{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" Carol King, Tapestry - Part 1","description":"I think everyone who has even a passing interest in popular music knows Carole King\u2019s Diamond certified album \u201cTapestry\u201d helped revolutionize singer-songwriter music for female performers in the 1970\u2019s and beyond. It was a landmark album and artistic statement whose impact is so far-reaching it\u2019s practically immeasurable. Practically every woman who\u2019s stepped out in front of an audience behind a piano owes Carole King at least a small debt.   As Female Artist Appreciation Month rolls on here at Dandy Classic Music Hour we get to this seminal masterwork by an artist who\u2019s written, or helped write, over 100 hit songs in her staggering career. Writing with her ex-husband Gerry Goffin for the famous Brill Building throughout the 1960\u2019s, King finally launched her own solo career out in front of an audience as the 1970\u2019s dawned. Her first album \u201cWriter\u201d did respectably but no one could have expected her sophomore record to stay on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts for over 300 (!) weeks, good for second best of all-time.   Featuring #1 hits \u2018So Far Away\u2019 and \u2018I Feel the Earth Move\u2019 the album has been a fixture on several radio formats for the last 45 years and counting. The forlorn \u2018Too Late\u2019 is the song for anybody who\u2019s gone through a trying relationship. Also showcasing her own version of previous hits \u2018You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)\u2019 and \u2018Will You Love Me Tomorrow\u2019 the album is so saturated with well-known songs that it\u2019s likely you know at least half the album having never heard it all the way through.    Thanks to the hit show \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d the song \u2018Where You Lead\u2019 enjoyed a second life that introduced King and \u2018Tapestry\u2019 to a new generation and reminded an old one of her prowess as a songwriter. Throw in \u2018You\u2019ve Got a Friend\u2019 and the jaunty storytelling of \u2018Smackwater Jack\u2019 and you\u2019ve got the ingredients of a world-beating album.   So come join us as we talk about how Randy\u2019s Dad wore one particular song out, how King is one of Dan\u2019s heroes and we talk about \u2018The Facts of Life\u2019 and how much fun it is to say \u2018Martika\u2019and \u2018Sookie\u2019! All this and more as we get inspired talking about one of the all-time Classic Albums this week. ","author_name":"Podcast \u2013 That Dandy Classic Music Hour","author_url":"http:\/\/thatdandyclassicmusichour.com","html":"