Editing Carole King (section)

===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}}