She wrote hits in the States, and 61 in the UK. She was the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between and Carole found fame as a performer in her own right in the s, including her iconic album Tapestry. She has recorded 25 solo albums, and has sold over 75 million copies worldwide. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a singer and songwriter. Carole King was born on February 9, She celebrated her 79th birthday in Her parents met in an elevator in at Brooklyn College, where her father was a chemistry major, and her mother was an English and drama major.
Carole King has been married four times in total, but is not currently married. Her first marriage was with her songwriting partner Gerry Goffin from to In , Goffin fathered a daughter with singer Jeanie Reavis, but he and Carole remained together for several years before divorcing.
Goffin later told Vanity Fair that he "wanted to be a hippie — grew my hair long — and Carole did it modestly This was a change of world. Carol was raised in the creatively and intellectually robust world of largely Jewish Brooklyn in the s. She created Tapestry with the flowering of her own new confidence and the new sensibility that was glinting in the air but which she helped fortify.
In deep Idaho, life was radically different from Brooklyn and Laurel Canyon. She milked cows and goats; she home-schooled the two youngest of her four children in a simple cabin in the woods in many feet of snow; she skied on the frozen river to get necessities. Her second Rick was a very tall, rugged mountain man who lived a life of rustic self-sufficiency. She embraced that life as well—more cow-milking among neighbors who did the same—while simultaneously becoming a fervent activist for the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.
It is to her great credit that she adventured past predictable matings and lifestyles. That larger life has given her perspective that few of us have. Comity between red and blue neighborhoods has never been more impossible-sounding—or more absolutely necessary. Thank you, Carole King, for this new version of your song. And for a wide-viewed, open-minded life lived on values we somehow have to rekindle if we are going to continue as one nation.
A version of this article was originally published in She has won 10 major magazine awards. Read More. King's next two releases, Welcome Home and Touch the Sky , were not as well received as previous works. She achieved more commercial success in with Pearls , which contained performances of earlier songs co-written with Goffin.
Later, King mainly wrote singles for film, television and other artists, effectively ending her career as a singer for a number of years. The s and s saw a dip in her prolific songwriting, but not her active lifestyle. She also became involved in electoral politics, later becoming a strong supporter of Democratic candidates John Kerry and Hillary Clinton in and , respectively.
By the late s, King was ready to launch something of a comeback in the music industry. In , King recorded a well-received live album on her Living Room Tour. Blige and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas. In , she linked up with longtime friend Taylor for the Troubadour Reunion Tour. The resulting Live at the Troubadour album hit No. When a reporter asked her what she would say now if she could give advice to her younger self, King said simply: "You're going to have a very rich and wonderful life.
Having divorced her fourth husband, Idaho rancher Rick Sorenson, King remains happily single and independent in her mountain home.
Of her surroundings in the wilderness she says, "When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you. President Barack Obama gave her this honor at a special ceremony held at the White House. Around the time she received this award, the legendary singer-songwriter told the Associated Press that she will continue making music and performing. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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