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Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King

Carole King's Tapestry has become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Now, the singer-songwriter is focused on environmental activism, and is working to push Congress to pass a bill to help the Northern Rockies.

Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King

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Carole King, From Doo-Wopper To Chart Topper

Carole King was in a doo-wop group called the Co-Sines when she was a teenager. Jim McCrary hide caption

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Carole King, From Doo-Wopper To Chart Topper

Singer-songwriter Carole King started young: She was just 15 when she founded a doo-wop group with her classmates. The act never took off, but King eventually became one of the biggest-selling artists of all time. She tells the story of her career so far in a new memoir, A Natural Woman.

Carole King, From Doo-Wopper To Chart Topper

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World Cafe Looks Back: '70s Singer-Songwriters

Joni Mitchell strums her guitar outside the Revolution club in London, circa 1968.

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World Cafe Looks Back: '70s Singer-Songwriters

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Revisit the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s with some of the decade's most masterful and indelible artists: Jackson Browne, Carole King, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell.

World Cafe Looks Back: '70s Singer-Songwriters

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'Tapestry'

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'Tapestry'

King started out as a songwriter with her husband, but it wasn't until after her divorce that she began to sing her own songs and when she did, she sold 15 million copies.

'Tapestry'

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A Holiday Extravaganza From World Cafe

Carole King's new album is titled A Holiday Carole. Elissa Kline hide caption

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A Holiday Extravaganza From World Cafe

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On a special Christmas-themed episode, Carole King, Scott Weiland, Jack Johnson and G. Love all perform live. Plus, World Cafe artists pick their favorite seasonal songs for the music mix.

A Holiday Extravaganza From World Cafe

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Carole King, James Taylor: Together, 40 Years Later

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Carole King, James Taylor: Together, 40 Years Later

The two legendary songwriters recently reunited for the Troubadour Tour, named for the club in Los Angeles where they first performed together in 1970. They've also released a live album recorded at the Troubadour's 50th anniversary show, in 2007.

Carole King, James Taylor: Together, 40 Years Later

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The Timeless Reign of Carole King

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Singer and songwriter Carole King wrote '60s hits such as "Up on the Roof" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" In the '70s, she achieved lasting fame performing her own material, such as "Natural Woman" and Tapestry, the best-selling album of the decade. Carole King's new album is titled The Living Room Tour. It was recorded live in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Hyannis, Mass. (This interview originally aired June 19, 1989.)

The Timeless Reign of Carole King

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