Carole King

Biography

Carole King Klein is a renowned American singer-songwriter and musician born on February 9, 1942. She wrote or co-wrote over 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including numerous standards composed with her husband Gerry Goffin in the 1960s. Her critically acclaimed solo album Tapestry (1971) topped the US album chart for 15 weeks and has sold over 75 million records worldwide, earning her four Grammy Awards and inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.