Carole King Instagram – On This Day 1971 (February 10, 1971) Carole King releases her seminal album Tapestry. The album cover features the barefoot, 29-year-old singer sitting on a window sill in the living room of her Laurel Canyon home while her cat, Telemachus, peers into the camera. King holds a needlepoint tapestry she’s recently finished, which gave her the idea for the title track and inspired the album’s concept. Before the release of Tapestry, most were unfamiliar with Carole King, at least by name, but they certainly knew her work. During the previous decade, King and her then-husband Gerry Goffin were Brill Building scribes (via Aldon Music) who churned out enduring hits like “The Loco-Motion,” “One Fine Day,” “I’m Into Something Good” and the Aretha Franklin anthem “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman.” King identified as a songwriter and only performed as a means to share her songs – plus she had stage fright. After her close friend James Taylor encouraged her to pursue a singing career, she recorded her debut album, Writer. But it’s Tapestry that brings her, and the singer-songwriter genre, to the heights of fame. #CaroleKing #Tapestry Via: @ucoofficial @rockhistation