10 Songs You Didn’t Know Carole King Wrote

Played back to back, Carole King‘s chart entries would run about five straight hours. And those are just her hits – not to mention album tracks, B sides, and the odd flop. King’s career as a songwriter is so expansive that it dwarfs even the monster sales figures of her classic 1971 solo juggernaut, Tapestry, which currently tops 25 million and counting.

King was a musical prodigy, selling melodies to New York City publishing companies while she…