Carole King News and Photos

Carole King honoured by President Obama

Fri, May 24 2013 7:18am - Source: Music-News.com

Carole King was honored on Wednesday night at the White House with the fifth Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the award.

Obama Honors Carole King with Gershwin Prize

Thu, May 23 2013 2:40pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Carole King was was presented with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House last night by President Obama, who called the singer-songwriter a "living legend," The Associated Press reports.

Carole King to receive the Gershwin Prize

Tue, May 21 2013 2:50pm - Source: Music-News.com

Carole King will be presented with the Gershwin Prize on Wednesday night at the White House, part of a two night celebration of her music.

The Voice’s Judith Hill Covers Carole King

Tue, May 14 2013 2:43pm - Source: Muruch

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Annie Lennox, Willie Nelson & Carole King receive doctorates

Sun, May 12 2013 4:22am - Source: Music-News.com

More than 1,050 graduates from 60 countries ' the college's largest-ever graduating class ' received degrees today at Berklee's 2013 commencement.

Aerosmith, James Taylor & Carole King to play for Boston

Sun, May 05 2013 4:07am - Source: Music-News.com

An Evening of Support and Celebration at the TD Garden on May 30.

Berklee College of Music to Offer Honorary Doctorates to Carole King, Willie Nelson + Annie Lennox

Mon, March 25 2013 9:44pm - Source: ArtistDirect

That's Dr. King, Dr. Nelson and Dr. Lennox, to you.

Carole King Musical Aims for Broadway

Fri, March 15 2013 6:22pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"What's so great about this for me is that musicals were a major influence on my songwriting," said King in a statement.

Kelly Clarkson Pays Tribute To Patti Page, Carole King

Mon, February 11 2013 4:37am - Source: WNEW

Kelly Clarkson took the GRAMMY stage not to sing one of her own songs, but instead to pay tribute to two legends.

Grammys Honor Carole King, The Temptations, Ravi Shankar

Sun, February 10 2013 4:11pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Ravi Shankar passed away in December before he could attend The Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards celebration where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award.

Can It Be That Is Was All So Simple Then: A History of Soul Covers of Soft Rock

Wed, January 23 2013 2:39pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

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Carole King to receive the Gershwin Prize

Mon, December 17 2012 7:01am - Source: Music-News.com

Carole King will be the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize "celebrates the work of an artist whose career reflects lifetime achievement in promoting song as a vehicle of musical expression and cultural understanding."

Carole King to receive Gershwin Prize honour

Fri, December 14 2012 3:09pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Late Ravi Shankar honoured with Lifetime Achievement Grammy

Thu, December 13 2012 6:52pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

The announcement, made by Recording Academy bosses, comes just hours after the celebrated sitar player died, aged 92.

Katy Perry does an Angelina Jolie as she attends Carole King fundraiser

Thu, December 06 2012 4:44am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

KATY Perry showed off her enviable figure by flaunting her svelte legs in a floor-length green gown at a star-studded charity evening in Hollywood. 28-year-old Katy has clearly been taking red carpet tips from Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie as she made sure that she flaunted her long legs in the satin gown by posing accordingly.

Stars celebrate Carole King at career tribute show

Wed, December 05 2012 2:52pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Carole King lands Hollywood star

Tue, December 04 2012 2:43pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Beyoncé + Carole King Set for Ninth Annual Black Ball

Thu, September 27 2012 11:22pm - Source: ArtistDirect

Two female titans of music from different eras will be part of an amazing charity event this November and their names are Beyoncé and Carole King !

Actresses Line Up To Play Carly Simon & Carole King In 'Girls Like Us' With Taylor Swift As Joni Mitchell

Sat, September 22 2012 1:14pm - Source: The Playlist

How many women does it take to greenlight a movie about folk legends Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King ?

The City “Now That Everything’s Been Said”

Thu, August 30 2012 3:40pm - Source: THE RISING STORM

Seven years after 1960s girl group poster-girls The Shirelles scored a number one smash hit with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and three years before the recording one of the best selling pop albums of all time, singer-songwriter Carole King was a member of a fledgling west-coast folk-rock outfit called The City. Built around King's heavily refined Brill building song-craft and the tight, funky guitar playing of one Danny Kootchmar, The City had an extraordinarily brief moment in the spotlight – if the spotlight is even what you could call their momentary spark into existence – before King's stubborn reluctance to perform sealed the band's fate.

Amy Winehouse: The Songs She Loved, From Carole King to the Zutons

Mon, July 23 2012 7:36pm - Source: Spinner

Amy Winehouse , in excerpts from a previously unbroadcasted interview published by the Guardian to mark the anniversary of her death, spoke of her favorite Shangri-Las song "I Can Never Go Home Anymore," which she deemed "the most depressing ever."

Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride + More Set for PBS Special on Sept. 21

Mon, July 23 2012 6:06pm - Source: ArtistDirect

Jennifer Hudson , Martina McBride , Pat Monahan , Carole King , Willie Nelson + more on ONE special?

Michael Sigman: Why The '60s Really Ended With Carole King's 'Too Late'

Tue, May 29 2012 6:08pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

For me, the 1960s called it a decade at 4pm on May 10, 1971 -- give or take an hour.

Carole King named BMI Icon at Pop Awards

Fri, May 18 2012 12:34pm - Source: Music Week

King received the award recognising the "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers" she has made through her catalogue as a songwriter and recording artist.

Carole King explores her long career in song with Natural Woman: A Memoir

Tue, May 15 2012 4:52pm - Source: Something Else!

"I'd rather be number five, or even number ten, and stick around longer," a once-reluctant Carole King says in remembrance of a time when she was urged to get in gear for a solo career.

Maurice Sendak, Dead: Remembering the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Author's Love of Music and Carole King Collaboration

Tue, May 08 2012 4:45pm - Source: Spinner

Maurice Sendak, the beloved and cantankerous children's author, died today at 83.

Carole King's 'Tapestry' album cover photographer dies

Mon, May 07 2012 2:29pm - Source: NME

Jim McCrary , a former staff photographer for A&M Records who shot hundreds of album covers during his career, has died at the age of 72.

Carole King snapper Jim McCrary dies

Mon, May 07 2012 10:35am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Carole King: The Legendary Demos

Wed, April 25 2012 3:35am - Source: Hyperbolium

Demos are an industry currency that fans don't often get to hear.

D. R. Tucker: The Natural

Mon, April 23 2012 10:55pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

I remember the tears, but I don't know why they came.

Album: Carole King, The Legendary Demos (Decca)

Sat, April 21 2012 11:24pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Well, they were demos once; and here they are, in all their functional glory.

Taylor Swift & Alison Pill Being Lined Up To Play Joni Mitchell & Carole King In 'Girls Like Us'

Fri, April 20 2012 7:59pm - Source: The Playlist

Casting anybody in the roles of the legendary Joni Mitchell and Carole King was always going to be a difficult task, but these choices -- well, one in particular -- will be sure to draw some interesting scrutiny and controversy.

Debra Ollivier: Carole King's New Memoir: 'A Natural Woman'

Tue, April 10 2012 10:38pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Carole King is one of our most iconic singer-songwriters, whose earthy, soulful music evokes rhapsodic memories for an entire generation of post 50s.

Carole King named BMI Icon

Sat, March 24 2012 3:24am - Source: Music-News.com

Singer/songwriter Carole King has been selected by Broadcast Music International (BMI) as their Icon for 2012.

Presenters for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Robbie Robertson, Steven Van Zandt, Chuck D

Tue, March 20 2012 4:30pm - Source: Something Else!

John Mellencamp, Motown legend Smokey Robinson, singer-songwriter Carole King, the Band's Robbie Robertson and ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons and Dusty Hill — each of them already members of the hall — will welcome the Class of 2012.

Carole King: Pearls – Songs of Goffin and King

Mon, March 19 2012 12:36am - Source: Hyperbolium

Originally released in 1980, the last of four long-players King recorded for Capitol, this album is a hit-and-miss affair touched in several places by the slick studio sound of its era.