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Carole King: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Carol Joan Klein • Carol Klein
Born February 9, 1942 (age 84) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2021) • Kennedy Center Honors (2015) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1990) • Grammy Award (1971)
Notable Works “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”

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Carole King smiles while playing the piano and singing into a microphone during a performance at the White House.
Carole King, Paul Simon, and Gerry Goffin stand in a New York recording studio in 1959, with King and Simon near the control panel and Goffin in the background.
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
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Neil Diamond in profile, facing right, with a guitar in the background. The portrait is in black and white with dramatic lighting on his face.
Neil Diamond
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Dolly Parton smiles while holding a microphone, wearing a green outfit with sparkling details, in front of a red background.
Dolly Parton
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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
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Al Green smiling widely while performing on stage, wearing a white shirt with a loosened red tie, standing at a microphone with an orange background.
Al Green
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Stevie Wonder smiling and wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket while performing outdoors.
Stevie Wonder
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Prince stands on stage in a turquoise suit, holding a purple, symbol-shaped guitar above his head, during his Super Bowl XLI halftime performance.
Prince
American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
Sheryl Crow smiling outdoors, wearing a sleeveless black top, with greenery and flowers in the background.
Sheryl Crow
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Tom Waits
Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter
Randy Newman in a suit holding his Academy Award Oscar and raising his fist in celebration, standing in front of a gold Oscar statue.
Randy Newman
American musician
Isaac Hayes wearing sunglasses and a vest made of chains sings into a microphone onstage in a scene from the 1972 film Wattstax.
Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
Bruce Springsteen plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on stage at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala.
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James Brown
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Lionel Richie performs on stage holding a microphone and pointing upward, with blue stage lights and a blurred band in the background.
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