Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize
WASHINGTON - Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.
View ArticleObama honors Carole King at White House concert
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration...
View ArticlePopular singer Eydie Gorme dies at 84
LOS ANGELES - Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. She was 84.
View ArticleNew Carole King musical will star Jessie Mueller
NEW YORK - Jessie Mueller has nabbed a beautiful Broadway role - she'll be playing celebrated songwriter Carole King in a new musical about the woman who wrote such hits as "It's Too Late" and "You've...
View ArticleBobby Vee braves Alzheimer's to record once more
ST. JOSEPH, Minnesota - Bobby Vee still has the infectious smile, bright eyes and boyish good looks of his 1960s pop idol days, when he scored such hits as "Take Good Care of My Baby," ''Rubber Ball"...
View ArticleCeleb birthdays for the week of March 2-8
March 2: Actor John Cullum ("Northern Exposure") is 84. Author Tom Wolfe is 84. Author John Irving is 72. Actress-comedian Laraine Newman is 62. Singer Jay Osmond of The Osmonds is 59. Drummer John...
View ArticleCeleb birthdays for the week of March 16-22
March 16: Comedian Jerry Lewis is 88. Movie director Bernardo Bertolucci is 73. Game-show host Chuck Woolery is 73. Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is 72. Actor Victor Garber ("Alias") is 65. Actor...
View ArticleA look at Gerry Goffin's key songs
NEW YORK - Gerry Goffin might have been a chemist, but when it came to music, he was a scientist of songwriting.
View ArticleGerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75
NEW YORK - Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ''(You Make Me Feel Like) A...
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