Carole King
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About
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Awards & Certifications
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Won
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| 1972 | Grammy Award | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "Tapestry" |
| 1972 | Grammy Award | Song Of The Year for "You've Got A Friend" |
| 1972 | Grammy Award | Album Of The Year for "Tapestry" |
| 1972 | Grammy Award | Record of the Year for "It's Too Late" |
| 2002 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Non-Performer |
| 2002 | Johnny Mercer Award | |
| 2004 | Grammy Trustees Award | |
| 2007 | Long Island Music Hall of Fame |
Nominations
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| 1993 | Grammy Award | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television [from movie "A League of Their Own" (1992)] for "Now and Forever" |
| 1999 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Original Song in a MotionPicture [from movie "You've Got Mail" (1998)] for "Anyone At All" |
| 2000 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music and Lyrics [from movie "Freedom Song" (2000/I) (TV)] for "Song Of Freedom" |
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Chart Toppers
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Discography
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Influences
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Contemporaries
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Trivia
- 1990: Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Gerry Goffin).
- Ranked #10 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- 2001: Co-wrote two songs, "Let You Go" and "One More Time", with pop group Hanson. Neither of the songs have ever been released by King or Hanson.
- 1 son and 3 daughters: Levi, Louise, Molly and Sherry
- She is a composer-performer who wrote numerous hit songs for other performers before achieving fame on her own with the album "Tapestry" in 1971. Among her compositions during this early period, usually written in collaboration with first husband Gerry Goffin, were "Take Good Care of My Baby," a #1 hit in 1961 for Bobby Vee; "Go Away, Little Girl," a #1 hit for both Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971); "The Loco-Motion," a #1 hit for both Little Eva (1963) and Grand Funk Railroad (1974); and "Pleasant Valley Sunday," a top-ten hit in 1967 for The Monkees. She herself had a top-20 hit during this period, as well, 1961's "It Might As Well Rain Until September," also co-written with Goffin.
- One of music's great songwriters, her 1971 album "Tapestry" spent more than 300 weeks on the US charts.
- 1997: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Categories: Artist | Rock | Pop | Jazz
