The Monkees were lucky enough to have prolific songwriters working behind the scenes to craft songs for their music catalog. Many came from New York’s Brill Building, where they worked for the show’s ...

The Monkees‘ songs sound very different from The Byrds’ songs. Despite this, one of the Prefab Four’s tracks was a cover of a song by The Byrds. Notably, the track was co-written by Carole King.

Her prowess at the piano had already wowed her classmates at James Madison High School (which has graduated such notable ...

The Beatles’ John Lennon and Paul McCartney initially wanted to be like Carole King. Then another rock star changed John’s approach to music. The “Give Peace a Chance” singer’s comments on King seem ...

In the 1960s, John Lennon was at the top of the creative tree. But anyone who threatened that seemed to be dismissed. Read more about it here.

Toni Stern, a breezy young Californian who became a trusted lyricist for Carole King, providing the words for the enduring standard "It's Too Late" and many other songs during King's flowering as a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "I didn't know she wrote that song." The show is a revealing story about pop music ...

“Will you still love me tomorrow?” asks Carole King in the 1960 hit she penned along with then-husband Gerry Goffin. Well, since seeing the jukebox musical based on King’s life and career last night, ...