Oh! Carol

Happy birthday, Carole King (born Carol Klein), maybe the greatest of all the amazing Brill Building songwriters. She started turning out hits in 1960, as a teenager, creating stuff like, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Take Good Care Of My Baby," "Chains," "The Loco-Motion," "Go Away Little Girl," "Crying In The Rain," "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)," "Hey Girl," "One Fine Day," "Up On The Roof," "I'm Into Something Good," "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman."

Her masterful songwriting became (amazingly) overshadowed by her success as a performer in the 70s, with Tapestry--which included "I Feel The Earth Move," "So Far Away," "It's Too Late" and "You've Got A Friend"--becoming one of the biggest albums of all.

She continued to do good work, but like so many rock artists, her best stuff was from her 20s (and maybe a bit of her 30s). Perhaps it's tough hitting your peak so young, but the royalties must soften the blow.







Let's let her sing one herself:



PS Here's an interesting comment from YouTube about the song:

So after almost 10 years of marriage (12/31 anniversary), my wife left me this week. Took all our money and left. While it was true we were having some problems I didn't think it was anything that we couldn't work out. I suspect she will come clean out the house while I'm at work one day this week which is ok as half of it is hers. I'm still glad for what we had, and how I once loved her...This song will help me through it all.

Jeez.