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14 Dec 2012 14:43 #114591
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The 70-year-old is the first woman to win the award, which honours lifetime achievement in popular music.
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14 Dec 2012 14:44 #114592
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The Grammy winner co-wrote her first number one hit in 1960 aged 17 with:
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, recorded by The Shirelles.
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14 Dec 2012 14:44 #114593
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King is best known for penning hit songs such as Aretha Franklin's
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
You've Got a Friend by James Taylor.
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14 Dec 2012 14:45 #114594
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US singer-songwriter Carole King is to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,
the Library of Congress has announced. :cool:
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14 Dec 2012 18:11 #114605
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As a solo artist, King became the first female solo artist to sell more than 10 million
copies of a single album with her 1971 release Tapestry.
It topped the chart for 15 weeks and spawned hits :
I Feel The Earth Move, It's Too Late and So Far Away....
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