#carol king

[lascitasdelashoras]

Elvis Cotello, Carol King

[oldshowbiz]

Faye Dunaway’s Transistor Radio

[thevisualvamp]

You’ve got a friend

[magicalflower67]

Carol King Tapestry

[mywifeleftme]

360: Dusty Springfield // Dusty Springfield's Golden Hits

Dusty Springfield's Golden Hits Dusty Springfield 1966, Philips

These early Dusty Springfield singles really get the “Wall of Sound” production treatment, despite Mr. Spector’s absence from the credits: mixed loud as hell like the kids liked it, screaming string charts, backing vocals en regalia, and a big beat knocking around underneath. Folks love to cite her as the second artist of the British Invasion to hit the U.S. charts, and for cultural reasons that may be significant, but her early sound was indistinguishable from American acts like Lesley Gore and the Shirelles. I don’t know many of the details about her career, but it seems like whoever was managing her was hell-bent on breaking her in the States. Call it a credit to English ingenuity (and specifically arranger Ivor Raymonde) that they were able to give Springfield a knock-out sound that passes for the contemporary Hollywood (or Detroit) product.

Dusty Springfield’s Golden Hits, her first major compilation, is Brill Building / girl group-style music par excellence, with a murderer’s row of hitwriters from both sides of the pond (Bacharach/David, Goffin/King, Beatrice Verdi/Buddy Kaye, etc.). Practically anyone could’ve had chart success with these songs and this packaging (and a number of these were subsequently hits for others), but Springfield had a cannon of a voice on her that makes the best of these numbers undeniable. Those who place her voice with the Arethas and Dionne Warwicks wish she’d been guided towards soul or sophisticated torch songs from the start, but I personally love it when someone vocally overqualified for bubblegum is made to tear into a good bop. “I Only Want to Be With You” is buffeted along by the force of her voice, the violins shrieking like a 33rpm record dragged up to 45; “Little By Little” could’ve been written for a Motown powerhouse like Darlene Love (but scarcely improved on by her); “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” moves from the sound of a girl sadly combing her hair before her vanity to Sampson bringing down the temple.

There’s plenty of treacle here, and “Wishin’ and Hopin’” probably set feminism further back than “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss),” but this is a worthy addition to any ‘60s pop library.

360/365

[liquidgirl13]

Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move (Official Audio)

Good morning! Happy Saturday!

And good night. I'm up late! 🥱💤

[grilledkatniss]

just get better taste?

Give me some recs then

[thetragicallynerdy]

So I am sick and my mother is making me chicken soup with rice (because she is the best), and she also sent me this video/song (because she is, again, the best)

I'd never seen it before but I feel like the soup side of tumblr will appreciate it XD

[Video description: a 1970s cartoon set to the song Chicken Soup with Rice by Carol King, based on books by Maurice Sendak. The cartoon is about 5 minutes long, and shows characters from the animated special Really Rosie dancing, make soup, and eat soup. The characters include several children and a small anthropomorphic alligator. In 70s style animation the soup and bowls are often bigger than the characters, and sometimes floods out of the bowl drenching the characters in soup. The song lyrics are all about eating and making chicken soup with rice throughout various seasons. End VD.]

For folks needing the lyrics they can be found here!

[poprocklyrics]

Though we really did try to make it, something inside has died

It's Too Late, Carol King

[pleiades974]

Regardez "Carole King & James Taylor "You've Got A Friend"" sur YouTube

OMG we are all getting old, but some of us keep their talent intact :-)

I ♡♡♡ that song so much :-)

[aboutoriginality]

Watch "The Loco-Motion" on YouTube

[thegreatgildy]

It’s the 1970s, you’re cramming for exams before the holidays… and you don’t care about the news regarding Nixon.

Check out full video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E6LmRVXTGk&t=1496s&ab_channel=TheGreatGildy

[dinosaursr66]

Norah Jones turns this classic Carol King song into her own classic. Shut your eyes when you listen.

SONG OF THE DAY - Thursday, January 10, 2023