Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

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Carole King
“Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” is a concert hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama East Room of the White House. The concert includes performances from Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sandé, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood. President Obama presents the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Carole King during the event.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carole King began her career in the 1960’s, when along with her then husband Gerry Goffin, wrote more than 25 charts hits, many of which have become standards. King found success as a performer with the album Tapestry which topped the US album charts for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than 6 years! Between 1955 and 1999 she wrote 118 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and 61 hots on the UK charts. In 2005 music historian Stuart Devoy found her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts 1952–2005.

King has made 25 solo albums during her career, her most recent non-compilation album was Live at the Troubadour (2010) – a collaboration with James Taylor that reached Nº 4 on the charts in its first week and has sold over 600,000 copies. She has 4 Grammy Awards to her name and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. She received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2013 – the first woman to be so honoured.

“Carole King’s body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal,” commented Dr. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress.

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In Performance at the White House: Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (May 2013)

01. Carole King – Beautiful
02. Trisha Yearwood, Gloria Estefan & Emeli Sandé – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
03. James taylor – Up On The Roof
04. Gloria Estefan – It’s Too late
05. Trisha Yearwood – So Far Away
06. Billy Joel – The Loco-Motion
07. James Taylor & Billy Joel – Cryin’ in the Rain
08. Jesse McCartney – Home Again
09. Emeli Sandé – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
10. Carole King – Jazzman
11. Carole King – I Believe in Loving You
12. Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move
13. Carole King, James Taylor & Full Cast – You’ve Got a Friend