Editing Carole King (section)

==Early life and education==
King was born Carol Joan Klein on February 9, 1942, in [[Manhattan]], New York City, to Jewish parents Eugenia (''née'' Cammer), a teacher, and Sidney N. Klein, a firefighter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/186834/carole-kings-jewish-journey|title=Carole King and Alan Dershowitz Explore Their Jewish Roots|access-date=June 5, 2018|date=November 5, 2014|last=Schrieber|first=Zachary|work=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet Magazine]]|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121203902/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/186834/carole-kings-jewish-journey|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Carole-King-Famous-yet-haimische|title=Carole King: Famous, yet 'haimische'|last=Gluck|first=Robert|date=November 24, 2012|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=June 5, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702222312/https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Carole-King-Famous-yet-haimische|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carole-kings-musical-odyssey/2015/12/01/ef1721a8-79b5-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html|title=Carole King's musical odyssey|last=Heller|first=Karen|date=December 1, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=June 5, 2018|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120028/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carole-kings-musical-odyssey/2015/12/01/ef1721a8-79b5-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-natural-woman-a-memoir-by-carole-king-7661007.html|title=A Natural Woman: A Memoir, By Carole King|last=Thomson|first=Liz|date=April 19, 2012|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=June 5, 2018|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121074227/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-natural-woman-a-memoir-by-carole-king-7661007.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

King's parents met in an elevator in 1936 at [[Brooklyn College]], where her father was a chemistry major and her mother was an English and drama major.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|10}} They married in 1937 during the last years of the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|10}} King's mother dropped out of college to run the household; her father also quit college and briefly took a job as a radio announcer.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|10}} With the economy struggling, he then took a more secure job as a firefighter.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|10}} After King was born, her parents settled in Brooklyn and were eventually able to buy a small two-story duplex where they could rent out the upstairs for income.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46995188/ns/today-books/t/legendary-singersongwriter-carole-king-looks-back/ |title=Legendary singer/songwriter Carole King looks back – books |publisher=Today {{!}} MSNBC |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413052636/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46995188/ns/today-books/t/legendary-singersongwriter-carole-king-looks-back |archive-date=April 13, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/files/2015/12/CK-Family-Portrait-1947-EG.jpg|title=Photo of Carol King as a child with her parents|website=Tc.pbs.org|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510183815/http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/files/2015/12/CK-Family-Portrait-1947-EG.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref>

King's mother had learned to play piano as a child and would sometimes practice after buying a piano. When King developed an insatiable curiosity about music when she was three, her mother began teaching her basic piano skills without giving her actual lessons.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|14}} When King was four, her parents discovered she had [[absolute pitch]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Carole King Biography and Interview|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/carole-king/#interview|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812065224/https://achievement.org/achiever/carole-king/#interview|url-status=live}}</ref> which enabled her to name a note correctly just by hearing it.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|14}} King's father enjoyed showing off his daughter's skill to visiting friends: "My dad's smile was so broad that it encompassed the lower half of his face. I enjoyed making my father happy and getting the notes right."<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|15}}

King's mother began giving her real music lessons when she was four<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|16}} with King climbing the stool, made higher still by a phone book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caroleking.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gallery/CK%20Age%204%20alt%20piano%20smile.jpg?itok=vxr9YfTd|title=Photo of Carol King at the piano at age four|website=Caroleking.com|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918203746/http://www.caroleking.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gallery/CK%20Age%204%20alt%20piano%20smile.jpg?itok=vxr9YfTd|url-status=live}}</ref> With her mother sitting beside her, King learned music theory and elementary piano technique, including how to read notation and execute proper note timing. King wanted to learn as much as possible: "My mother never forced me to practice. She didn't have to. I wanted so much to master the popular songs that poured out of the radio."<ref name=Natural>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=14ydMfF202oC&pg=PT16 |title=A Natural Woman |first=Carole |last=King |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |date=April 10, 2012 |isbn=9781405516723 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207071929/https://books.google.com/books?id=14ydMfF202oC&pg=PT16 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|16}}

King began kindergarten when she was four, and after her first year, she was promoted directly to second grade, showing an exceptional facility with words and numbers.<ref name=Natural/>{{rp|16}} In the 1950s, she attended [[James Madison High School (New York)|James Madison High School]] in the [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]] section of Brooklyn. She formed a band called the Co-Sines, changed her name from Carol Klein to Carole King, and made demo records with her friend [[Paul Simon]] for $25 a session.<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url= http://www.biography.com/people/carole-king-17169764 |title= Carole King Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story |work= Biography.com |access-date= March 17, 2013 |archive-date= March 7, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130307130101/http://www.biography.com/people/carole-king-17169764 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA2 |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |page=3 |first=James E. |last=Perone |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |isbn=9780275990275 |access-date=March 17, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207094156/https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her first official recording was the promotional single "The Right Girl", released by [[ABC-Paramount]] in 1958, which she wrote and sang to an arrangement by [[Don Costa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Carole-King-The-Right-Girl-Goin-Wild/release/2938107 |title=Carole King – The Right Girl / Goin' Wild (Vinyl) |work=discogs.com |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208023500/http://www.discogs.com/Carole-King-The-Right-Girl-Goin-Wild/release/2938107 |url-status=live }}</ref>

King attended [[Queens College, New York|Queens College]], where she met [[Gerry Goffin]], who was to become her songwriting partner. When she was 17, they married in a Jewish ceremony on Long Island in August 1959 after King became pregnant with her first daughter, [[Louise Goffin|Louise]].<ref name=weller-girls>{{cite book| last= Weller| first= Sheila| title= Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon-and the Journey of a Generation| place= New York| publisher= Washington Square Press| year= 2008 |isbn= 978-0-7434-9147-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/helen-brown/5201808/Carole-King-interview.html |title=Carole King interview |first=Helen |last=Brown |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=April 22, 2009 |location=London |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |access-date=March 17, 2013 |archive-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228015247/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/helen-brown/5201808/Carole-King-interview.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They quit college and took day jobs, Goffin working as an assistant chemist and King as a secretary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/carole_images/king-goffin-children.jpg|title=Photo of King and Gerry Goffin with their baby daughter|website=Girlslikeusthemusic.com|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013234240/http://girlslikeusthemusic.com/carole_images/king-goffin-children.jpg|archive-date=October 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> They wrote songs together in the evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C114 |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame – Gerry Goffin |work=songwritershalloffame.org |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130204071029/http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C114 |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

[[Neil Sedaka]], who had dated King when he was still in high school,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/156973/q-and-a-neil-sedaka-on-adele-and-carole-king/ |title=Q&A: Neil Sedaka on Adele and Carole King – The Arty Semite – Forward.com |first=Curt |last=Schleier |work=[[The Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117075250/http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/156973/q-and-a-neil-sedaka-on-adele-and-carole-king/ |url-status=live }}</ref> had a hit in 1959 with "[[Oh! Carol]]". Goffin took the tune and wrote the playful response, "Oh! Neil", which King recorded and released as a single the same year. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song "A Very Special Boy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Carole-King-Oh-Neil-A-Very-Special-Boy/release/2938147 |title=Carole King – Oh, Neil / A Very Special Boy (Vinyl) at Discogs |work=discogs.com |year=1960 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017140710/http://www.discogs.com/Carole-King-Oh-Neil-A-Very-Special-Boy/release/2938147 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=perone>{{cite book |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |first=James E. |last=Perone |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-275-99027-5}}</ref> The single was not a success.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQHJC4F6zeUC&pg=PA95 |title=Rock 'n' Roll Jews |page=95 |first=Michael |last=Billig |publisher=Syracuse University Press |date=June 1, 2001 |isbn=9780815607052 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207070307/https://books.google.com/books?id=yQHJC4F6zeUC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live }}</ref> After writing [[the Shirelles]]' 1960 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'']] No. 1 hit, "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]" —the first No. 1 by a black girl group<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&pg=RA1-PA1979 |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |page=426 |first=Alwyn W. |last=Turner |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2003 |isbn=9781858284576 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207040609/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&pg=RA1-PA1979 |url-status=live }}</ref>—Goffin and King gave up their daytime jobs to concentrate on writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/carole_images/king-goffin.jpg|title=Photo of King writing songs with Gerry Goffin|website=Girlslikeusthemusic.com|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073158/http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/carole_images/king-goffin.jpg|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/19/king_2/ |title=Will you still love me tomorrow? |first=Rachel Louise |last=Snyder |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=June 19, 1999 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728130523/http://www.salon.com/1999/06/19/king_2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" became a pop standard.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA131 |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |page=131 |first=James E. |last=Perone |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |isbn=9780275990275 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207115437/https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA131 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://d3rm69wky8vagu.cloudfront.net/article-photos/large/1.170142.jpg|title=Photo of King and Gerry Goffin|website=D3rm69wky8vagu.cloudfront.net|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510142424/http://d3rm69wky8vagu.cloudfront.net/article-photos/large/1.170142.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref>