I went to see Carole King in concert with James Taylor a few...

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Originally posted by watso ↑

in all fairness, until listening to a radio show last night, watso would not have been able to have mentioned one song associated with carole king - except that most likely watso would have associated the album "tapestry" with carole king - but no idea of any of the songs on the album .

an American composer and singer-songwriter.^[2] She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999.^[3] King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK,^[4] making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_King

one has to admit that she has some good song writing credits to her name

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watso used to like monkeys song - "a pleasant valley sunday" - but had no idea about the meaning of the song..

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, most famous for the version recorded by The Monkees in 1967. Goffin's and King's inspiration for the name was a street named Pleasant Valley Way, in West Orange, New Jersey where they were living at the time.^[3] The road follows a valley through several communities among the Watchung Mountains. The lyrics were a social commentary on status symbols, creature comforts, life in suburbia and "keeping up with the Joneses".

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I went to see Carole King in concert with James Taylor a few years ago. JT has lost nothing in the way of vocal or guitar picking ability but he is one of those songwriters who has a handful of super duper memorable songs while the rest put you to sleep. Carol King on the other hand did not sing one song that I did not know. She has an amazing songwriting catalogue to her credit.
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