Wrote 24 Hits Before She was 20...Then Had The #1 Solo Record of the 70s! | Professor of Rock

Legend Carole King wrote or co-wrote over 2 dozen hits for other people before she got a chance to record her own record... With husband Gerry Goffin.... Goffin King was the songwriting team of the 60s. In the 70s when she wanted to go solo the only problem is SHE HATED the sound of her own voice. She was criticized by some in the industry about it saying it was hoarse and too thin. One night legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor put her on the spot and pushed her to record a song she’d written for a famous group… She Killed it. This opened the door for a solo Record that would rival any artist or band in the 70s… Carole King's Tapestry with major hits like I Feel the Earth Move, So Far Away, It’s Too Late and You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman all were hits and made it a 70s vinyl classic. Carole King became a singer songwriter for the ages and the first woman to spend so many weeks at #1 on the billboard charts. She also had 24 hit before she was 20. The story is next on professor of rock.

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One of the most prestigious albums of the Rock Era was performed and composed by a prolific songwriter that hated her voice and was scared to death to sing on a stage. The odyssey that led to the making of a LANDMARK ALBUM that hypnotized the masses and is turning 50 years old….NEXT on Professor of Rock.

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You’re about to hear one of the great stories in music history. Calling Carole King precocious would be a gross understatement. The destiny of her greatness could barely await her adolescence. By the time she was 15 years old, she was already a promising songsmith working at the famed Brill Building in Times Square.

At 16, she graduated from high school and enrolled in Queens College in New York. She met and fell instantly in love with a young lyricist named Gerry Goffin, and the couple married when Carole was just 17, and Gerry was a mere 20. At 18, she had co-written a #1 pop smash. With Gerry penning the words, and Carole scripting the music, the songwriting duo of Goffin & King became one of the most prodigious in popular music history.

When Lennon & McCartney began to take over the universe with The Beatles, and were asked what they aspired to be, they answered that they "wanted to be the Goffin/ King of the UK.” The Goffin/ King partnership composed 24 Top 40 pop hits, many of which are standards that have been covered many times beyond their original recordings. After 10 years of marriage, Carole & Gerry divorced in the late 60s. Carole moved from NYC to Los Angeles to start a new life- professionally & personally.

By 1970 Carole met James Taylor and became the pianist in his touring band. On one fateful night in ‘70, JT surprised Carole by telling her before the show that she was going to do a solo performance of “Up on a Roof”, one of the classic pop hits that she co-wrote with her ex-husband, Gerry Goffin.