Tapestry was one of the great albums of all time.

@gerhardbraatz6305

9 күн бұрын

Pure classic!

@melissatomlin13

9 күн бұрын

My ex said he made it through military training in 71 with Tapestry. A great songwriter Natural Woman. Brill building staple.

@amandamckee9178

9 күн бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@Tessiefaye

9 күн бұрын

I still have that album. One of the great song writers.

@user-ii4zf5iq3t

9 күн бұрын

​@@Tessiefaye I have the album And her Piano Book.....😁

Carole King wrote hit songs for practically every singer in the 1960's.

@tulelazule6914

9 күн бұрын

She was 29 in 1971 when Tapestry came out. And by the way the harmonies etc on It's Too Late plus the guitar solo made it way more soulful than what it sounds like in this live.

@sandrarucker4268

7 күн бұрын

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@Nomad-vv1gk

5 күн бұрын

Her writing partner and then husband Jerry Goffin wrote the lyrics to many of their hits while King composed the music although some songs she also wrote the lyrics.

Can't miss with Carole King. Major. Talent. You'll be shocked when you realize what a prolific songwriter she is.

@jmat5857

9 күн бұрын

She was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015. I think her album “Tapestry” was one of the first albums I ever purchased. Carole King and Carly Simon came on the scene around the same time.

@Yowza78

9 күн бұрын

Aretha Franklin's performance at the Kennedy Center Honors for Carole King was the bomb! She performed King's song "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman."

@maureencollins5177

4 күн бұрын

@@Yowza78 OMG when Aretha comes on stage in her fur coat, drops her purse on the piano, and starts playing and singing and Carole just freaks out. What a great moment!

Tapestry was on the charts for something like 25 years.

@gabbymcclymont3563

9 күн бұрын

Yep i bought it about 10 years ago, its fantatic.

@bigreenize

9 күн бұрын

I owned the original vinyl of Tapestry and wore it out. Then the 8-track, then the cassette, then the CD and now it’s on my phone digitally. Please go down this rabbit hole, sir!

Your taking a 67 year old women and turning her into a 17 year old girl with all the seventies songs! I love you! ❤❤

@antoniawe

9 күн бұрын

Young women were learning to speak what we felt and she helped so much. I was 18 when this was playing on the RADIO🤗

@janetsilverhawk7204

9 күн бұрын

Carol King wrote natural woman

@susanpeterson9947

8 күн бұрын

Actually she is 82!

@travismiller1640

7 күн бұрын

@@susanpeterson9947 I believe @windinthefirtrees8020 was referring to her own age and experience.

@marylreddick

7 күн бұрын

Sweet.

She is first and foremost a songwriter. Almost a reluctant performer.

@jameswalling8395

9 күн бұрын

She wrote or co-wrote 118 Billboard Top 100 songs.

At the 14th Grammy Awards in 1972, Carole King earned the distinction of becoming the first woman to win multiple Grammys in the General Field, with "Tapestry" winning Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female as well as Song Of The Year ("You've Got A Friend") and Record Of The Year ("It's Too Late"); all three releases were later inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame, while King received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.

@timmoser3526

9 күн бұрын

Smack water Jack was another off the top of my head! Start to Finish album!!!

The LEGENDARY Carol King is one of the greatest, most prolific Singer/songwriters of ALL time!!!! Male or female.

Carole King was only 15 when she began writing songs. One of the most successful female songwriters. She wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs. 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

The quintessential singer songwriter who started writing iconic pop songs in the 60s and recorded one of the best and iconic albums of the era, Tapestry, in 1971. She wrote songs for Aretha Franklin among other top recording artists

If you could write one song like her, "You've Got A Friend", you'd be set for life. Of course, she did much more.

@danferguson2724

9 күн бұрын

Met my wife in '71. We're still here and this was and is 'our song'.

@justwondering5651

9 күн бұрын

Carole King and James Taylor (another fantastic singer) have been besties for like forever. His first big hit (Fire and Rain) includes the line "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend." Carole wrote "You've Got a Friend" in reply. They both recorded it as solos and also as a duet.

WHO IS SHE ??? A GREAT AMERICAN SONG WRITER AND PERFORMER... FOR REAL !

@strettoasino9006

9 күн бұрын

Ghettos are deeper and darker than any cave in earth... Only 2nd to ignorance....

@andreaschmall5560

9 күн бұрын

Certainly a songwriter.

She wrote Aretha Franklin’ You make me feel” James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend 🎉 Amazing talent 🎉❤

@dahuffy

9 күн бұрын

"Natural Woman"

@ColetteMalette1

9 күн бұрын

Had a brain fart! Thank you 🙏

I can't think of any house that didn't have a copy of Tapestry in the 70's. Carol is on of the great song writers for sure.

@mariajobson739

9 күн бұрын

Mine didnt...into heavier music at the time. I admit she has immense talent ,just not my style...

@Buddha-of8fk

9 күн бұрын

@@mariajobson739 l'm a ways older than you. I will say very aged. It seemed like it was that album Fleetwood Mac Rumours, Eagles Hotel California, Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and of course Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.

@gusrose62

9 күн бұрын

I have my mom’s copy!

@sharoncole4868

8 күн бұрын

Still do😊

One of the greatest song writers of her generation. By the time she was doing this concert she was already a songwriting legend. She was honored by the Kennedy Center. During this event Aretha Franklin did her greatest song "A Natural Woman". React to that. Her catalog of songs is huge and important to music.

@LonghopeBro-ju6jl

9 күн бұрын

Definitely react to that! Her reaction to Aretha singing her song is priceless.

@mrchrevans2569

9 күн бұрын

Agree!!! This Kennedy Center reaction is a must react!

A young co-worker of mine told me her mother said every mother should give their daughter Carol King's Tapestry album.

@gusrose62

9 күн бұрын

🌹

@fionam7768

8 күн бұрын

She's right. ❤

@heathensportsballmom6888

14 сағат бұрын

My mother gave me this album when I was a teenager, and it has always been one of the best I’ve ever heard.

@barbaramartinez7871

5 сағат бұрын

@@heathensportsballmom6888 Mom knows best.

A legend - She wrote Natural Woman that was sung by Aretha Franklin and so many others - a 70s legend. Aretha sang it at the Kennedy honors honoring Carol king -It was awesome 👏 💚💚💚🦠🦠

I think you've probably heard a couple of Carol King songs: "Natural Woman", "I Feel The Earth Move", maybe even "Loco Motion". She wrote and co-wrote 118 top 10 Billboard songs, mostly for others. She hit big with her second album "Tapestry", and became the sound-track to our lives in the late '70's. Carly Simon and Carol King had James Taylor in common. Can we visit Laurel Canyon in the '70's? Carol, James, Joni, Neil, Jim, Jackson, Linda . . .

@KlingonPrincess

7 күн бұрын

I'm sure you've seen "The Troubadours," if not check it out. One of the best documentaries on those artists. Enjoy

@Butterflyandhearts95

7 күн бұрын

She did in fact Locomotion. And never ever forget Will You Love Me Tomorrow. I so fortunate enough to see Beautiful on Broadway in 2015. It was something I will never forget.

@EightPieceBox

Күн бұрын

He claimed to never have heard Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer earlier this week. I wouldn't be shocked if he had never heard Natural Woman.

Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote so many 60s hits, incuding the classics “Up on the Roof” for the Drifters, "One Fine Day" for The Chiffons, and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees. Fun fact: King was even able to write a hit song that made her babysitter, Eva Boyd, also known as Little Eva, a big star. Little Eva rose to stardom in 1962 with her hit song “The Loco-Motion", written by Goffin and King. Goffin and King's collaboration reached its pinnacle with Aretha Franklin’s recording of “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” in 1967.

The "pick a note" comment before they started was Carole giving the guitar player a random note off the piano so he could use it to make sure his guitar was in tune. Classic song!!

Nothing can beat the music of the 70's ever.

@sandgrownun66

9 күн бұрын

The 80's do. The 70's were a lull between the 60's and the 80's.

@InspectorVol

9 күн бұрын

@@sandgrownun66disagree. I lived thru it all. 70’s rule with 80’s close behind. It all boils down to personal preference though.

@user-ii4zf5iq3t

9 күн бұрын

​@@InspectorVol Or when you were in full blown puberty...lol

@pjmurphy920

9 күн бұрын

The '60s music rates up there with the '70s.

@sandgrownun66

9 күн бұрын

@@InspectorVol You're wrong. Pop music lost it's way in the 70's. Take bloated rock, and Disco. The 80's got things back on track. With many new genres created and the adoption of new technology.

She is a LEGEND... nuff said.

Listen to Far Away and You’ve got a Friend.

I love seeing these younger people "discovering" the superstars of our era---its like sending them into a diamond mine and telling them "maybe you will find something worthwhile...."

Bring her back again BP...please. She has soooooo many beautiful songs. Her song writing is so heart felt and relatable. Undeniably one of the top songwriter/singer. She can do no wrong musically...imo.

She's a big enough deal to warrant a Kennedy Center honor with Aretha Franklin singing her "Natural Women." it's also one of the best videos I've seen.

This is from her 14 times platinum album, Tapestry. She started as a song writer and then was encouraged to sing her own songs She wrote one of Areatha Franklin's signature sings Natural Woman.

@ricksurratt9034

12 күн бұрын

I have it on vinyl it’s epic

Carol King paved the way for female singer/songwriters from the 70’s going forward. Everyone has heard the soul tune “I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet”. Not everyone knows that the song was written by and first performed by Carol King.

Carol's main occupation is/was song writing. She toured with James Taylor and he convinced her to record some of her songs. He played on half of the songs on her Tapestry album.

Carole King is a legend singer and writer Loved her music for 50 years I'm from the UK

This is Carol King. She's a legend.

Carol King wrote some of the best songs from the 70s. She’s a musical genius and has over 100 top hits. She’s right up there with Lennon/McCartney and Bob Dylan.

You've Got a Friend, Tapestry, Beautiful, Smack Water Jack, Way Over Yonder, Far Away, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and so many more

@moirabaker458

8 күн бұрын

Brother, Brother is my fav

You have to see the Kennedy Honors for Carole King where Aretha Franklin sings natural woman. Classic!!!!

@mandarinlearner

4 күн бұрын

Such a great performance!

Singer-songwriters James Taylor and Carole King have been friends and collaborators for more than 50 years. When you have a moment, check out a restored video from 1971 of James Taylor on guitar singing "You've Got A Friend" with Carole accompanying him on piano. The video is on KZread titled "James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got A Friend (BBC In Concert, 11/13/71)". "You've Got A Friend" was written by Carole King, and her version of this song is included on her album "Tapestry." James Taylor's version of this song is included on his album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon," and was released as a single in May 1971, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Since "Tapestry" was recorded in an overlap with "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon," musicians were shared between albums. So, James Taylor and guitarist Danny Kortchmar perform on both versions of "You've Got A Friend." 😊

Fun fact, did you know that the drummer for Tool, Danny Carey, played the drums for Carole King?

My favorite album by Carol King is Tapestry, she won all kinds of awards on this album, lots of number one hits too! She is so talented lyrically, vocally and musically. Love this tune! Thanks Black Pegasus 👍💕

ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC.

@sandgrownun66

9 күн бұрын

Broken keyboard?

Carol King is legendary

You are going to be amazed when you discover how many hit songs she wrote for her and other artists. She is truly amazing.

"Lovely" is a perfect description for Carol King. She's not loud or crazy or over the top but she and her music are so endearing. Check out "Beautiful" or, really anything off of her "Tapestry" album. I's a whole mood.

You're so far away. Makes me cry every time

In addition to her voice and great piano playing, Ms King was one of the best song writers of the past 50 years. Fire and Rain, Child of Mine, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, I Felt the Earth Move Under My Feet. She wrote for herself and for other singers, about 120 songs which reached the Billboard charts.

@damonhines8187

9 күн бұрын

'Fire and Rain' isn't hers, it's all James Taylor's. Otherwise, all great Carole songs. King/Queen, pop royalty regardless. 👑 😊🤙🏼🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊

'will you still love me tomorrow' is arguably the best song written by carole!!!

Can't go wrong... ever, with the Carol.

She wrote so many amazing songs, "Up on the Roof", "You make me feel like a Natural Woman", "You've got a friend" to name a few.

Her album "Tapestry" really resonated with me and other young women of that era. Btw, she is a prolific songwriter. She began her career in the fifties. She's a Living Legend!

…..if you want your mind blown, read all her accolades ! All the songs she wrote for dozens of artist in the day ❤️

My favorite song by her is I Feel The Earth Move 🔥🔥❤️❤️

Carol King is the person Neil Sedaka sang about in his song "Oh Carol".

@visaman

8 күн бұрын

She recorded an answer song, Oh, Neil!

Dude, Carol King is one of the most prolific songwriters of the late 50’s through the 70’s and beyond. I predict you’ll be shocked to find how many songs you’ve heard that she either wrote or co-wrote. She started out writing for others as a teen with a writing partner, Gerry Goffin, whom she married in 1959, becoming one of the biggest writing teams of the early rock era. They divorced in 1969 at which time she went solo and soon started a recording career. We’re talking bona fide HOF credentials here. Check out her work, like Natural Woman (for Aretha Franklin), You’ve Got a Friend, So Far Away, I Feel the Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and many others, each as good or better than this one.

@barbaramartinez7871

9 күн бұрын

She is a legend in rock 'n roll history. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and Loco-Motion are two of her earliest. There are so many she wrote.

One of the greatest!

Carlos King is a great song writer. She wrote Aretha Franklin’s hit You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman. She wrote every song she sang. She started out as a songwriter for others.

Carole King is one of the legends of the industry and one of her best friends is James Taylor who she has performed with many times over the years. She and James swap tunes out of their catalogues and she has written songs for some of the biggest names in the industry. You will be amazed at her history and her talent as a composer, writer, and singer...

Carole King was a great songwriter in the 60's. She and her partner wrote Up On the Roof for the Drifters, The Loco-Motion for Little Eva, Will You Love Me Tomorrow for The Shirelles, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman for Aretha Franklin, One Fine Day by the Chiffons, and Go Away Little Girl for Steve Lawrence. Then in 1971, she recorded her own album called Tapestry which went on to be hugely successful! In addition to this song, it included You've Got a Friend, So Far Away, and I Feel the Earth Move in addition to her versions of some of her previous hits. Then later she also recorded Been to Canaan, and Jazzman. All great songs!

She bit the nail in the head. Couples split when they quit trying. Couples that stay together till death do them part, are the ones that never stop trying. They never give up. Life is no easier for them than it is for the couples that decide to split. I love Carol King and her natural look and performances. She has never needed the extremes that we see now with performers. She barely even wears makeup and she is still beautiful.

Carole King is a legend! Keep going down the rabbit hole you won’t be disappointed!!!

Carole King is one of America`s greatest songwriters, having written endless classic 60`s hits by the time she recorded her first solo album Tapestry which included It`s Too Late and stayed in the album charts for years. Her career is definitely worth looking into.

Welcome to perhaps the most successful female songwriter of the Rock era, Carole King did much to shape the sound of 60s and 70s Pop music, first as a prolific writer of hits for others and then as a hugely successful solo artist!

Great reaction BP. Very good analysis. Carole King helped create so many hits for other groups. She and her then husband wrote 118 top hits on the Billboard top 100 during the 50s 60s and 70s. You could do a deep dive on groups singing her songs. Then she stepped out on stage and wow! a star was born. Her album, Tapestry was on the Billboard charts for 312 weeks (yes, I googled it). Lol! Try Smackwater Jack or she sings a duet with James Taylor called You've got a friend which is excellent. I hope the family is doing well.

Listen to Tapestry, one of the greatest albums of all time. One of the All time Greats an amazing artist

Enjoy going down the Carloe King rabbit hole. She is amazing !

She, along with Goffin, wrote a lot of early Motown stuff. In her very early years she was a staff writer in the Griff Building in New York.

I guess I shouldn't be surprise that you didn't know Carole King, yet I am. She is one of the biggest "hit" songwriters of my lifetime. I am 77 this year. The tapestry album has many of her best songs. She has many more, sung and recorded by many big name artists.

No. 1 female songwriter in the US and UK. Album 'Tapestry' spent 15 weeks as #1 on the album charts and remained on the charts for 6 years. 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree. Four Grammys.

Tapestry was one of greatest albums ever ❤

Carol King an iconic song writer.

One of the greatest Pop Music songwriters of all time, and then an almost reluctant recording legend with one of the most popular albums of all time "Tapestry". A double inductee into the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' for both Songwriter and Performer. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” written at age 17 was her first Number #1 hit...

Carole King was/is a legendary singer songwriter all during the 1950’s-1970’s. The first time I saw her perform, she was doing a casual gig in San Francisco. She also was a serious anti war, civil rights activist. I think that she wrote music for everyone during the 1960’s-1970’s. My favorite album of hers was “Tapestry”! I have a signed copy of that album; I feel so blessed 🥹❣️ You’ll never go wrong with her iconic style! I just love your channel; not only do you play legendary music from the past, but you also bring us old boomers up to date! Thanks so very much for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us 🙏❣️ PS You’re really funny as well 😄❗️

Carole King's Tapestry album was the number 1 album for 15 weeks in 1971 and spent nearly 6 years on the charts! Every song on it is a classic. ❤

Extremely underrated songwriter. And yet she put out top blockbuster hits others covered across several decades Including Loco motion One fine day Up on the roof You've got a friend Will you love me tomorrow You make me feel like I feel the earth move

Carole King is a hall of fame legend. ❤

She’s a two time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. For her songwriting and for her solo career. In other words she’s a beast in the industry.

Her Tapestry album is sublime.

Amasingly known more as a songwriter than a singer, so many hits came from her musical mind.

There was this blend in the 70s of kinda blues/jazz and folk. Carole, Janis, several singers used it and it is really a unique sound.

I love Carol King!!!

@gemini802

9 күн бұрын

So do I ....

One of, if not, the best singer/songwriters of ALL TIME!! That is not hyperbole! Her songs have been sung by many great artists - Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, just to name two. You should Google her as a songwriter, not just a singer. And yes, she wrote It's Too Late, which is on her album Tapestry. One of the single greatest albums of all time!

One of the great singer-songwriters of all time.

She's known even more as a song writer than singer. Many classics in the 60's were hers.

An American icon. She wrote songs for a who's who of artists. And her own album Tapestry is one of the great albums of all time

Carole King is among those to have received Kennedy Center honors (Aretha singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is historic).

CAROLE KING IS A LEGEND OF THE ACTUAL LEGENDARY EVERYTHING SHE SINGS IS SIMPLY AMAZING WONDERFUL DEEP POWER OF VOCAL LOVE YA CAROLE!!!

This is one of the best singer/songwriters of all time. This whole album is epic. She wrote hit songs that Aretha Franklin had hits from.

She wrote "You Got A Friend" in response to James Taylor's "Fire And Rain" which has a line that says "...I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again" Definitely check out "So Far Away", very powerful and touching song.

she is all around just amazing..

I didn’t see others mention that Carole King’s 1971 album Tapestry, was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2004. Her album is now one of 100 recordings on that list that are deemed to be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Carole has also been honored at the Kennedy Center Honors and has won the Gershwin Prize. She is an absolute American treasure and has written more songs that you have likely heard, but never knew who wrote them. Her vocals are good, but her songwriting is stellar. I would encourage you to read her bio as it is mind blowing.

Carole King is an amazing singer, songwriter, and the Tapestry album is phenomenal!

She wrote and sings- “Natural Woman”, “You’ve Got A Friend”, “ I Feel the Earth Move”, “Way Over Yonder”, “ So Far Away” and more! Her Tapestry album was one of the most played albums of all time- chocked full of major hits and memorized by so many of us in the 70’s!

I went into my cupboard and dig out Tapestry after seeing this. I couldn’t decide if the enjoyment and memories made sad or happy-maybe both. She is special.

A really good pianist. She shows up on many “top pianist” lists. I think I’ve seen her on top 25 lists. Carol King and a mid 60’s writing partner wrote many hits for other artists! Her “Tapestry” album ranks really high on “best album” lists. It was released in 1971, and won a best new album Grammy I believe! She wrote the James Taylor hit, “You’ve Got a Friend”.

Carol was one of the best singer/songwriters of all time. Everything, and I do mean everything she writes for herself and many other artists is pure gold. I grew up listening to the "Tapestry " album. You can't go wrong with any of her songs. I've said it many times...my generation had the best music..( turning 70 in July). Thank you for your reaction to this beautiful person 😊

How many memories. "Tapestry" a round album, without waste. One of the best composed in the history of music. Thanks for your reaction

Writer, musician, singer-legend ❤😊

BP: I like it she's really good; that my friend is an understatement. Carole was writing great hit music for many other artists before she ever decided to release her own music. She is a 'Legend' among singer song writers. You will eventually Google her, and I think you may be blown away by how prolific she really is!

cool choice from one of the most gifted singer songwriters ever. she wrote loads of top hits, Locomotion - Little Eva, up on the roof - the drifters, I'm into something good - Herman's hermits, one fine day - the chiffons, pleasant valley Sunday - the monkees, you make me feel like a natural woman - Aretha franklin , just to name a few, then you go into her own work, a great rabbit hole to jump into :)

LOL! She wrote your freaking outro, dude! Thank You For Being A Friend, The Golden Girls theme song, was written by Carole King ❤️😁❤️😁

@BlackPegasusRaps

8 күн бұрын

that’s insane!!!!!! 🤯

@sharongraham4256

8 күн бұрын

​It was written by Andrew Gold, Carole wrote, You've got a friend ​@@BlackPegasusRaps

@jodistrong5827

5 күн бұрын

@@BlackPegasusRapsEnjoy!!!

Carole King is a PROLIFIC songwriter. She's an American music institution, writing tons of early rock, especially the girl groups. Tapestry was her first album, which didn't come out until the early 1970s after years of writing for other people. Every song on it is a gem with plenty of the songs covered by other artists, including Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin.

People have said it better than I can in various comments. But allow be give you the base foundation. Carol is a songwriter. She can sing but her mind is a a creative powerhouse. She wrote over 100 top songs that charted on Billboard top 100. Her first being in about 1958 at age 16 I think. It was her demos that started getting noticed where artists would tell her she should be the solo singer. That’s Tapestry. One of the top albums of all time. Notice how innocent and giggly she is performing…remember she is really a song writer…yet Tapestry. WOW

Carole wrote many hit songs in the 60's with her husband Gerry Goffin (Goffin and King) but really started to perform when their marriage ended. She did some great stuff with the great James Taylor...worth checking out. Tapestry is a magificent. She is still performing and filled Hyde Park in London with a concert a few years ago.