Her Tapestry album from 1971 was one of the highest selling of all time. I have three copies. The entire album is filled with classics. I can second for Way Over Yonder!
This is why Carole King is in ALL the Halls of Fame. The Shirelles put it on the charts, but it was King who wrote the music. Please watch Aretha Franklin honor Ms. King at the Kennedy Center Honors with "(You Make Me Feel Like A Natural) Woman"
I was a pre-teen when the Shirelles' version came out in 1960 and I thought it was just a typical song about a girl wanting her boyfriend to love her. I was well into my teens when Tapestry came out in 1971 and I understood the subtext. With songs like WAP these days, it is interesting to see how songwriters had to deal with/mask sexuality or sexual topics back in the day.
Carole King wrote this with Gerry Goffin but it was originally recorded by The Shirelles. You should check out more of them like, baby it’s you, dedicated to the one I love, soldier boy, mama said. Also, the Brill Building where King and Goffin worked had a lot of songwriters who put out a lot of songs for a lot of artists of that day. And some like King became well known performers themselves.
Carole obviously does a beautiful job with her song, but I absolutely love The Shirelles version of this. It's got that great Motown girl group energy that makes it so fun.
The story is that when The Beatles came to America, the person they wanted to meet was Carole King….Like so many other musicians, they had covered her songs …. She has so many great ones - one I highly recommend that you check out is Jazzman
Carole King wrote " Pleasant Valley Sunday" for The Monkees. "Tapestry " is a classic spending over six years on the charts. featuring "You've Got A Friend" and "It's Too Late" .
The story is that she hated the guitar riff that Nesmith put on PVS, and the next time they met in the Brill Building she passed him by without speaking to him. Tapestry is in my top 5 albums. One of recorded music's perfect albums, every song is great, none are skippable.
As a matter of fact when she plays Pleasant Valley Sunday live she includes Mike Nesmith’s guitar riff from the Monkees version. Pull it up on You Tube.
@@RusstheTroubadour That really does make more sense. At the time she was a professional songwriter, and you don't last long in that profession if you get snippy about how people render your songs.
She is such an amazing songwriter. For every hit of her own, there was a song that was a huge hit for another artist. For example, the Aretha Franklin mega hit "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman."
While Carole King wrote the music to this stunningly beautiful and sad song, it was her husband, Gerry Goffin, who wrote the lyrics. The division of duties typical of the hits the couple wrote at a time when their success as songwriters was unrivalled but their marriage was often a struggle. That she sung HIS words with such emotion and authenticity shows how she understand his pain and doubts as they struggled to make their marriage work. They were married from 1959 and 1969 and had two daughters before getting divorced. They wrote this song a the beginning of their marriage and it was recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles and rose to #1 on billboard. King later recorded herself AFTER the divorce and released it as part of her Tapestry album. So the true sadness in the song is this: Gerry wrote it at a time of hope and doubt; Carol recorded it when all hope for their marriage was gone, knowing that the doubts Gerry felt at the beginning had sadly come true.
PRICELESS TREASURE!!! Just could listen to her for HOURS!!! It's like having a friend come sit in your living room and SING TO YOU!! She hit ALL our SOULS!! So Lovely!!! GREAT PICK, AMBER!!! GLAD ya'll like HER MUSIC!!! Just SO GREAT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Jay & Amber, you'll love her "Jazzman", "Sweet Seasons" and many more!!! This song was a huge hit for the Shirelles. Written by Goffin/King!! edit- Gerry Goffin was the lyricist of the Goffin/King songs, although Carole certainly had some input. They were husband and wife for 8 years.
For two different sides of Ms. King give Jazzman a listen to,title says it all and then for her true storytelling listen to Smackwater Jack,a must for true Carole King fans.
A few years back if you had asked Jay to name a female singer songwriter who plays piano you may have faced a blank stare. Look at y'all now! So proud of how far you've both come. Love what you do. Smile accomplished!
I’m so happy y’all love her. Her album Tapestry came out when I was a teen. I would put on my headphones and chill out to her gorgeous voice. In my mind I sounded like her.
Ironically, her friend James Taylor had to convince her to sing her own songs publically and to record herself singing on the famous album 'Tapestry". Her career was established as a songwriter for many other singers for a long time before she began singing her own songs herself.
I was born in ‘73, a year or two after “Tapestry” was released. My mom loved Carol King, so I literally grew up with her music. These songs always bring me back to my early childhood with my Mom. I can see it and feel it as if I were still a 3 or 4 yr old little girl. I can feel my Mom’s presence when I hear them. I used several of Carol King’s songs on my Mom’s memorial service playlist, along with Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, James Taylor, etc. She passed away in October 2014 of lung cancer. Her name was Sandy. I’m so glad to have such wonderful music to help me feel close to her even now. I love you Mom, and I miss you terribly.
The Bee Gees did a beautiful cover of this on a tribute album for Carol King. There is a live version of the recording session. It’s wonderful. I think you would love it.
This song was a big hit for the girl group the Shirelles about a decade before Carole King made this recording. The Shirelles' version is very upbeat so you can dance to it. (I'd recommend you listen to it for the sake of comparison.) When King recorded it on her own, she slowed down the tempo and made it more like a ballad.
Such a great album. To think she has written some giants. “Natural Woman” sung by the late, great Aretha Franklin. This one by the Shirelles in the 60s. She has a soulful sound that never fails ❤ Thanks Amber for three great choices today!
A live TV performance of her doing 'Jazzman' is really uplifting and joyous. As you said, with Carole King you don't get some glossed over fluff, you get the real thing. Love her. Great upload.
I remember years ago seeing her on some late-night talk show program, perhaps Letterman. This song came up in conversation. She joked that this was the "original will you still respect me in the morning song."
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man - Candy Man (Both Great Horns !!) Also - Lady Marmalad Annie Lenox (Eurythmics) - Would I Lie to You - I Need a Man - Thorn in My Side Gwen Stefanie - It's My Life - What You Waiting For - Don't Speak Shikira - When ever Where ever - Objection Tango Head Pins - Don't it Make You Feel (like Dancing) - Turn it Loud - Just One More Time Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know - Start Telling the Truth
Thank you Amber & Jay. Your reaction to this beautiful artist captured the true essence of Carole King. Her lyrics are very intimate and personal which is why she was such a great songwriter and performer. Thanks again for your heartfelt reaction.
I saw them to her biography on Broadway. The woman that played her was absolutely phenomenal, and it was amazing to see all she she had done as a songwriter for all the top performers of the time and how she evolves into a performer herself. If ever on Broadway again everyone needs to check it out. It’s breathtaking.
She is amazing, and what's extra amazing and bewildering is how she didn't start performing her own songs till after composing ( along with her husband ) 10 years worth of hits recorded by others. I believe it was Joni Mitchel and James Taylor who convinced her to start performing and recording her own songs.
The Shirelles more upbeat version, which was the first recorded release of Carole and Gerry Goffin's song, was the first all-girl African American group to get a No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts. Carole's version is so tender and yearning. Another fantastic cover is by Roberta Flack, which will also break your heart.
Carole King has written some of the most popular live-forever songs. She is a songwriting queen who I have dragged both of my kids up to appreciate and adore 😁
One of the best song writers of all time I first heard this album in 1972 aged 12 and fell in love with it I eventually got a reissued copy myself decades later
She was honored at the Kennedy Centers Honors several years back, and Miss Aretha Franklin sang Carole King's "Natural Woman." It is a MUST see! Fantastic singer-songwriter honored by the woman who made Carole's song HER VERY OWN. No one can do it like Aretha Franklin, and I think even Carole King would acknowledge that.
I believe you are missing out when you close your eyes because you are missing out on witnessing a God-given talent and getting personal enrichment from it. Not enough can be said about this 1971 BBC concert, it will change your life. :)
The Tapestry album! I listened to it over and over again in my bedroom on my little portable record player. So much so that Mom finally called up to me, "Honey, could you play something else?"
My BF I was 15 he 17 saw Carole live in Concert she played this song and he kissed me softly during this song. Her live in concert is one of the most awesome to experience.
One of the best songs of all time. This was the song I played for my daughter when she was born and crying and she always calmed down. So I played every time she was crying when she was a baby!!! Love it!!!
Carol King co-wrote this song but she didn't record it herself until 1971. A female group called the Shirelles made the first recording released in 1960 and it was very successful as it reached number.
HEY guys Carol King did co-wrote this song it was a big hit for the cherelles a number one song on Billboard pop singles chart in early 1961 Amber I have an artist that you and Jay have never reacted to her name is Melissa Manchester her two biggest hits were Midnight Blue from 1976 and You should hear how she talks about you and Yvonne Elliman she did a remake of a song called Hello Stranger and a number one song If I can't have you (written by Barry Gibb yes that Barry Gibb) from 1978 keep up the great work guys.
Such a great song and performance. Music by Carole and lyrics by Gerry Goffen. This song was also recorded by The Shirelles and also Roberta Flack. Carole is such a brilliant musician.
Paul & Paula - Hey Paula (1963) 4K The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964) 4K The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969) 4K Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss (1962) 4K The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball (1966) 4K Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man (1961) 4K Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (1967) 4K Dusty Springfield - I Only Wanna Be With You (1963) 4K We Five - You Were on My Mind (1965) 4K Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) 4K The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (1967) 4K. (You'll see the guy that sang "Black Betty" years later in this band, Bill Barnett wearing the glasses) Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (1964) 4K The Honeycombs - Have I The Right? (1964) 4K The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul (1968) 4K (features a very young Jimmy Page on guitar) Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love (1964) 4K The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961) 4K The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964) 4K Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby (1961) 4K
Some have NO idea of her huge catalog...she's written huge hit songs for some of the biggest entertainers!!! She's one unsung musician!! She been in the business since the late 50's early 60's. Such a great lady!
Carole King wrote this but one day you should check out the original 1960 recording by the Shirelles, the first #1 hit by a black girl group in the US. I had to look this up; I'd always thought this song was a Lieber & Stoller song (they were the guys behind The Coasters).
I had the record album of Tapestry for years, then stopped playing vinyl, so I got the same one just recently on CD and play it in my car, still love everything about it!
This song is from the album Tapestry, which is a classic ♥. You've Got a Friend and It's too Late are my favourite tracks, but every track is fab ♥. I bought the album three times because my first two copies were stolen by other Carole King fans 😂. Tapestry remains the only album I had to buy more than once. Carole's a fabulous songwriter. I'm pretty sure she wrote Last Train to Clarksville recorded by The Monkees and the song It Might as Well Rain until September, another classic, which she also sung.
A great song, written by King and her usual songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, originally recorded by the Shirelles, before King saw herself as a recording artist. There is also a great cover by Dave Mason.
This is crazy timing!! Im going to see the musical "Beautiful" tomorrow, which was based based on Carole's life & music. I am beyond ecstatic. I also saw her in concert back in the late 70s at the old Palladium in NYC. ❤
The Bee Gees recorded a version of this for Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King, she said it was her favorite cover off the album. And there is a great video of them in the studio recording it.
"Child Of Mine" is still one of my favorites, she does sing from the heart, and in this song she expresses her love and hopes for her children, just beautiful. As a young Mom and Dad you will love this song.
Carole wrote this with her husband Gerry Goffin, but the original 1960 recording was by The Shirelles. You should check out their version. And they had lots of other great songs.
I wanted to be her when I was 8. As an old woman now I realize the vulnerability in her songs. Just an amazing songwriter. And I could sing to her songs and actually sound pretty good. Haha
The piano interplaying with the words, rhyme, and phrasing. "I'd like to know... that your love .... is love I can ... be sure of." How she ends piano phases quickly for emphasis for what's coming next.
Her Tapestry album from 1971 was one of the highest selling of all time. I have three copies. The entire album is filled with classics. I can second for Way Over Yonder!
My husband and I have his and hers copies of Tapestry❤
Way over yonder, wa's my favorite on that album.
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I vote for Way Over Yonder!😊
I agree, every song on the Tapestry album is amazing!
This is why Carole King is in ALL the Halls of Fame. The Shirelles put it on the charts, but it was King who wrote the music. Please watch Aretha Franklin honor Ms. King at the Kennedy Center Honors with "(You Make Me Feel Like A Natural) Woman"
LOVED IT!!
Omg, Aretha's performance is one for the ages!!! And Carole's reaction to Aretha is a whole thing onto itself!!! 🤩
I was a pre-teen when the Shirelles' version came out in 1960 and I thought it was just a typical song about a girl wanting her boyfriend to love her. I was well into my teens when Tapestry came out in 1971 and I understood the subtext. With songs like WAP these days, it is interesting to see how songwriters had to deal with/mask sexuality or sexual topics back in the day.
That was SOOO fine!
That is one historic video! Watched it many times.
There's nothing to say, is there? Legend and classic are not enough to describe what she brings. The piano playing is so beautiful.
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Carole King wrote this with Gerry Goffin but it was originally recorded by The Shirelles. You should check out more of them like, baby it’s you, dedicated to the one I love, soldier boy, mama said. Also, the Brill Building where King and Goffin worked had a lot of songwriters who put out a lot of songs for a lot of artists of that day. And some like King became well known performers themselves.
Lieber and Stroller also started at the Brill Building
Neil Diamond as well!
Gayle McCormick gave a great, great and soulfull rendition of the song "Baby It's You".....with a band called "SMITH" in 1969.
Carole obviously does a beautiful job with her song, but I absolutely love The Shirelles version of this. It's got that great Motown girl group energy that makes it so fun.
Not just that day, but for many decades previously.
The story is that when The Beatles came to America, the person they wanted to meet was Carole King….Like so many other musicians, they had covered her songs …. She has so many great ones - one I highly recommend that you check out is Jazzman
Right! Lennon and McCartney aspired to be the next Goffin-King songwriting team.
this is a cover.
@@softshallow7435 Carole wrote it with Gerry Goffin
@@lala_sparkles8035 o.k they wrote it for The Shirelles (1961). She covered it in her style.
@@softshallow7435 1960
Carole King wrote " Pleasant Valley Sunday" for The Monkees.
"Tapestry " is a classic spending over six years on the charts. featuring "You've Got A Friend" and "It's Too Late" .
The story is that she hated the guitar riff that Nesmith put on PVS, and the next time they met in the Brill Building she passed him by without speaking to him. Tapestry is in my top 5 albums. One of recorded music's perfect albums, every song is great, none are skippable.
I heard that she denied saying that. And was actually quite pleased with the redition by The Monkees.
As a matter of fact when she plays Pleasant Valley Sunday live she includes Mike Nesmith’s guitar riff from the Monkees version. Pull it up on You Tube.
@@RobertJohnson-hq6jq So she got over it. Good!
@@RusstheTroubadour That really does make more sense. At the time she was a professional songwriter, and you don't last long in that profession if you get snippy about how people render your songs.
She is such an amazing songwriter. For every hit of her own, there was a song that was a huge hit for another artist. For example, the Aretha Franklin mega hit "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman."
I like her version better than Aretha's, then again I am huge into Jazz, and she is sultry on that version.
While Carole King wrote the music to this stunningly beautiful and sad song, it was her husband, Gerry Goffin, who wrote the lyrics.
The division of duties typical of the hits the couple wrote at a time when their success as songwriters was unrivalled but their marriage was often a struggle.
That she sung HIS words with such emotion and authenticity shows how she understand his pain and doubts as they struggled to make their marriage work.
They were married from 1959 and 1969 and had two daughters before getting divorced. They wrote this song a the beginning of their marriage and it was recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles and rose to #1 on billboard. King later recorded herself AFTER the divorce and released it as part of her Tapestry album. So the true sadness in the song is this: Gerry wrote it at a time of hope and doubt; Carol recorded it when all hope for their marriage was gone, knowing that the doubts Gerry felt at the beginning had sadly come true.
PRICELESS TREASURE!!! Just could listen to her for HOURS!!! It's like having a friend come sit in your living room and SING TO YOU!! She hit ALL our SOULS!! So Lovely!!! GREAT PICK, AMBER!!! GLAD ya'll like HER MUSIC!!! Just SO GREAT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Jay & Amber, you'll love her "Jazzman", "Sweet Seasons" and many more!!! This song was a huge hit for the Shirelles. Written by Goffin/King!!
edit- Gerry Goffin was the lyricist of the Goffin/King songs, although Carole certainly had some input. They were husband and wife for 8 years.
I think they wrote this one when they were like 16 years old.
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Yes! Jazzman please!
"Jazzman" is one of my favorites....and the saxophone is fantastic!!!
For two different sides of Ms. King give Jazzman a listen to,title says it all and then for her true storytelling listen to Smackwater Jack,a must for true Carole King fans.
A few years back if you had asked Jay to name a female singer songwriter who plays piano you may have faced a blank stare. Look at y'all now! So proud of how far you've both come. Love what you do. Smile accomplished!
Amber you’re on fire today! 3 absolutely fabulous female performances. Thanks
I’m so happy y’all love her. Her album Tapestry came out when I was a teen. I would put on my headphones and chill out to her gorgeous voice. In my mind I sounded like her.
Carole King is so special. Her song "Beautiful" makes me think of your tag line about making people smile. Give it a listen.
Ironically, her friend James Taylor had to convince her to sing her own songs publically and to record herself singing on the famous album 'Tapestry". Her career was established as a songwriter for many other singers for a long time before she began singing her own songs herself.
She’s just SO GOOD. You can see the emotion just flow through her when she plays. No matter the song, I always feel moved. ❤
I love “So Far Away”! It’s a kind of sad song but thoughtful….just beautiful!
The musical Beautiful is based on her life and career. It's definitely worth seeing for a retrospective of the breadth of her talent
I was born in ‘73, a year or two after “Tapestry” was released. My mom loved Carol King, so I literally grew up with her music. These songs always bring me back to my early childhood with my Mom. I can see it and feel it as if I were still a 3 or 4 yr old little girl. I can feel my Mom’s presence when I hear them. I used several of Carol King’s songs on my Mom’s memorial service playlist, along with Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, James Taylor, etc. She passed away in October 2014 of lung cancer. Her name was Sandy. I’m so glad to have such wonderful music to help me feel close to her even now. I love you Mom, and I miss you terribly.
The Bee Gees did a beautiful cover of this on a tribute album for Carol King. There is a live version of the recording session. It’s wonderful. I think you would love it.
Hard to imagine she wrote songs for more than a decade before she was convinced by James Taylor that we needed to hear them from from her herself.
This song was a big hit for the girl group the Shirelles about a decade before Carole King made this recording. The Shirelles' version is very upbeat so you can dance to it. (I'd recommend you listen to it for the sake of comparison.) When King recorded it on her own, she slowed down the tempo and made it more like a ballad.
Her song Way Over Yonder is truly amazing ✨
I love her album “Tapestry “ is amazing! I absolutely love it❤️
Such a great album. To think she has written some giants. “Natural Woman” sung by the late, great Aretha Franklin. This one by the Shirelles in the 60s. She has a soulful sound that never fails ❤ Thanks Amber for three great choices today!
A live TV performance of her doing 'Jazzman' is really uplifting and joyous. As you said, with Carole King you don't get some glossed over fluff, you get the real thing. Love her. Great upload.
I’m 75 and I’m amazed that you recognize her talent. Will you love me tomorrow came out when I was 15! She wasn’t much older when she wrote it!
It's amazing how many of her songs fill the soundtrack of my generation. Truly one of the most gifted song writers ever!
There's really only one word about Carol King, MAGIC!
I remember years ago seeing her on some late-night talk show program, perhaps Letterman. This song came up in conversation. She joked that this was the "original will you still respect me in the morning song."
When you hear an artist perform a song all alone, no musicians or backup singers, and make it sound unreal...THAT is a superstar!
Love hearing Carol King. Her voice is like hug for your soul. I'd love to hear some Bonnie Raitt on FF.
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man - Candy Man (Both Great Horns !!) Also - Lady Marmalad
Annie Lenox (Eurythmics) - Would I Lie to You - I Need a Man - Thorn in My Side
Gwen Stefanie - It's My Life - What You Waiting For - Don't Speak
Shikira - When ever Where ever - Objection Tango
Head Pins - Don't it Make You Feel (like Dancing) - Turn it Loud - Just One More Time
Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know - Start Telling the Truth
I’ve never heard her do this song. Oh my God! I have chills!!!
Thank you Amber & Jay. Your reaction to this beautiful artist captured the true essence of Carole King. Her lyrics are very intimate and personal which is why she was such a great songwriter and performer. Thanks again for your heartfelt reaction.
I saw them to her biography on Broadway. The woman that played her was absolutely phenomenal, and it was amazing to see all she she had done as a songwriter for all the top performers of the time and how she evolves into a performer herself. If ever on Broadway again everyone needs to check it out. It’s breathtaking.
She wrote many top ten hits back in the 60's that other people sang. Carol wrote over 400 songs recorded by over a thousand people.
I still feel privileged to have grown up with Carole's records playing all through my childhood back in the 1970s
Her album Tapestry is a National treasure.
She’s written so many songs for so many people and had so many hits from all of them!!
Carol King is amazing. This is such a great song.
She is amazing, and what's extra amazing and bewildering is how she didn't start performing her own songs till after composing ( along with her husband ) 10 years worth of hits recorded by others. I believe it was Joni Mitchel and James Taylor who convinced her to start performing and recording her own songs.
Carole King. Brilliant songwriter, singer. I grew up in 60s 70s listening to her music. Yes, i had that Tapestry Album inwore out on my record player.
The Shirelles more upbeat version, which was the first recorded release of Carole and Gerry Goffin's song, was the first all-girl African American group to get a No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts. Carole's version is so tender and yearning. Another fantastic cover is by Roberta Flack, which will also break your heart.
a great hit from the early 70's is Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now "
Carole King has written some of the most popular live-forever songs. She is a songwriting queen who I have dragged both of my kids up to appreciate and adore 😁
It's like Carole King is in a room with you and she's singing to you.
This song was written by Carole King but made famous in a 1960 recording by the Shirelles.
Beautiful, a legend! The Bee Gees covered this one also. ❤
In my humble opinion the greatest female songwriter of all time!! Great reaction as always. Warmest wishes from the UK
She and James Taylor do a goosebump inducing live duet. WATCH IT!!!!!
One of the best song writers of all time I first heard this album in 1972 aged 12 and fell in love with it I eventually got a reissued copy myself decades later
She was honored at the Kennedy Centers Honors several years back, and Miss Aretha Franklin sang Carole King's "Natural Woman." It is a MUST see! Fantastic singer-songwriter honored by the woman who made Carole's song HER VERY OWN. No one can do it like Aretha Franklin, and I think even Carole King would acknowledge that.
And Carole's reaction is so heartwarming. Aretha was spectacular.
I believe you are missing out when you close your eyes because you are missing out on witnessing a God-given talent and getting personal enrichment from it. Not enough can be said about this 1971 BBC concert, it will change your life. :)
Well said, Amber! The whole Tapestry album is incredible. EVERYONE had that album.
The Tapestry album! I listened to it over and over again in my bedroom on my little portable record player. So much so that Mom finally called up to me, "Honey, could you play something else?"
Carole King is a goddess of the music world. A true legend!
What Amber said. This performance is so moving. Carole is a master artist totally in control of her craft.
My BF I was 15 he 17 saw Carole live in Concert she played this song and he kissed me softly during this song. Her live in concert is one of the most awesome to experience.
One of the best songs of all time. This was the song I played for my daughter when she was born and crying and she always calmed down. So I played every time she was crying when she was a baby!!! Love it!!!
Carole King has had an amazing life in music.
Carol King co-wrote this song but she didn't record it herself until 1971. A female group called the Shirelles made the first recording released in 1960 and it was very successful as it reached number.
HEY guys Carol King did co-wrote this song it was a big hit for the cherelles a number one song on Billboard pop singles chart in early 1961 Amber I have an artist that you and Jay have never reacted to her name is Melissa Manchester her two biggest hits were Midnight Blue from 1976 and You should hear how she talks about you and Yvonne Elliman she did a remake of a song called Hello Stranger and a number one song If I can't have you (written by Barry Gibb yes that Barry Gibb) from 1978 keep up the great work guys.
One of the Queens of rock and roll, Carole King, plenty’s of songs left to hear.😎🍺
She wrote this 11 years before she recorded it. It was most famously recorded by The Shirelles in 1960. Another version to check out.
Such a great song and performance. Music by Carole and lyrics by Gerry Goffen. This song was also recorded by The Shirelles and also Roberta Flack. Carole is such a brilliant musician.
Paul & Paula - Hey Paula (1963) 4K
The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964) 4K
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969) 4K
Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss (1962) 4K
The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball (1966) 4K
Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man (1961) 4K
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (1967) 4K
Dusty Springfield - I Only Wanna Be With You (1963) 4K
We Five - You Were on My Mind (1965) 4K
Petula Clark - Downtown (1964) 4K
The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (1967) 4K. (You'll see the guy that sang "Black Betty" years later in this band, Bill Barnett wearing the glasses)
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (1964) 4K
The Honeycombs - Have I The Right? (1964) 4K
The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul (1968) 4K (features a very young Jimmy Page on guitar)
Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love (1964) 4K
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961) 4K
The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964) 4K
Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby (1961) 4K
Some have NO idea of her huge catalog...she's written huge hit songs for some of the biggest entertainers!!! She's one unsung musician!! She been in the business since the late 50's early 60's. Such a great lady!
Her voice is so soothing, beautiful. Thank you for bringing her to us.
The Tapestry album is a masterpiece, with no fillers.
Carole King wrote this but one day you should check out the original 1960 recording by the Shirelles, the first #1 hit by a black girl group in the US. I had to look this up; I'd always thought this song was a Lieber & Stoller song (they were the guys behind The Coasters).
I had the record album of Tapestry for years, then stopped playing vinyl, so I got the same one just recently on CD and play it in my car, still love everything about it!
This song is from the album Tapestry, which is a classic ♥. You've Got a Friend and It's too Late are my favourite tracks, but every track is fab ♥. I bought the album three times because my first two copies were stolen by other Carole King fans 😂. Tapestry remains the only album I had to buy more than once. Carole's a fabulous songwriter. I'm pretty sure she wrote Last Train to Clarksville recorded by The Monkees and the song It Might as Well Rain until September, another classic, which she also sung.
A great song, written by King and her usual songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, originally recorded by the Shirelles, before King saw herself as a recording artist. There is also a great cover by Dave Mason.
I was about to ask if this was a cover, since I thought there was a girl group who had recorded it before Carole King
As a female songwriter from the 70s, Carole is the King! No one comes close.
This is crazy timing!! Im going to see the musical "Beautiful" tomorrow, which was based based on Carole's life & music. I am beyond ecstatic. I also saw her in concert back in the late 70s at the old Palladium in NYC. ❤
Carol Kings “Jazzman” should be your next reaction. Killer saxophone!! 👍
Amber, you are spot on about why Carol hits you the way she does, and so many of us out here!
This song always stirs the soul .. so simple .. so powerful.
#masterpiece
The all time GOAT
She's a genius that wrote half of all of the Motown hits.
I wish you did full album reactions on your Patreon. Tapestry would be at the top of the list. Truly one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Iconic album Tapestry is up there with Rumurs.
Another fine example of the art of Carole King.
Literally every SONG on Tapestry is a classic!
I fell in love with Carole's music when my older sister brought home her Tapestry album. Nice reaction
Amber, you did some great picks today. Carole King is a legend! She has written songs for so many people that you probably never even thought.
Amber, you delivered one of the most inciteful definitions of '70s Singer-Songwriter music.
The Bee Gees recorded a version of this for Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King, she said it was her favorite cover off the album.
And there is a great video of them in the studio recording it.
"Child Of Mine" is still one of my favorites, she does sing from the heart, and in this song she expresses her love and hopes for her children, just beautiful. As a young Mom and Dad you will love this song.
Tapestry is a masterpiece from start to finish! Carol is always on the playlists!
I love the original by The Shirelles but man Carole King's version feels so powerful and personal. Such a great song
Well Carole King wrote it. That is why it was personal.
There is a Tribute album done for Carole and the BeeGees did this song for the Album. They did an amazing job and there is a video.
Iconic, legend, singer, songwriter, famous, talented, all those positives and more is Carole King!
Carole wrote this with her husband Gerry Goffin, but the original 1960 recording was by The Shirelles. You should check out their version. And they had lots of other great songs.
I wanted to be her when I was 8. As an old woman now I realize the vulnerability in her songs. Just an amazing songwriter. And I could sing to her songs and actually sound pretty good. Haha
Carole King is a legend. Period. Full Stop.
Oh shes made such good songs in the early 70s. So far away is another great song
This speaks of the heartbreak of so many trusting hearts. Tapestry of life! ❤
She is amazing! ❤️
The piano interplaying with the words, rhyme, and phrasing.
"I'd like to know... that your love .... is love I can ... be sure of."
How she ends piano phases quickly for emphasis for what's coming next.
A bunch of stars did a tribute album to Carol King. The Bee Fees did this song. Carol King said it was the best version she's heard.
I love artists who can sing and simultaneousdly play their own accompaniment on piano or guitar.