Carole King是七十年代歌手与词曲作者运动的主要代表人物，1942年出生于纽约布鲁克林。
在大学期间，她曾与Paul Simon一起写过歌，后来慢慢地成为职业作曲家。
在欧美乐坛有着很高的地位。
是90年同时登上词曲创作及摇滚名人殿堂，葛莱美奖首位勇夺四项大奖创作才女经典。
While the landmark album Tapestry earned her superstar status, singer/songwriter Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin. Born Carole Klein on February 9, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, she began playing piano at the age of four, and formed her first band, the vocal quartet the Co-Sines, while in high school. A devotee of the composing team of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller (the duo behind numerous hits for Elvis Presley, the Coasters, and Ben E. King), she became a fixture at influential DJ Alan Freed's local Rock 'n' Roll shows; while attending Queens College, she fell in with budding songwriters Paul Simon and Neil Sedaka as well as Gerry Goffin, with whom she forged a writing partnership.
In 1959, Sedaka scored a hit with Oh! Carol, written in her honor; King cut an answer record, Oh! Neil, but it stiffed. She and Goffin, who eventually married, began writing under publishers Don Kirshner and Al Nevins in the famed pop songwriting house the Brill Building, where they worked alongside the likes of Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and countless others. In 1961, Goffin and King scored their first hit with the Shirelles' chart-topping Will You Love Me Tomorrow; their next effort, Bobby Vee's Take Good Care of My Baby, also hit number one, as did The Locomotion, recorded by their baby-sitter, Little Eva. Together, the couple wrote over 100 chart hits in a vast range of styles, including the Chiffons One Fine Day, the Monkees' Pleasant Valley Sunday, the Drifter Up on the Roof, the Cookies' Chains (later covered by the Beatles), Aretha Franklin's (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman, and the Crystals' controversial He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss).