Happy birthday dear James. 💚💙
@jamestaylor-com.bsky.social
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📷 Andrew Kent, 1983
Repost from @this.day.in.rock (1987) Carole King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, with Gerry Goffin, in New York City.
📷 Jim McCrary
Courtesy Lou Adler/Ode Records
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#CaroleKing #SingerSongwriter #ThisDayInRock
Never give up the fight to empower women! #internationalwomensday
Carole put her head band on and I shot a series of photos in and around the peace car. After we finished I introduced him to Carole and in the vernacular of the day, I think his mind was blown.”
Carole in Malibu, CA 1983. Photographer Jim Shea recalls the photo shoot – “We drove into Malibu Canyon and came upon a Hippie in Malibu State Park with the painted peace car. I asked him if he would allow us to use his car to take some shots and he gave us the go ahead."
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History Lesson: The flagship company of Brill Building pop music (actually located across the street at 1650 Broadway) was Aldon Music, founded by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. Who says you can't go home again?
Rare audio of Neil Sedaka and Carole King: Teenagers singing in the Klein Family Living Room, circa 1958.
"We Belong Together"
Songwriters: Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell & Hy Weiss
Happy birthday dear Sherry!
🎉 💕 🎁 🎂 🫶
Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing "You've Got a Friend," accompanied by Bing's son Harry on the guitar. From Bing's 12/3/75 show.
“But it's all I can do to be a mother
(My baby's in one hand, I've a pen in the other)"
- Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone
Carole in the studio - recording strings with Norman Kurban & David Campbell (Beck’s dad) for Rhymes & Reasons, 1972.
📷Jim McCrary,
Lou Adler/Ode Records
#womenshistorymonth
Closing out #blackhistorymonth with the Queen of Soul.
#arethafranklin #goffinkingsongs
Neil Sedaka was so talented, and he inspired me to follow my dream of being a songwriter.
With love and gratitude and condolences to his family.
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"Hey Girl" is a song written and composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular Top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1963 when recorded by Freddie Scott.
#FreddieScott #goffinkingsongs #blackhistorymonth
Remembering George Harrison on his birthday.
"Don't Ever Change" is a 1961 song by Goffin and King. It was a rare harmony duet between @GeorgeHarrison and @PaulMcCartney.
@thebeatles performed the song on BBC's radio show "Pop Go the Beatles". It was released August 1, 1963.
16 year old Carole King signed to ABC
Paramount Records in 1958 Photo:
Carole King Family Archives.
#caroleking #waybackmachine
Carole in the Sawtooth Mountains, 1992
📷 Carole King Family Archives
“One night in the fall, Carole King and Gerry Goffin found a note from Kirshner that said he needed a lyric by the next day for The Shirelles. Goffin immediately began writing and King composing, The result was “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” In January 1961.
“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” became the first song by a female group to reach #1 on the pop charts since the McGuire Sisters in 1958, and the first ever for a black woman group. ❤️
Photo credits:
Far Out / Spotify / Rabbit Music
#blackhistorymonth
Repost from @goffin_king_foundation
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✨This year’s Black History Month is a celebration of the arts and creativity! Today we celebrate this amazing song by The Shirelles.
Who are YOU honoring this month? 💬
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Troubadour Reunion Tour, 2010
There was an actual tapestry. Inside the original double album cover is an image of the needle point I worked on when I wasn't playing or singing. You can see where I stitched the words "thank you " before I gave it to Lou.
- CK
"A Natural Woman".
📷 Jim McCrary
Courtesy Lou Adler / Ode Records
“Out in the Cold” was recorded as part of the original Tapestry sessions, but did not make it on the final record. The song was eventually released in 2021 as a digital single. #Tapestry55 #NowPlaying
open.spotify.com/album/2ggh6p...
"Long Ago And Far Away"
James Taylor & Carole King
Excerpt from a Norwegian TV showRare Video" aired on 11 December 1972:
James Taylor
Carole King
Danny Kortchmar
Ralph Schuckett
Leland Sklar
Russ Kunkel
The follow-up single to “You’ve Got a Friend” on Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon"
King and Goffin began writing "The Loco-Motion" inspired by the sound of Dee Dee Sharp and brought in Eva to record the demo. The Cookies sang backup on the demo and King herself played piano and sang. Don Kirshner loved Eva’s demo so much that he decided to release the demo. #blackhistorymonth2026
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️🌺❤️
Love MakesThe World, 2001
Telemachus
