Publisher's Synopsis
Carole King, born Carol Joan Klein, on February 9th, 1942, Manhattan New York City, New York, U.S, is a singer-songwriter who's been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building then later as a solo artist. King's the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1958 - 1999. Carole also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1958 and 2005.
