Carole King

Carole King is a singer songwriter and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s many of which have become standards. As a singer King's album Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

She was most successful as a performer in the first half of the 1970s although she was a successful songwriter long before and long after. She had her first No. 1 hit as a songwriter in 1961 at age 18 with ''Will You Love Me Tomorrow'' which she wrote with Gerry Goffin. In 1997 she co-wrote ''The Reason'' for Celine Dion.

In 2000 Joel Whitburn a Billboard Magazine pop music researcher named her the most successful female songwriter of 1955-99 because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

King has made 25 solo albums the most successful being Tapestry. Her most recent non-compilation album is Live at the Troubadour a collaboration with James Taylor which reached no. 4 on the charts in its first week and has sold over 400000 copies.

She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. In 2009 Carole King was inducted into the ''Hit Parade'' Hall of Fame. She holds the record for the longest time for an album by a female to remain on the charts and the longest time for an album by a female to hold the No.1 position both for Tapestry.