Carole King albums The Grammy-winning artist released her first album, Writer, in 1970, which featured hits like “Child of Mine” and “No Easy Way Down.” However, it wasn’t until her ...

I guess Carole King doesn’t have any songs with “country” in the title, so Scotty McCreery sang “You’ve Got a Friend,” a song I saw Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon fucking slay a few weeks ago.

King's solo debut, 1970's Writer, is made up of leftover songs she had written with Goffin (who co-produced the album), and it blends sock hop-era nostalgia with Woodstock-era spaciness.

In January 1971, Carole King — a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles — entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of songs for which she ...

Carole King joins this week’s episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs podcast to tell the story of 'It's Too Late" — and a lot more ...