Post by petrolino on May 21, 2021 22:29:50 GMT
Carole King is set to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for a 2nd time, except this time as a performer. Tina Turner is also set to be inducted for a 2nd time; till now, Stevie Nicks was the only woman to have been inducted twice.
"There aren't many singer-songwriters whose ongoing impact compares to Carole King. The native New Yorker co-wrote the Shirelles' No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 classic "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" when she was still a teenager and went on to change the genre with 1971's Tapestry, which topped the Billboard 200 for 15 weeks and continues to inspire everyone from Taylor Swift to Mary J. Blige.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1990 (along with ex-husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin) for her songwriting, King woke up to a text message from a friend on Wednesday (May 12) morning informing her that she'll be inducted into the Rock Hall's Class of 2021 as a performer.
"It was a 'wow' moment," King tells Billboard over the phone from Idaho. When told that this makes her the first person, period, inducted as a performer and non-performer in the Rock Hall's history, King sounds genuinely exuberant. "That rocks. I have nothing better to say than 'that rocks,'" she says, laughing.
While the honor is richly deserved, King never planned on becoming a famous singer in her youth. When she initially entered the music business as a Brill Building scribe in the late '50s, she only saw herself as a songwriter.
"I became an artist [in the late '60s], not reluctantly, but it was just the right circumstances that brought me into being an artist," King recalls to Billboard. "And really, as a songwriter, you're always the artist when you're presenting the song to another artist. Through Lou Adler and with James Taylor's help, I took ownership of being the artist who sang my own songs."
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1990 (along with ex-husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin) for her songwriting, King woke up to a text message from a friend on Wednesday (May 12) morning informing her that she'll be inducted into the Rock Hall's Class of 2021 as a performer.
"It was a 'wow' moment," King tells Billboard over the phone from Idaho. When told that this makes her the first person, period, inducted as a performer and non-performer in the Rock Hall's history, King sounds genuinely exuberant. "That rocks. I have nothing better to say than 'that rocks,'" she says, laughing.
While the honor is richly deserved, King never planned on becoming a famous singer in her youth. When she initially entered the music business as a Brill Building scribe in the late '50s, she only saw herself as a songwriter.
"I became an artist [in the late '60s], not reluctantly, but it was just the right circumstances that brought me into being an artist," King recalls to Billboard. "And really, as a songwriter, you're always the artist when you're presenting the song to another artist. Through Lou Adler and with James Taylor's help, I took ownership of being the artist who sang my own songs."
- Joe Lynch, Billboard
