King's parents met in an elevator in 1936 at Brooklyn College, where her father was a chemistry major and her mother was an English and drama major. King was born Carol Joan Klein on February 9, 1942, in Manhattan, New York City, to Jewish parents Eugenia ( née Cammer), a teacher, and Sidney N. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. King's success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 19. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is 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. Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist.

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