Question 1

True or false: Carole King's song 'You've Got a Friend' was originally written for Aretha Franklin.

Accepted Answer

False. Carole King wrote the song for her own 1971 album 'Tapestry.' James Taylor also recorded it around the same time. Aretha Franklin's version was a later cover; it was not written specifically for her.

Question 2

True or false: Carole King co-wrote 'The Loco-Motion' for her babysitter, Little Eva.

Accepted Answer

True. King and Gerry Goffin wrote the hit for their babysitter Eva Boyd, who recorded it under the name Little Eva in 1962.

Question 3

True or false: Carole King's album 'Tapestry' spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200.

Accepted Answer

True. It topped the chart for 15 weeks in 1971, becoming one of the longest-running number-one albums by a female artist.

Question 4

True or false: Carole King wrote the entire 'Tapestry' album alone, with no co-writers.

Accepted Answer

False. Several tracks were co-written: 'It's Too Late' and 'Where You Lead' with Toni Stern, 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?' with Gerry Goffin, and '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' with Goffin and Jerry Wexler.

Question 5

True or false: Carole King wrote the James Bond theme song 'Live and Let Die' with Paul McCartney.

Accepted Answer

False. That song was written by Paul and Linda McCartney, not Carole King. King never wrote a Bond theme.

Question 6

True or false: Carole King's birth name is Carol Joan Klein.

Accepted Answer

True. She was born Carol Joan Klein in Manhattan in 1942, later changing it to Carole King for her stage career.

Question 7

True or false: Carole King's first hit as a performer was 'It's Too Late' from 'Tapestry'.

Accepted Answer

False. Her first hit as a performer was 'It Might as Well Rain Until September' in 1962, a decade before 'It's Too Late'.

Question 8

True or false: Carole King was the first woman to receive the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Johnny Mercer Award.

Accepted Answer

True. She earned this honor in 2013, becoming the first female recipient in the award's history.

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