CAROLE KING-HER GREATEST HITS [SONGS OF LONG AGO]-JAPAN MINI LP CD Ltd/Ed

Description: Since penning her first number one hit at age 17, Carole King became one of the brightest musical talents of all time, first as a songwriter for other acts and then as a groundbreaking and history-changing solo artist. King started out as a songwriter in the legendary Brill Building in the late '50s, composing hits like Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion," the Drifters' "Up on the Roof," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," which the Shirelles scored a number one hit with, and countless other songs that would help shape pop music throughout the '60s. King eventually applied her gift for songcraft to her own albums, reaching new levels of artistry and commercial success with 1971's landmark Tapestry. The album's flawless confluence of melodic hooks and soft rock textures would help define the entire era it soundtracked, going on to sell over 25 million units and consistently staying on the charts for over five years. She would have a vibrant solo career that produced multiple gold and platinum albums like 1971's Music and 1973's Fantasy, and she remained active as a songwriter and solo performer into the '80s, '90s, and beyond. In addition to her life being the subject of a Broadway musical, a self-written memoir, and a PBS documentary, King's work has won her multiple Grammys, an Emmy, and two separate inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Born Carole Klein on February 9, 1942 in Manhattan and raised in Brooklyn, she began playing piano at the age of four, and formed her first band, the vocal quartet the Co-Sines, while in high school. A devotee of the composing team of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller (the duo behind numerous hits for Elvis Presley, the Coasters, and Ben E. King), she became a fixture at influential DJ Alan Freed's local rock & roll shows; while attending Queens College, she fell in with budding songwriters Paul Simon and Neil Sedaka as well as Gerry Goffin, with whom she forged a writing partnership.

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