Carole King News

So, what would you do if you came into an unexpected $1000? In this economy, I'm certain most of us would be far more inclined to pay the bills -- or sock it away "just in case" -- than spend it on a day of food, wine and song.

The second annual Washington Wine Weekend Festival to benefit Camp Korey is taking place the weekend of July 10 through July 12 at Carnation Farm.

Most famously, Carole King was a staple at the famed Brill Building in New York City churning out pop confections with partner Gerry Goffin for the likes of The Shirelles, Little Eva, and Aretha Franklin, whose version of King and Goffin's " Like a Natural Woman" remains a Soul standard.

The Hangar Theatre's 2009 Kiddstuff season opens with the jovial musical 'Really Rosie,' written by Maurice Sendak , with music by four-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter Carole King.

When Gloria Estefan returns to the MGM Grand at Foxwoods for three shows starting Friday, she'll have a special guest who means a lot to her: singer, songwriter and fellow platinum-selling artist Carole King.

House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and ridiculed its most high-profile supporter, singer Carole King.

So far away Republican lawmakers fighting a bill that would protect wilderness in five states, including Washington, had harsh words Tuesday for the measure's highest-profile supporter: singer-songwriter and Idaho resident Carole King.

House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and ridiculed its most high-profile supporter, singer Carole King.

While the landmark album Tapestry earned her superstar status, singer/songwriter Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin.

Bare foot stretching casually toward the camera, wavy brown curls tumbling over her shoulders and needlework in hand, Carole King sat on a window sill in California 38 years ago posing for a photograph that would appear on the sleeve of a album destined to spend the following six years on the American charts, selling 24 million copies worldwide.

Susan Greenbaum will headline a concert of "Tapestry," a tribute to the hits of Carole King," on Friday, April 24, at the Hanover Tavern on U.S. 301 in Hanover Courthouse.

April 03, 2009 Laurie Krauz & The Daryl Kojak Quartet will perform the 2009 Bistro Award-winning Tapestry Rewoven a jazz re-imagining of the Carole King classic, "Tapestry" in Los Angeles at Catalina's Jazz Club on Thurs., April 30 at 8pm.

Does anyone remember this cartoon special, "Really Rosie," from the 1970s? A production of children's lit master Maurice Sendak , "Really Rosie" is based on Sendak's endearing collection of poems, "Chicken Soup With Rice." Here's the entry for March from the book: In March the wind Blows down my door And spills my soup Upon the floor.

Amazon.com has just released its list of the Top 100 Singer/Songwriter albums of all time.

Featuring a story by Maurice Sendak and music by Carole King, the musical "Really Rosie" is coming to the Gallo Center for the Arts.

Entertainment highlights during the week of March 8-14: 1947: "The Best Years Of Our Lives" was named best picture at the Oscars.

Actress Kathryn Grayson is 87. News correspondent Roger Mudd is 81. Singer Carole King is 67.

Today is Monday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2009 with 325 to follow. The moon is full.

Carole King was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn on February 9, 1942, the daughter of an insurance broker and a public school teacher.

Carole King started playing the piano at age 4 and hasn't stopped since. Out of college in the 1960s King was writing some of the biggest hit singles of the generation.