Carole King is a really talented songwriter but doesn't receive a lot of praise for it. I don't know why- maybe because the best songs she wrote weren't originally performed by her? Anyway, I think she is one of the best songwriters of the sixties and I would put her up there with her male contemporaries, Paul Simon and such.

Opinions?

memory eludes me right now but what i remember, a fine musician...will have to have a re-check. Good shout.

I L-O-V-E tapestry, as soon as I read the title, her songs started going through my head. Really love her

Great songwriter, but I don't really like her voice.

" Going Back " Dusty Springfield , this was one of Carole's best 60's songs and Dusty sings it like an angel , i really like " Tapestry " .

I had Tapestry and liked it, but ended up giving it away. I just never listened to it.

She did write a ton of good songs though.

I'm with you Mairi - Carole King ... one of the best there ever was!

And don't take my word for it, y'all ... our dear young lads, when still in their teens, aspired to be the next Goffin-King, according to many interviews.


"Locomotion" (Little Eva, of Little Eva and the Imperials, was Carole King's babysitter!), and a whole lot more.

I believe she worked out of the Brill Factory building in Brooklyn ... I think Paul Anka, and later Neil Diamond churned out hits from the same building. Did Leiber and Stoller as well?

But back to the issue - our lads from Liverpool thought the world of Carole King ... she's tops!

"One Fine Day"

Others did it, but Carole King did it best!

Quoted from Hello Goodbye

"One Fine Day"

Others did it, but Carole King did it best!

Shoo bee DOO wah, Shoo bee doo WAH wah  

The best!

Quoted from DaveRam

Dusty sings it like an angel

One of the best female voices in pop music, definately.

I used to have Tapestry many moons ago. I don't much care for her voice, but the quality of songs carry it through.