Editing Carole King (section)

==Career==
===1960s===
[[File:Little Eva, Carole King, Gerry Goffin - Cash Box 1962.png|thumb|King, [[Gerry Goffin]] and [[Little Eva]] on the cover of ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''; September 15, 1962]]
In the 1960s, with King composing the music and Goffin writing the lyrics, the two wrote [[List of songs written by Goffin and King|a string of classic songs]] for a variety of artists.<ref name=caroleking /> King and Goffin were also the songwriting team behind Don Kirshner's [[Dimension Records]], which produced songs including "[[Chains (The Cookies song)|Chains]]" (later recorded by [[the Everly Brothers]] and [[the Beatles]]), "[[The Loco-Motion]]", "[[Keep Your Hands off My Baby]]" (both for their babysitter [[Little Eva]]), and "[[It Might as Well Rain Until September]]" which King recorded herself in 1962—her first success, which charted at 22 in the US and 3 in the UK (where it was her all-time greatest hit).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dimension Album Discography |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/dimension/dimension.html |publisher=Both Sides Now Publications |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312150758/http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/dimension/dimension.html |url-status=live }}</ref> King recorded a few follow-up singles in the wake of "September", with none charting particularly well; by 1966, her already sporadic recording career was entirely abandoned &ndash; albeit temporarily.

Other songs of King's early period (through 1967) include "[[Crying in the Rain]]" peaking at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1962 for the Everly Brothers, "Half Way To Paradise" for [[Tony Orlando]] (recorded by [[Billy Fury]] in the UK), "[[Take Good Care of My Baby]]" for [[Bobby Vee]], "[[Up on the Roof (song)|Up on the Roof]]" for [[the Drifters]], "[[I'm into Something Good]]" for [[Earl-Jean]] (later recorded by [[Herman's Hermits]]), "[[One Fine Day (song)|One Fine Day]]" for [[the Chiffons]], and "[[Pleasant Valley Sunday]]" for [[the Monkees]] (inspired by their move to suburban [[West Orange, New Jersey]]),<ref>La Gorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/nyregion/new-jerseys-magic-moments.html ''New Jersey's Magic Moments''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905150511/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/nyregion/new-jerseys-magic-moments.html |date=September 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 30, 2005. Accessed November 25, 2007.</ref> and the classic "[[(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman]]" for [[Aretha Franklin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/gerry-goffin-and-carole-king/bio/ |title=Gerry Goffin and Carole King Biography &#124; The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |work=rockhall.com |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729061649/http://rockhall.com/inductees/gerry-goffin-and-carole-king/bio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The duo wrote several songs recorded by [[Dusty Springfield]], including "[[Goin' Back]]" and "Some of Your Lovin'". They wrote at 1650 Broadway, alongside other songwriters associated with the [[Brill Building (genre)|Brill Building Sound]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hollander |first=Sophia |date=December 25, 2014 |title=Another Rock 'n' Roll Birthplace—at 1650 Broadway |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/another-rock-n-roll-birthplaceat-1650-broadway-1419546782 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollak |first=Michael |date=October 17, 2004 |title=A Song in Its Heart |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/nyregion/thecity/a-song-in-its-heart.html |access-date=July 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331|quote="Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil ("On Broadway"), Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield ("[[Breaking Up Is Hard to Do]]") and Gerry Goffin and Carole King ("Will You Love Me Tomorrow?") were among those who worked at No. 1650.}}</ref>

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By 1968, Goffin and King were divorced and not keeping in contact.<ref name= weller-girls /> King moved to [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles|Laurel Canyon]], Los Angeles, with her two daughters, and reactivated her recording career by forming "The City", a music trio consisting of bassist Charles Larkey (her future husband) and [[Danny Kortchmar]] on guitar and vocals, with King herself on piano and vocals.<ref name=caroleking>{{cite book |url=http://www.caroleking.com/bio |title=Bio &#124; Carole King |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402161627/http://www.caroleking.com/bio |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT563 |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |first=Alex |last=Ogg |page=556 |publisher=Rough Guides |date=November 1, 2003 |isbn=9781843531050 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207082512/https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT563 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-city-p16511 |title=The City |website=Allmusic |access-date=February 6, 2011 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826154819/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-city-mn0001192850 |url-status=live }}</ref> The City produced one album, ''Now That Everything's Been Said'' (1968), but King's reluctance to perform live meant promotion and sales were limited.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA22 |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |first=James E. |last=Perone |page=22 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |isbn=9780275990275 |access-date=February 6, 2011 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207150844/https://books.google.com/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA22 |url-status=live }}</ref> A change of distributors meant that the album was quickly deleted, and the group disbanded in 1969.<ref name=now>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-that-everythings-been-said-r33221 |title=Now That Everything's Been Said – The City |website=Allmusic |access-date=February 6, 2011 |archive-date=January 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107074443/http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-that-everythings-been-said-r33221 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was rediscovered by [[Classic rock|Classic Rock]] radio in the early 1980s, with the cut "Snow Queen" receiving nominal airplay for a few years. Cleveland's [[WMMS]] played it every few weeks between 1981 and 1985, and the long-out-of-print [[LP record|LP]] became sought-after by fans of King who liked the edgy sound of the music.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

===1970s===
[[File:Carole King - Cash Box 1971.jpg|thumb|left|King on the cover of ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''; May 15, 1971]]
While living in Laurel Canyon, King met [[James Taylor]] and [[Joni Mitchell]], as well as Toni Stern, with whom she collaborated.<ref name=biography /> King released her debut solo album, ''[[Writer (album)|Writer]]'', in 1970 for [[Lou Adler]]'s [[Ode Records|Ode]] label, with Taylor playing acoustic guitar and providing backing vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lightintheattic.net/wp-content/uploads/Carole-LouAdler_Photo-JimMcCrary.jpg|title=Photo of King with Lou Adler|website=Blog.lightintheattic.net|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510092630/http://blog.lightintheattic.net/wp-content/uploads/Carole-LouAdler_Photo-JimMcCrary.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at #84 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200. That same year, King played keyboard on [[B.B. King]]'s album ''[[Indianola Mississippi Seeds]]''.

King followed up ''Writer'' with her sophomore effort ''[[Tapestry (Carole King album)|Tapestry]]'' (1971), which featured new songs as well as renewed versions of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". The album was recorded concurrently with Taylor's ''[[Mud Slide Slim]],'' with an overlapping set of musicians including King, [[Danny Kortchmar]] and Joni Mitchell. Both albums included "[[You've Got a Friend]]", which was a #1 hit for Taylor; King said in a 1972 interview that she "didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it and wanted to record it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/troubadours-carole-king-james-taylor-the-rise-of-the-singer-songwriter/carole-king%E2%80%99s-monumental-tapestry-album/1776/|title=Troubadours – Carole King's Monumental Tapestry Album {{!}} American Masters {{!}} PBS|website=[[PBS]] |date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220024629/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/troubadours-carole-king-james-taylor-the-rise-of-the-singer-songwriter/carole-king%E2%80%99s-monumental-tapestry-album/1776/|archive-date=February 20, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref>

''Tapestry'' was an instant success. With numerous hit singles—including a [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'']] #1 with "[[It's Too Late (Carole King song)|It's Too Late]]"—''Tapestry'' held the #1 spot on the albums chart for 15 consecutive weeks, remained on the charts for nearly six years, and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.<ref name=latimes>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2020 |title='Tapestry' at 50: How Carole King 'bet on herself' to record a singer-songwriter classic |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-02-04/carole-king-tapestry-50-james-taylor|first=Mikael |last=Wood |access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/04/19/life-memoir-carole-king-traces-complex-life-early-success-song-writer-memoir-performer-and-trail-troubled-relationships-king-weaves-tapestry/T5woyB9T4tDv1qgoQhKR2K/story.html |title= 'A Natural Woman' by Carole King – Books |first= James |last= Rosen |work= [[The Boston Globe]] |date= April 19, 2012 |access-date= March 20, 2013 |archive-date= November 2, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131102120430/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/04/19/life-memoir-carole-king-traces-complex-life-early-success-song-writer-memoir-performer-and-trail-troubled-relationships-king-weaves-tapestry/T5woyB9T4tDv1qgoQhKR2K/story.html |url-status= live }}</ref> The album garnered four [[Grammy Awards]], including [[Album of the Year (Grammy)|Album of the Year]], Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), Record of the Year ("It's Too Late", lyrics by Toni Stern), and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], with King becoming the first woman to win the award (for "You've Got a Friend"). The album appeared on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list at #36.<ref name= "rollingstone.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carole-king-mn0000174557/biography |title=Carole King Biography |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-date=June 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609004817/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carole-king-mn0000174557/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, "It's Too Late" was ranked #469 on the magazine's list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].

''[[Carole King Music]]'' was released in December 1971 and subsequently certified gold on December 9. It entered the top ten at #8, with ''Tapestry'' and ''Carole King: Music'' simultaneously occupying the top 10 for many weeks. The following week, ''Tapestry'' rose to #3 before ascending to the top of the chart on January 1, 1972, staying there for three weeks. The album also spawned a top-ten hit with "Sweet Seasons" (US #9 and AC #2). ''Carole King: Music'' stayed on the ''Billboard'' pop album charts for 44 weeks and was eventually certified platinum.

''[[Rhymes and Reasons (Carole King album)|Rhymes and Reasons]]'' (1972) and ''[[Fantasy (Carole King album)|Fantasy]]'' (1973) followed, each record earning gold certifications. ''Rhymes and Reasons'' produced another successful single, "[[Been to Canaan]]" (US #24 and AC #1), and ''Fantasy'' produced two, "Believe in Humanity" (US #28) and "Corazon" (US #37 and AC #5), as well as another song that charted on the Hot 100, "You Light Up My Life" (US #67 and AC #6).

In 1973, King performed a free concert in New York City's [[Central Park]] for at least 100,000 people on Saturday, May 26.<ref name=ckdshtcp>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/27/archives/carole-king-draws-70000-to-central-park-biggest-and-best-concert-by.html |work=New York Times |last=Lichtenstein |first=Grace |title=Carole King draws 70,000 to Central Park |date=May 27, 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=226& |title=Carole King Artistfacts |publisher=Artistfacts.com |date=February 9, 1942 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901003028/http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=226& |url-status=dead }}</ref> The concert was recorded for the film ''Carole King: Home Again - Live in Central Park''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001l5ck/carole-king-home-again-live-in-central-park|title=Carole King: Home Again - Live in Central Park|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

In September 1974, King released her album ''[[Wrap Around Joy]],'' which was certified gold on October 16, 1974, and entered the top ten at #7 on October 19, 1974. Two weeks later, it became King's third album to reach #1. ''Wrap Around Joy'' spawned two singles, "[[Jazzman]]" and "[[Nightingale (Carole King song)|Nightingale]]". "Jazzman" peaked at #2 on November 9 but fell out of the top ten the next week; "Nightingale" peaked at #9 on March 1, 1975.

In 1975, King scored and recorded songs for the children's animated TV production of [[Maurice Sendak]]'s ''[[Really Rosie]]'', released as an album by the same name, with lyrics by Sendak.
[[File:Carole King - Capitol.jpg|thumb|King {{circa}} 1977]]

''[[Thoroughbred (Carole King album)|Thoroughbred]]'' (1976) was the last studio album King released under the Ode label.<ref name= waddy>{{cite web |url=http://waddywachtelinfo.com/CaroleKing.html |title=Carole King – Thoroughbred 1976 Album and Tour |publisher=Waddywachtelinfo.com |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=June 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617232643/http://waddywachtelinfo.com/CaroleKing.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to enlisting long-time friends (such as [[David Crosby]], [[Graham Nash]], James Taylor, and [[Waddy Wachtel]]), King reunited with ex Gerry Goffin to write four songs for the album. Their partnership continued intermittently. King also did a promotional tour for the album in 1976.

After covering her song "[[Goin' Back]]" on October 17 and 18, 1975, at two of his high-profile [[Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)|Roxy]] gigs, [[Bruce Springsteen]] showed up at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] in New York City on March 7, 1976, to sing "[[The Loco-Motion]]" with King for the night's final encore.<ref>{{cite web |title=1976-03-07-beacon-theatre-new-york-city-ny |url=http://brucebase.wikidot.com/gig:1976-03-07-beacon-theatre-new-york-city-ny |website=Brucebase |access-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727073407/http://brucebase.wikidot.com/gig:1976-03-07-beacon-theatre-new-york-city-ny |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1977, King collaborated with another songwriter, Rick Evers, on ''[[Simple Things (Carole King album)|Simple Things]]'', the first release with a new label distributed by [[Capitol Records]]. Shortly after that, King and Evers were married; he died of a [[cocaine overdose]], one year later, while King and her daughter, Sherry, were in Hawaii. ''Simple Things'' was her first album that failed to reach the top ten on the ''Billboard'' since ''Tapestry'', and it was her last gold-certified record by the [[RIAA]], except for a compilation album, ''Her Greatest Hits'' (1978), and ''Live at the Troubadour'' (2010).

Despite its gold-certified record status, ''Simple Things'' was named "The Worst Album of 1977" by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine.<ref name= weller-girls />{{rp|394}} Neither ''Welcome Home'' (1978)—her debut as a co-producer on an album—nor ''Touch the Sky'' (1979) entered the ''Billboard'' 100. ''Pearls – The Songs of Goffin and King'' (1980) yielded a hit single, an updated version of "One Fine Day".

===1980s===
King moved to [[Atlantic Records]] for ''[[One to One (Carole King album)|One to One]]'' (1982) and ''[[Speeding Time]]'' in 1983, which was a reunion with ''Tapestry''-era producer [[Lou Adler]]. After a well-received concert tour in 1984, journalist Catherine Foster of ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' dubbed King "a Queen of Rock". She also called King's performance "all spunk and exuberance."<ref>{{cite magazine | first= Catherine | last= Foster | url= http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0223/022333.html | title= Carole King – still a Queen of Rock | magazine= CSMonitor.com | date= February 23, 1984 | access-date= April 19, 2014 | archive-date= February 24, 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224114918/http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0223/022333.html | url-status= live }}</ref>

In 1985, she wrote and performed "Care-A-Lot", the theme to ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'', and she wrote and performed "Home Is In Your Heart". Also in 1985, she scored and performed (with [[David Sanborn]]) the soundtrack to the [[Martin Ritt]]-directed movie ''[[Murphy's Romance]]''. The soundtrack, again produced by Adler, included the songs "Running Lonely" and "Love For The Last Time (Theme from 'Murphy's Romance')", although a soundtrack album was apparently never officially released.<ref name=murphy>{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089643/soundtrack |title= Soundtracks for Murphy's Romance |website= IMDb.com |access-date= April 18, 2014 |archive-date= August 31, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130831234202/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089643/soundtrack |url-status= live }}</ref> King made a cameo appearance in the film as Tillie, a town hall employee.<ref name=murphy />

In 1988, she starred in the off-Broadway production ''A Minor Incident''. In 1989, she returned to Capitol Records and recorded ''[[City Streets (album)|City Streets]]'', with [[Eric Clapton]] on two tracks and [[Branford Marsalis]] on one.

===1990s===
Her song "[[Now and Forever (Carole King song)|Now and Forever]]" was in the opening credits to the 1992 film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]].<ref name=perone /> ''[[Colour of Your Dreams]]'' was released in 1993 and featured an appearance by [[Slash (musician)|Slash]].

In 1994, she played Mrs. Johnstone on Broadway in ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]''. In 1996, she appeared in ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' in Ireland, directed by [[Peter Sheridan]]. That same year, she released the live album ''[[The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971]]''.

In 1997, King wrote and recorded backing vocals on "[[The Reason (Celine Dion song)|The Reason]]" for [[Celine Dion]] on her album ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Let's Talk About Love|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-talk-about-love-mw0000030974|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 13, 2016|date=February 17, 1999}}</ref> The pair performed a duet on the first [[VH1 Divas Live]] benefit concert. King also performed her song "[[You've Got a Friend]]" with Dion, [[Gloria Estefan]], and [[Shania Twain]], as well as "[[(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman]]" with [[Aretha Franklin]] and others, including [[Mariah Carey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=VH1 Divas Live|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vh1-divas-live-mw0000044319|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> In 1998, King wrote and performed "Anyone at All" for the film ''[[You've Got Mail]]'', starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Meg Ryan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=You've Got Mail [Original Soundtrack]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/youve-got-mail-original-soundtrack--mw0000045129|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>

===2000s===
[[File:Carole King.jpg|thumb|upright|King performing aboard [[USS Harry S. Truman|USS ''Harry S. Truman'']] in the Mediterranean in 2000]]
In 2000, King was asked to record a version of her hit song "[[Where You Lead]]" as the theme song for the show ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. She rewrote a few lyrics to fit the mother-daughter story. She often performs this song with her daughter, [[Louise Goffin]]. She rarely performed the song after its original release due to the rise in the [[Women's liberation movement]] and falling out of favor of the sentiment behind the lyrics. King agreed to revamp the song to be, "something more relevant." The song became strongly associated with female friendships and family members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/where-you-lead-i-will-follow|title=The Full Story Behind How The "Gilmore Girls" Theme Song Came To Be|last=Yandoli|first=Krystie Lee|website=BuzzFeed|date=November 24, 2016 |access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005194730/https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/where-you-lead-i-will-follow|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2001, King appeared in a television ad for [[Gap (clothing retailer)|the Gap]] with her daughter.<ref name="Gap">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX4qAmc9nnE |title=Carole King Gap Commercial |date=May 26, 2011 |publisher=YouTube.com |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527053837/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX4qAmc9nnE |url-status=live }}</ref> She performed a new song, "Love Makes the World", which became a title track for her studio album in autumn 2001 on her own label, Rockingale, distributed by Koch Records. The album includes songs she wrote for other artists during the mid-1990s and features Celine Dion, [[Steven Tyler]], [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]], and [[k.d. lang]]. ''Love Makes the World'' went to 158 in the US and No. 86 in the UK. It also debuted on ''Billboard''′s Top Independent Albums chart and Top Internet Albums chart at No. 20.<ref name="allmusic.com" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=38 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005850/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=38 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=63 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005940/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=63 |url-status=live }}</ref> An expanded edition of the album was issued six years later called ''[[Love Makes the World#Deluxe edition|Love Makes the World Deluxe Edition]]''. It contains a bonus disc with five additional tracks, including a remake of "Where You Lead (I Will Follow)" co-written with Toni Stern.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=187 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005946/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=187 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The same year, King and Stern wrote "Sayonara Dance", recorded by [[Yuki Isoya|Yuki]], former lead vocalist of the Japanese band [[Judy and Mary]], on her first solo album ''Prismic'' the following year. Also in 2001, King composed a song for ''[[All About Chemistry]]'' album by [[Semisonic]], with the band's frontman [[Dan Wilson (musician)|Dan Wilson]].

King launched her Living Room Tour in July 2004 at the [[Auditorium Theatre]] in Chicago. That show, along with shows at the [[Greek Theater (Los Angeles)|Greek Theater]] in Los Angeles and the Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts), were recorded as ''[[The Living Room Tour]]'' in July 2005. The album sold 44,000 copies in its first week in the US, landing at 17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], her highest-charting album since 1977. The album also charted at 51 in Australia. It has sold 330,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/carole-king/news/kelly-outslugs-thug-bow-wow--21933742 |title=Yahoo Music – Exclusive New Music and Music Videos |publisher=New.music.yahoo.com |date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=176 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005820/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=176 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=151 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005904/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=151 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2006 the album re-entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at 151.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=161 |title=Official Website of Carole King – Songwriter, Performer, Author |publisher=Carole King |date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005955/http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=161 |url-status=live }}</ref> The tour stopped in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A DVD of the tour, ''Welcome to My Living Room'', was released in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caroleking.com/news/rockingale-records-releases-carole-kings-welcome-my-living-room-dvd|title=Rockingdale Records Releases Carole King's 'Welcome to My Living Room' DVD|publisher=Carole King|date=December 1, 2007|access-date=December 30, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403044250/http://www.caroleking.com/news/rockingale-records-releases-carole-kings-welcome-my-living-room-dvd|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2007, King toured Japan with [[Mary J. Blige]] and Fergie from [[the Black Eyed Peas]]. Japanese record labels [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony]] and [[Victor Entertainment|Victor]] reissued most of King's albums, including the works from the late 1970s previously unavailable on compact disc. King recorded a duet of the Goffin/King composition "[[Time Don't Run Out on Me]]" with [[Anne Murray]] on Murray's 2007 album ''[[Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends]]''. The song had previously been recorded by Murray for her 1984 album ''[[Heart Over Mind (Anne Murray album)|Heart Over Mind]]''.

===2010s===
[[File:You Can Close Your Eyes JT CK 2010 - crop.jpg|thumb|right|King and [[James Taylor]] performing during their 2010 [[Troubadour Reunion Tour]]]]
In 2010 King and [[James Taylor]] staged their [[Troubadour Reunion Tour]] together, recalling the first time they played at [[The Troubadour, West Hollywood]] in 1970. The pair had reunited to mark the club's 50th anniversary two and a half years earlier in 2007 with the band they used in 1970. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to take the band on the road for 2010. The touring band featured players from that original band: [[Russ Kunkel]], [[Leland Sklar]], and [[Danny Kortchmar]]. Also present was King's son-in-law, [[Robbie Kondor]] and Taylor's three backing singers. King played piano and Taylor guitar on each other's songs, and they sang together some of the numbers they were both associated with. The tour began in Australia in March, returning to the United States in May. It was a major commercial success, with King playing to some of the largest audiences of her career. Total ticket sales exceeded 700,000 and the tour grossed over 59 million dollars, making it one of the most successful tours of the year.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957335/james-taylor-and-carole-king-craft-seasons-hottest-tour |title=James Taylor and Carole King Craft Season's Hottest Tour |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920113123/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957335/james-taylor-and-carole-king-craft-seasons-hottest-tour |url-status=live }}</ref>

During their Troubadour Reunion Tour, King released two albums, one of new material recorded with Taylor. The first, released in April 2010, ''The Essential Carole King'', was a compilation album of King's work and artists covering her songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003C5FMO4 |title=The Essential Carole King: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> The second album, ''[[Live at the Troubadour (Carole King and James Taylor)|Live at the Troubadour]]'' was released in May 2010, a collaboration between King and Taylor. It debuted at No.4 in the United States with sales of 78,000 copies. ''Live at the Troubadour'' has since received a gold record from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the US and remained on the charts for 34 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958279/godsmack-grabs-third-no-1-album-eminem-wows-digitally |title=Godsmack Grabs Third No. 1 Album; Eminem Wows Digitally |magazine=Billboard|date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729180826/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958279/godsmack-grabs-third-no-1-album-eminem-wows-digitally |url-status=live }}</ref>

King's mother, Eugenia Gingold, died in December 2010 in [[Delray Beach, Florida]] aged 94, from congestive heart failure.<ref>Dolen, Christine. (July 31, 1916) [http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/01/1995973/eugenia-gold-carole-kings-mother.html Eugenia Gingold, Carole King's mother, dies at 94]. ''MiamiHerald''. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.</ref>

In the fall of 2011, King released ''[[A Holiday Carole]]'', an album of Christmas music and new songs written by her daughter Louise Goffin who co-produced the album. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Album.<ref>Rockingdale Records HRM-33267-02 UPC 8-88072-33267-6</ref>

King's autobiography, ''[[A Natural Woman (book)|A Natural Woman: A Memoir]],'' was published by [[Grand Central Publishing|Grand Central]] in the United States in April 2012. It entered ''[[The New York Times]]'' bestseller list at No.6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/book/ |title=A Natural Woman |publisher=Carole King |access-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405151701/http://www.caroleking.com/book/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://troubadourtribune.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/carole-king-a-natural-woman-a-memoir-on-sale-april-10/ |title=Carole King: A Natural Woman – A Memoir on-sale April 10 |work=The Troubadour Tribune |date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316051207/https://troubadourtribune.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/carole-king-a-natural-woman-a-memoir-on-sale-april-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2012, King announced her retirement from music. King herself doubted she would ever write another song and said that her 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour with James Taylor was probably the last tour of her life, saying that it "was a good way to go out." King also said she will most likely not be writing or recording any new music.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488698/carole-king-it-would-be-lovely-to-retire |title=Carole King: 'It Would be Lovely to Retire' |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530100136/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488698/carole-king-it-would-be-lovely-to-retire |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=VVN Music |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/carole-king-retires-20120511 |title=Carole King Retires |work=[[Noise11]] |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726142032/http://www.noise11.com/news/carole-king-retires-20120511 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that month, she wrote on her Facebook page that she never said she was actually retiring and insisted that she was taking a break. Carole campaigned for Idahoan [[Nicole LeFavour]] and [[Barack Obama]] in 2012.

Early in December 2012, King received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/archive/8907923/ |title=Carole King receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star; ABC |publisher=ABClocal.com |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206064720/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fentertainment&id=8907923 |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012 she was given the benefit concert 'Painted Turtle – a celebration of Carole King'.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/05/photos-a-celebration-of-carole-king-and-her-music/ |title=A Celebration of Carole King And Her Music; Denver Post |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207080618/http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/05/photos-a-celebration-of-carole-king-and-her-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> King also did an Australian tour in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/carole-king-australian-tour-february-2013/|title=Carole King Australian Tour, February 2013; MUsic Feeds|date=November 12, 2012|publisher=musicfeeds (Australia)|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015944/http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/carole-king-australian-tour-february-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[Boston Marathon bombing]], she performed in Boston with James Taylor to help victims of the bombing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhMPF0S11cQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/GhMPF0S11cQ| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Boston Strong – Carole King & James Taylor – "Up on the Roof" – LIVE |publisher=YouTube |date=June 1, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{quote box||align=right|width=25em|quote=Carole King has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time. For more than five decades, she has written for and been recorded by many different types of artists for a wide range of audiences, communicating with beauty and dignity the universal human emotions of love, joy, pain and loss. Her body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal.|salign=right|source=[[James H. Billington]]<br />Librarian of Congress<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/carole-king-is-winner-of-gershwin-prize-for-popular-song-200686 "Carole King Is Winner of Gershwin Prize for Popular Song"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115220720/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/carole-king-is-winner-of-gershwin-prize-for-popular-song-200686 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, ''Playbill'', December 13, 2012</ref>}}

In late 2012, the Library of Congress announced that King had been named the 2013 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/05/21/carole-king-gershwin-prize-library-of-congress-concert/2349441/ |title=Carole King on Gershwin Prize: 'Do not make me cry' |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Yohana |last=Desta |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709074409/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/05/21/carole-king-gershwin-prize-library-of-congress-concert/2349441/ |url-status=live }}</ref>—the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. President Barack Obama and [[Michelle Obama]] hosted the award concert at the [[White House]] on May 22, 2013, with the President presenting the prize and reading the citation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/news/president-and-first-lady-host-concert-honoring-carole-king-recipient-2013-library-congress |title=The President and First Lady Host Concert Honoring Carole King: Recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song |publisher=Carole King |date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516233635/http://www.caroleking.com/news/president-and-first-lady-host-concert-honoring-carole-king-recipient-2013-library-congress |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2013, Carole King received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/media/berklee-college-music-honorary-doctorate-degree-2013 |title=Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctorate Degree 2013 |publisher=Carole King |access-date=March 3, 2017 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221144742/http://www.caroleking.com/media/berklee-college-music-honorary-doctorate-degree-2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2013, she campaigned in Massachusetts for US Representative [[Ed Markey]], the Democratic nominee in a special election for the US Senate to succeed John Kerry who had resigned to become Secretary of State.

King was honored as [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/carole-king-named-2014-musicares-person-of-the-year |title=Carole King Named 2014 MusiCares Person Of The Year |publisher=GRAMMY.com |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106011857/http://www.grammy.com/news/carole-king-named-2014-musicares-person-of-the-year |url-status=live }}</ref> 
On December 6, 2015, she was honored as a [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honoree]].

In 2016, King was the headline performer at the [[British Summer Time (concerts)|British Summer Time Festival]] held in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London, on July 3, 2016, playing all of ''[[Tapestry (Carole King album)|Tapestry]]'' live for the first time. An album of the concert was released in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36700451|title=Carole King makes UK stage return playing Tapestry in full|work=BBC News|date=July 3, 2016|access-date=July 4, 2016|archive-date=July 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704000334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36700451|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2018, King released a new version of her song, "One". In her first new recording since 2011, she was inspired to re-write the lyrics to her song "One" (originally on her 1977 album ''Simple Things'') as "One (2018)" to reflect her dream for America in the [[2018 United States elections]], as "Love won".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/10/carole-kings-midterm-dream-is-one-2018-new-video-from-tapestry-studio.html|title=Carole King's Midterm Dream Is "One (2018)" New Video From Tapestry Studio – Music News Net|website=Musicnewsnet.com|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035537/https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/10/carole-kings-midterm-dream-is-one-2018-new-video-from-tapestry-studio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Acting roles===
King has appeared occasionally in acting roles. One of her earliest was in 1975 when she was the speaking and singing voice of the title character in ''[[Really Rosie]]'', an animated TV special based on the works of [[Maurice Sendak]]. Also in 1975, she appeared (credited under her married name, Carole Larkey) on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' in the episode "Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs". In 1984, she starred alongside [[Tatum O'Neal]], [[Hoyt Axton]], [[Alex Karras]], and [[John Lithgow]] in the ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' episode ''[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre)|Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]''. She later made three appearances as guest star on the TV series ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' as Sophie, the owner of the [[Stars Hollow]] music store. King's song "Where You Lead (I Will Follow)" was also the theme song to the series, in a version sung with her daughter Louise.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/416298/Carole-King-Welcome-to-My-Living-Room/cast |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104175304/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/416298/Carole-King-Welcome-to-My-Living-Room/cast |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |title=Carole-King-Welcome-to-My-Living-Room – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> She reprised the role in the 2016 Gilmore Girls Netflix revival, ''[[Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]]''. King also appeared as Mrs. Johnstone as a replacement in the original Broadway production of ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]''.