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Happy Birthday to Carole King who is 70-years-old today.

King was born Carol Klein on February 9, 1942 in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn. She was still in her teens when she scored her first number one as a songwriter – the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” co-written with her husband Gerry Goffin. The partnership with Goffin would produce some of the most memorable hits of the 1960s, including “One Fine Day,” “Up On The Roof,” “I’m Into Something Good,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” The Goffin and King songwriting team was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

King had a minor hit as a performer with the single “It Might As Well Rain Until September” in 1962, but it wasn’t until the early 1970s that she broke through as a performer with her album “Tapestry” topping the US album chart for 15 weeks. “Tapestry” won King four Grammys, including Album of the Year, and is one of the best selling albums of all time. The “Tapestry – Legacy Edition” was released in 2008, complete with a second disc of live versions.

“Tapestry” also yielded the number one single “It’s Too Late” which was backed with “I Feel the Earth Move.”

Carole King – “I Feel The Earth Move”

Another standout track on “Tapestry” was “You’ve Got A Friend,” which was covered by her friend James Taylor and became one of his signature tunes. King and Taylor also performed together in this period and in 2010 would celebrate the 40th anniversary of their early live collaborations with the best selling album “Live at the Troubadour” and the subsequent Troubadour Reunion Tour.

After “Tapestry,” King scored six Top Twenty albums in a row in the US, including “Music” (#1), “Rhymes and Reasons” (#2), and “Wrap Around Joy” (#1).

King has announced that her forthcoming memoir, “A Natural Woman,” will be published by Grand Central Publishing in April 2012. Deb Futter, VP and Editor-in-Chief of Grand Central Pubishing Hardbook Division, has said:

“Natural Woman” will also be released as an audio book.

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