Carole King - Studio Albums (1970-2012) MP3

Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.

King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King's success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree.

1970 Writer (2008) (44:09)
1971 Fit For A King Live 71' (Bootleg) (41:26)
1971 Music (2008) (40:16)
1972 Rhymes & Reasons (Japan 2007) (L)
1973 Fantasy (Japan 2007) (L)
1974 Wrap Around Joy (Japan 2007) (L)
1975 Really Rosie (Japan 2007) (L)
1975 Thoroughbred (Japan 2007) (L)
1976 Boston Music Hall 29.02.76 (Bootleg) (128)
1977 Simple Things (Japan 2007) (L)
1978 Welcome Home (L)
1979 Touch The Sky (Japan 2007) (L)
1980 Pearls. Songs of Goffin and King (L)
1982 One To One (Japan 2010) (L)
1983 Speeding Time (Japan 2010) (L)
1989 City Streets (L)
1993 Color of Your Dreams (L)
1996 The Carnegie Hall Concert. June 18, 1971 (L)
2001 Love Makes the World (L)
2005 The Living Room Tour (2CD, Live) (Japan 2007) (L)
2011 A Holiday Carole (L)
2012 The Legendary Demos (L)

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