Carole King will forever be seen as one of the most talented artists of all time. When she released her 1971 album Tapestry, she ended up winning four Grammy Awards, which gave her the incredible honor of becoming the first female artist to win for Record of the Year!
Tapestry stayed on the Billboard charts for nearly six years after its release, and it still holds several female solo artist records to date. This woman went on to become a proud member of the music hall of fame, and has won countless other awards over her incredible musical career.
But one of her most famous songs was originally made famous by none other than Aretha Franklin. Back in 1967, Carole co-wrote "(You make me feel like) with her then-husband Gerry Goffin to worldwide acclaim.
Carole is seen as one of the most influential songwriters of all time, with her countless classics, her powerful voice, and her passionate lyrics. This woman will always be viewed as one of the most incredible artists to ever record a song.
Please watch her incredible video below, King's complete control over the whole crowd is beautifully impressive. Her voice is passionate and honest in this amazing video, and when you watch her perform one of her most famous songs live? You'll see why she's considered the best of the best!
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A Natural Woman by Carole King (1971)
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Live) by Carole King (1971) — For more videos like this, please follow (Like) the Official Facebook Page of Sydney Urshan…."(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" was written by Carole King, her then-husband Gerry Goffin, and Jerry Wexler, and was first released as a single by Aretha Franklin in September 1967, where it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.Carole King released the song on her second album Tapestry, on February 10, 1971 (the same year as this performance). In 1972, Tapestry won 4 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, making Carole King the first solo female artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year ("You've Got A Friend").The album Tapestry was #1 on the Billboard 200 for 15 consecutive weeks, a record not yet broken by any other female solo artist to date. Tapestry held the record for most weeks at #1 by any female solo artist for over 20 years until it was surpassed by Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album, in 1993, which spent 20 weeks at #1. Tapestry remained on the Billboard charts for 313 weeks (second only to Pink Floyd's 724 weeks with their album Dark Side of the Moon).In 2003, Tapestry was ranked #36 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time," and that same year, the album was included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. It was also ranked #39 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Albums" in 2001.In 1990, Carole King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Gerry Goffin), and in 2012, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among many other awards and honors.#YouMakeMeFeelLikeANaturalWoman #ANaturalWoman #CaroleKing #GerryGoffin #JerryWexler #ArethaFranklin #BillboardHot100 #Billboard200 #Tapestry #GrammyAward #GrammyAwards #AlbumOfTheYear #WhitneyHouston #TheBodyguardOriginalSoundtrackAlbum #TheBodyguard #PinkFloyd #DarkSideOfTheMoon #RollingStone #RollingStoneMagazine #NationalRecordingRegistry #LibraryOfCongress #VH1 #RockAndRollHallOfFame #HollywoodWalkOfFame #Soul #Folk #Pop
Posted by Sydney Urshan on Sunday, November 22, 2015
