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Carole King is a singer-songwriter, musician and actor, born on February 9, 1942 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Carole King is 84 years old as of 2026. Schooling on record includes James Madison High School and Queens College. Listed accolades include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2013), Grammy Trustees Award (2004), MusiCares Person of the Year (2014) and 5 more.
My Take
Carole King is, to me, the gold standard of songwriting as a craft. The Manhattan-born writer put 118 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in the back half of the twentieth century, a number that still feels unreal, and the honors followed: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. But statistics undersell her. What moves me is how her songs live in ordinary rooms, hummed in kitchens and played on late-night radio decades after they charted. She wrote for people, not for posterity, and that humility is exactly why posterity claimed her anyway.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carole King
- Name (Japanese)
- キャロル・キング
- Reading
- きゃろる・きんぐ
- Born
- February 9, 1942 (age 84)
- Origin
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / musician / actor / singer / composer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Horse
2. Background
- High school
- James Madison High School
- University
- Queens College
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2004 Grammy Trustees Award
- 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year
- 2015 Kennedy Center Honors
- 2013 Gershwin Prize
- 2011 Johnny Mercer Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1990 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.caroleking.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/carole_king/
- Xhttps://x.com/carole_King
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole%20King
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217787
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Carole King born?
Born February 9, 1942 (age 84).
Where is Carole King from?
Carole King is from Manhattan, New York, United States.
What does Carole King do?
Carole King works as singer-songwriter, musician, actor, singer, composer.
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