962 to 2005.
In the 1960s, King and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, composed over two dozen hit songs for various artists, many of which remain standards. She transitioned to a solo performing career in the 1970s, following her debut album Writer (1970) with the critically acclaimed Tapestry (1971), which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks and stayed on the charts for over six years.
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