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Two years later, Goffin and King received the Trustees Award from The Recording Academy®.

In 1990 the duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2002, Carole was honored with the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1987 Carole was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and, a year later, Goffin and King were awarded the National Academy of Songwriters’ Lifetime Achievement Award. With more than 30 million units sold worldwide, Tapestry remained the best-selling album by a female artist for a quarter century, and Carole went on
to amass three other platinum and eight gold albums. Tapestry was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® in 1998. In a first for a female writer/artist, Tapestry spawned four GRAMMY Awards® - Record, Song and Album Of The Year as well as Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female honors for Carole. While she was recording Tapestry, James Taylor recorded King’s “You’ve Got A Friend,” taking the song all the way to number one. To date, more than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists, resulting in 100 hit singles.Ĭarole's 1971 solo album, Tapestry, took her to the pinnacle. In 1967 Goffin and King’s “Natural Woman”
was immortalized by Aretha Franklin. In 1960 Carole made her solo debut with a song called “Baby Sittin’” and, two years later, her demo of “It Might As Well Rain Until September” made the Top 25 in the United States, climbing all the way to No. The dozens of chart hits Goffin & King wrote during this period have become part of music legend, including “Take Good Care Of My Baby” (Bobby Vee, 1961), “The Loco-Motion” (Little Eva, 1962), “Up On The Roof” (The Drifters, 1962), “Chains” (The Cookies, 1962 The Beatles, 1963), “One Fine Day” (The Chiffons, 1963), “Hey Girl” (Freddie Scott, 1963), “I’m Into Something Good” (Herman’s Hermits, 1964), “Just Once In My Life” (with Phil Spector for The Righteous Brothers, 1965), and “Don’t Bring Me Down” (The Animals, 1966). Since writing her first number one hit “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” at the tender age of 17, Carole King has arguably become the most celebrated and iconic singer/songwriter of all time.Ĭarole wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow for The Shirelles with then-husband Gerry Goffin.