Musical Mulligan No.2: Tapestry - Carole King (Released 10 February 1971)
The concept for this sub-theme for this sub-series for the blog - my Musical Mulligans - is outlined here. One of the best-selling albums of all time, Carole King's Tapestry was released on February 10, 1971. Her second studio album, it remains an amazing accomplishment. Recorded the previous month, the album was released the day after her 29th birthday -- instant musical immortality. She wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album, two of the songs had already become hits performed by other artists: Aretha Franklin had had great success with " (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman ", and way back in 1960 The Shirelles had recorded a version of " Will You Love Me Tomorrow? " Having heard King perform, it threw me that she had gone so long content to simply write and compose songs that others would use to build their fame, apparently not believing herself to be a performer. James Taylor, who would soon have a number