Carole through the years. 📷 Jim McCrary, Jim Shea, Kirsten Shultz

History lesson: "Oh No Not My Baby" was released by Maxine Brown in 1964 and spent seven weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by Rod Stewart, Cher, Merry Clayton, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt and Aretha Franklin amongst others.

Troubadour Reunion Tour, 2010 With @jamestaylor-com.bsky.social

Thoroughbred, 1975 📷 Chuck Beeson

RIP Clive Davis I remember Clive Davis’s blunt honesty after Gerry Goffin and I played new songs for him. “That’s a really good song,” he’d say, “but I don’t hear it as a hit single.” (Continued in comments)

Happiest birthday to my friend Peter Asher! Do yourselves a favor and go see this documentary... you will love it! #peterashereverywhereman

Sweet Seasons (King-Stern) #happysummersolstice

#HappyFathersDay to all the dads and to everyone who has one! My father, Sid Klein 1962 📷 Carole King Family Archives

Remembering Brian Wilson on his birthday 💙🏄‍♂️🎹 In 2006, Carole King was invited by legendary songwriter / producer Brian Wilson to his recording studio. One of the songs they recorded that day is “I’m Into Something Good,” the Goffin/King song originally made famous in 1965 by Herman’s Hermits.

On Juneteenth 1865, enslaved Black people in Texas learned that they were free. Today we have the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. This gives me hope... #juneteenth❤️🖤💚

Happy birthday @paulmccartney! Welcome to 84!

🤗 Repost from @musicscope • On June 17, 1971, “Tapestry” by Carole King reached number #1 on the US Billboard 200. Its deeply personal songwriting and timeless appeal helped it remain on the charts for years and earned it a lasting place in music history.

Carole in Idaho. 📷 Elissa Kline

Been To Canaan Words & music by Carole King Rhymes and Reasons, 1972

Carole in London. #nokings

📷 Kirsten Shultz Photography

As a longtime advocate for climate solutions and environmental protection, I hope you’ll read Adam Bronstein’s account of how so-called "collaborative groups" are brought together to decide how our public lands should be used. westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-collab...

My first real music lesson took place when I was 4 . My mother invited me to climb up and sit next to her on the piano bench. She introduced me to music theory and elementary piano technique using a child-sized book with a bright red cover called Teaching Little Fingers to Play. -CK #songwriter

Goffin-King Medley “I’m Into Something Good” “Go Away Little Girl” “Hey Girl” “One Fine Day” The Living Room Tour, 2005 #goffinkingsongs

Troubadour Reunion Tour, 2010

A win for the planet, plus a beautiful photo.  "Where else do we have the last missing piece of a continental corridor — and not yet the political decision to close it?” Grassroots individuals and groups have been working for decades to connect a fragmented ecosystem in the Northern Rockies.

Congratulations to all the winners @thetonyawards ! www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2026-t...

Carole in Ketchum, Idaho 2011.

“A good melody has a flow to it, it has an emotional journey – it takes you on a journey and it doesn’t do so in a way that’s trying to do that — it just does it. (Continued in comments) 📷 Courtesy Sony Music Archives

NREPA is a climate solution that will protect millions of acres of public land. Urge your members of congress to co-sponsor the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. allianceforthewildrockies.org #worldenvironmentday

Working on "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" with Joni Mitchell & James Taylor during the Tapestry sessions at A & M. Photo by Jim McCrary Courtesy Lou Adler / Ode Records

Honored to be in such great company! -CK Full list - readers choice: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man Carole King had written songs the world already knew by heart. But performing them in concert was another story. When Peter Asher invited her to go on the road with James Taylor, Carole was hesitant. Peter encouraged her to try it anyway... #PeterAsher #EverywhereMan

Hate empties your heart. Love fills it. #happypridemonth 🌈

Celebrating the magic of @arethafranklin at #thekennedycenter 2015 #kchonors

Dressing Room Mirrors 📷 1963 CK Family Archives 📷 2005 @elissa_kline

I’m recommending this book by my friend Cole LeFavour because it’s so beautifully written. Cole’s description of Idaho’s extraordinary natural beauty is breathtaking. (Continued in comments)

Happiest birthday to #LelandSklar! Check out his YouTube channel! youtube.com/@lelandsklar... Photo: @elissa_kline Troubadour Reunion Tour, 2010

53 years ago today... Carole gave a free concert in New York for what was, at the time, the largest gathering in Central Park. “New York has given me such an awful lot — stimulus, ideas, feelings to write — that the concert is just a small way of giving something back to it,” 📷 Jim McCrary

Carole in Idaho, 2025.

What he said.

Carole, 2011 📷 @photorama2 Kirsten Shultz Photography

You better think about the legacy That you want to leave behind It's all getting burnt-out, used-up Bought and sold to the bottom line That ain't the way it's gotta be You can leave a better world than you find You can look down, turn aside, run away But you can't put it out of your mind

Happy birthday @cher ! Welcome to the 80's. 😉

I just learned that Earljean Reavis passed away on May 7, 2026. Her voice was the low, smooth sound of the Cookies - in the bridge of Chains: “Now believe me when I tell you / I think you’re fine...” Earljean was a kind woman with a beautiful soul. My love and condolences go out to her family. 💔

"Way Over Yonder" written and performed by Carole King on The Legendary Demos. Photos of Idaho ©Elissa Kline Photography Photo of Carole King ©Guy Webster Photography

Happy birthday @tajmahalblues 💙 "Take A Giant Step" Goffin-King

I love Billie and Finneas so much. I can't wait to see this! #billieeilish #finneas

When I saw that the prolific and excellent songwriter #amyallen wrote “Queen of Silver Linings” with Dan Wilson, I thought, Semisonic? Yes. That Dan Wilson And I was reminded of how much fun Dan and I had writing and recording "One True Love." @danwilsonmusic.bsky.social.

Happy birthday Stevie Wonder! 🎹🎶🩵🎤 #steviewonder

“Time Gone By” On Touch The Sky, 1979 The rebel cry of desolation To which we used to hearken Echoes now in isolation As the skies in fury darken A thousand acts of desecration Hundreds more continue When why'know that you are all creation You're gonna fight 'em with all that's in you...