...or should that be the "queen" of female songwriters?
No matter. Carole King is finally getting a little overdue recognition from the "powers-that-be", so to speak.
She is set to recieve the Library of Congress' Gershwin award---the first female songwriter to do so (we're making progress in the "gender equality" area---it's only the the second decade of the 21st century, and ALREADY...)
You might ask: Why just Carole King? There are plenty of other female singer-songwriters besides just her.
True, but how many of them can lay claim to having written songs recorded by the likes of: Bobby Vee, Herman's Hermits, The Chiffons, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Carpenters, The Tokens (and The Rockin' Berries), The Drifters, The Righteous Brothers, The Cookies, The Shirelles, Aretha Franklin, Little Eva, The Animals, The Monkees... ?
Some people are just...you know..."extra special"...
No matter. Carole King is finally getting a little overdue recognition from the "powers-that-be", so to speak.
She is set to recieve the Library of Congress' Gershwin award---the first female songwriter to do so (we're making progress in the "gender equality" area---it's only the the second decade of the 21st century, and ALREADY...)
You might ask: Why just Carole King? There are plenty of other female singer-songwriters besides just her.
True, but how many of them can lay claim to having written songs recorded by the likes of: Bobby Vee, Herman's Hermits, The Chiffons, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Carpenters, The Tokens (and The Rockin' Berries), The Drifters, The Righteous Brothers, The Cookies, The Shirelles, Aretha Franklin, Little Eva, The Animals, The Monkees... ?
Some people are just...you know..."extra special"...
When I grow up I wanted to be a female singer songwriter.
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