Carol Joan Kline ndi dzina lenileni la woimba wotchuka wa ku America, yemwe aliyense padziko lapansi lero amamudziwa kuti Carol King. M’zaka za m’ma 1960 m’zaka za m’ma XNUMX zapitazi, iye ndi mwamuna wake analemba nyimbo zingapo zodziwika bwino zoimbidwa ndi oimba ena. Koma izi sizinali zokwanira kwa iye. Zaka khumi zotsatira, mtsikanayo adakhala wotchuka osati wolemba yekha, komanso ngati wojambula waluso.
Zaka zoyambirira, chiyambi cha ntchito ya Carol King
Nyenyezi yamtsogolo ya zochitika zaku America idabadwa pa February 9, 1942. Malo obadwirako anali chigawo chodziwika bwino cha Manhattan. Maluso ake opanga zinthu adawonekera mwa iye kuyambira ali mwana. Pamene msungwana wamng'onoyo anali ndi zaka 4 zokha, adaphunzira kale kuyimba piyano ndipo adazichita bwino. Pa msinkhu wa sukulu, iye analemba ndakatulo ndi nyimbo zoyamba, choncho anaganiza zopanga gulu loimba nyimbo.
Gululi linkatchedwa The Co-Sines ndipo linali lapadera kwambiri pa ntchito yoimba. gulu analemba nyimbo zingapo, ngakhale anayamba kuchita m'mabungwe m'deralo. Woimbayo adadziwa momwe siteji imakonzedwera. Rock ndi mpukutu anabwera mu mafashoni, m'makonsati thematic amene Carol anakwanitsa kutenga nawo mbali.
Pa zaka wophunzira, woimba anakumana umunthu wofunika kwambiri pa ntchito yake yamtsogolo, mwachitsanzo, Jerry Goffin. Anagwirizana ndi Carol kuti apange duo la mawu. Ndi iye m'ma 1960, adalemba nyimbo zambiri zodziwika bwino ndikukwatirana naye.
Neil Sedaka adapereka nyimbo yake kwa woimbayo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950. Nyimboyi inkatchedwa Oh! Carol ndipo adakhala wotchuka kwambiri, akugunda maulendo angapo kumapeto kwa 1950-1960. Aka kanali koyamba kutchulidwa kwa wojambula m'ma chart. Adaganiza zomuyankha momwemonso woimbayo ndikujambula nyimbo yoyankha. Nyimboyi, mwatsoka, sinali yotchuka kwambiri. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, duet idapangidwa ndi mtsogolo.
Chochititsa chidwi n’chakuti, malo oyamba amene anagwirirapo ntchito limodzi anali imodzi mwa makampani osindikizira mabuku. Apa iwo analemba ndakatulo ndi nyimbo kwa nthawi yaitali kwa zisudzo otchuka amene analemba nyimbo ndi alendo kawirikawiri m'nyumba yomweyo kumene Goffin ndi Kline ntchito.
Kupambana Carol King
Nyimbo yoyamba yotchuka yomwe mlembi wa tandem ikuwonetsedwa inali nyimbo ya The Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow. Kupambana kwa nyimboyi kunali kodabwitsa. Patangopita masiku ochepa kuchokera pamene idatulutsidwa, nyimboyi idakwera ma chart ambiri aku US, kuphatikiza Billboard Hot 100 yotchuka.
Zolemba zingapo zotsatirazi, zolembedwa ndi olemba otchuka, zidakhalanso zotchuka. Banjali lidayamba kutchuka komanso kutchuka kwambiri ngati olemba nyimbo. Tsopano akanatchedwa ma hitmakers enieni.
Ponseponse, pa ntchito ya tandem iyi monga olemba, adalemba kugunda kopitilira 100 (ndiye kuti, nyimbo zomwe zidakhala ndi maudindo otsogola m'ma chart ndipo zidadziwika kwambiri). Ngati titenga nyimbo zonse zolembedwa, ndiye kuti tikhoza kuwerengera zoposa 200.
Mofananamo, Carol ankafuna kukhala woimba wotchuka yekha. Koma chodabwitsa n’chakuti, nyimbo zimene anadzilembera yekha sizinali zokondedwa ndi omvera. Chokhacho chinali nyimbo imodzi, yolembedwa m'zaka za m'ma 1960, yomwe inatha kulowa pamwamba pa 30 yabwino kwambiri malinga ndi Billboard Hot 100.
Izi zidalimbikitsa woyimbayo atayesa kwanthawi yayitali, mosapumira. Mu 1965, adalowa mgwirizano wamphamvu ndi Al Aronwitz. Umu ndi momwe kampani yawo yojambulira, Tomorrow Records, idayamba kugwira ntchito. M'modzi mwa oimba omwe adalemba nyimbo pa studio iyi, patapita nthawi adakhala mwamuna wa Mfumu (atathetsa ubale wake ndi Griff).
Mamembala a City
Ndi iye, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, gulu la The City linapangidwa. Ponseponse, gululi linaphatikizapo anthu atatu, kuphatikizapo Carol. Oyimba adajambulitsa chimbale cha Now That Everything's Been Said, chomwe chikadawalola kuti aziyendera. Chifukwa cha mantha owopsa a Carol pagulu, gululi silinathe kuchita zoimbaimba pothandizira chimbalecho. Mwachibadwa, izi zinakhudza kwambiri malonda.
Album anakhala weniweni "kulephera" ndipo pafupifupi sanali kugulitsa. Komabe, patapita nthawi inagawidwa mokwanira. Ndipo nyimbo zingapo zinayambanso kumvetsedwa ndi anthu ambiri (koma izi zinachitika pambuyo pa kuwonjezeka kwa kutchuka kwa Mfumu).
Atayesa ndi gulu la The City, woimbayo anayamba kuchita ntchito yake payekha. Wolemba yekhayo woyamba anali Wolemba. Nyimbo zochokera m'mabamu zinali zotchuka m'magulu ena. Komabe, panalibe chifukwa chonena za kuwonjezeka kwa kutchuka. Kenako woimbayo analemba chimbale chachiwiri.
Mu 1971, chimbale cha Tapestry chidatulutsidwa, chomwe chidakhala chipambano cha King. Mamiliyoni angapo anagulitsidwa, nyimbozo zinalowa pamwamba pa 100 zabwino kwambiri (malinga ndi Billboard), woimbayo anayamba kumvetsera kunja. Kwa masabata opitilira 60 motsatizana, chimbalecho chinali pamwamba pamitundu yonse. Chimbale ichi chinali chiyambi chabwino mu ntchito yake payekha ndipo chinakhudza kupambana kwa zolemba zotsatirazi.
Rhymes & Reasons and Wrap Around Joy (1974) onse adagulitsidwa bwino ndipo adalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi anthu. Ntchito ya King ngati woyimba payekha yayamba kale. Iye anapereka zoimbaimba, analemba nyimbo zatsopano. Pakatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1970, Carol ndi mwamuna wake wakale adagwirizananso kuti apange luso ndipo adajambula nyimbo, yomwe inali yotchukanso. Izi zinalimbitsa chipambano cha wojambulayo.
Zaka Zomaliza za Carol King
Mu 1980, King adamutulutsa komaliza (malonda). Ngale si chimbale, koma nyimbo zojambulidwa zomwe Carol akuimba nyimbo zomwe iye ndi Goffin adalemba. Pambuyo pake, woimbayo sanasiye nyimbo.
Koma zatsopano zinayamba kutuluka kawirikawiri. Iye anayamba kulabadira kwambiri nkhani zachilengedwe, nawo mbali zosiyanasiyana zoteteza. Kutulutsidwa kwaposachedwa ndi gulu la The Living Room Tour, kujambula kwa ulendo womwe unachitika chapakati pa 2000s.
