Favorite Female Lyricists #10 - Carole King

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Since I'm counting down the men, it's only fair to give the women their props, hence this Favorite Female Lyricists series. As with the men, these are not necessarily the best, or most popular, but the ones that I listen to the most. #10, however, is one of, if not the, best, and the only true legend in this countdown: Carole King. The most successful female songwriter of all time, Carole King wrote, or co-wrote, 118 Billboard Hot 100 hits from 1955-1999, and 61 UK hits. The four-time Grammy Winner's classic album, Tapestry, spent a whopping 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, spending a total of six years on that chart. King is in the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, and is the first female recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Award. Just how good is Carole King? Do you like songs such as "The Loco-Motion," or "Up on the Roof," or "Pleasant Valley Sunday?" They were all written by, or co-written by her. And there are 115 others I could name, but I don't want to keep you here all day. My parents had Tapestry on 8-Track. As a kid, I played that thing to death, and I've liked her ever since. I can't think of a better way to start this series. Besides, how could I leave off the woman that wrote "Jazzman?" (Info verified by Wikipedia)