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Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein) (February 9, 1942 - )
Vocal Range: B2 - A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Good Mountain People")
G5 ("Lay Down My Life")
F♯5 ("Brighter", "Chicken Soup with Rice", "Good Mountain People", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine")
F5 ("God Only Knows", "Welcome Home")
E5 ("Back to California", "Brighter", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Christmas In The Air", "Disco Tech", "Eagle", "Hard Rock Café", "It’s Never Too Late", "Lay Down My Life", "Standing In The Rain", "That’s How Things Go Down", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "You Light Up My Life", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman")
E♭5 ("Dancin’ With Tears In My Eyes", "Haywood", "Hey Girl", "I Don’t Believe It", "Music", "My Lovin’ Eyes", "My Sweet Home", "Oh, Neil!", "One to One", "The Reason", "Still Here Thinking of You", "Surely", "Sweet Seasons", "This Time", "Too Much Rain", "Where You Lead")
D5 ("Alabaster Lady", "All My Time", "Being at War With Each Other", "Believe In Humanity", "Brighter", "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Crying in The Rain", "Dancing", "Disco Tech", "Do You Feel Love", "Dreamlike I Wander", "Hold Out For Love", "God Only Knows", "Golden Man", "Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone", "Good Mountain People", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "I Don’t Believe It", "I Don’t Know", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine", "Locomotion", "Lookin’ Out For Number One", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Jazzman", "Monday Without You", "Move Lightly", "Nightingale", "Now That Everything’s Been Said", "Oh No Not My Baby", "One Fine Day", "One Small Voice", "The Reason", "Ride The Music", "Seeing Red", "Snow Queen", "So Many Ways", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Such Sufferin’", "Sweet Life", "Sweet Seasons", "Tears Falling Down on Me", "This Christmas", "Where You Lead", "You’ve Been Around Too Long")
C♯5 ("Beautiful", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Care-a-Lot", "Chalice Borealis", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Changes", "Crazy", "Down to The Darkness", "Eagle", "Everybody’s Got The Spirit", "Feeling Sad Tonight", "Ferguson Road", "Goat Annie", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "Growing Away From Me", "High Out of Time", "Home Again", "I Can’t Stop Thinking About You", "Just One Thing", "Legacy", "Life Without Love", "Little Prince", "Love For Christmas", "Lovelight", "Main Street Saturday Night", "Man Without a Dream", "Midnight Flyer", "My My She Cries", "Oh, Neil!", "Passing of The Days", "Read Between The Lines", "Safe Again", "Simple Things", "Sleigh Ride", "Someone Who Believes In You", ""Song of Long Ago", "Still Here Thinking of You", "Surely", "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)", "There’s a Space Between Us", "To Love", "Venusian Diamond", "Way Over Yonder", "Weekdays", "Wishful Thinking", "You Can Do Anything", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You Still Want Her")
C5 ("Alabaster Lady", "Ambrosia", "An Uncommon Love", "Avenue P", "The Ballad of Chicken Soup", "Believe In Humanity", "Bitter With The Sweet", "Brother, Brother", "Christmas In The Air", "City Streets", "Colour of Your Dreams", "Dancin’ With Tears In My Eyes", "Disco Tech", "Do You Feel Love", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "God Only Knows", "Golden Man", "Hard Rock Café", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Haywood", "Hey Girl", "High Out of Time", "I’d Like to Know You Better", "I Don’t Believe It", "I Don’t Know", "I Feel The Earth Move", "It’s a War", "It’s Never Too Late", "Lady", "Lay Down My Life", "Little Prince", "Love For Christmas", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Monday Without You", "Music", "My Lovin’ Eyes", "Now That Everything’s Been Said", "One"/"One", "One Fine Day", "One To One", "Only Love Is Real", "Paradise Alley", "Peace In The Valley", "Pierre", "Raspberry Jam", "Read Between The Lines", "The Reason", "Ride The Music", "The Right Girl", "So Far Away", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Someone You Never Met Before", "Speeding Time", "Standing In The Rain", "Sunbird", "Sweet Sweetheart", "Tears Falling Down on Me", "There’s a Space Between Us", "Too Much Rain", "Venusian Diamond", "Victim of Circumstance", "Way Over Yonder", "We All Have to Be Alone", "We Are All In This Together", "Welcome Home", "What Have You Got to Lose", "Where You Lead", "Wrap Around Joy", "You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine", "You’re The One Who Knows", "You’ve Got a Friend")
B4 ("All My Time", "Ambrosia", "An Uncommon Love", "Avenue P", "Back to California", "Being at War With Each Other", "Brighter", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Chains", "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Come Down Easy", "Crazy", "Crying in The Rain", "Dancing", "Directions", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Dreamlike I Wander", "Eagle", "Everybody’s Got The Spirit", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Ferguson Road", "The First Day In August", "Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare", "Goat Annie", "Goin’ Back" Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King version, "Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone", "Good Mountain People", "Growing Away From Me", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hold On", "Hold Out For Love", "Home Again", "I Can’t Hear You No More", "I Can’t Stop Thinking About You", "I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance", "In The Name of Love", "It Could Have Been Anyone", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "It’s a War", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine", "It Started All Over Again", "I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love", "Just One Thing", "Labyrinth", "Legacy", "Life Without Love", "Locomotion", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Lovelight", "Love Makes The World", "Main Street Saturday Night", "Morning Sun", "Move Lightly", "My Sweet Home", "Nightingale", "No Easy Way Down", "Oh No Not My Baby", "One Was Johnny", "Passing of The Days", "Peace In The Valley", "A Quiet Place to Live", "Really Rosie", "Sacred Heart of Stone", "Screaming and Yelling", "Seeing Red", "Simple Things", "Sleigh Ride", "Smackwater Jack", "Snow Queen", "So Far Away", "So Many Ways", "Someone Who Believes In You", "Song of Long Ago", "So Ready For Love", "Spaceship Races", "Standin’ On The Borderline", "Still Here Thinking of You", "Such Sufferin’", "Sweet Life", "Sweet Sweetheart", "Tears Falling Down on Me", "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)", "That’s How Things Go Down", "This Christmas", "This Time", "Time Alone", "Time Gone By", "To Love", "Two Hearts", "Venusian Diamond", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "Weekdays", "Welfare Symphony", "Why Are You Leaving", "Wishful Thinking", "You’re Something New", "You Still Want Her", "You’ve Been Around Too Long", "You Will Find Me There")
B♭4 ("Ain’t That The Way", "Alabaster Lady", "The Awful Truth", "The Ballad of Chicken Soup", "Beautiful", "Been to Canaan", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Bitter With The Sweet", "Brother, Brother", "Chalice Borealis", "Changes", "Christmas Paradise", "Come Down Easy", "Computer Eyes", "Corazon", "Dancin’ With Tears In My Eyes", "Daughter of Light", "Directions", "Everybody’s Got The Spirit", "Feeling Sad Tonight", "Goin’ Back", "Growing Away From Me", "Haywood", "Hey Girl", "Homeless Heart", "I Can’t Hear You No More", "I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance", "I Don’t Believe It", "I Feel The Earth Move", "I Think I Can Hear You", "It’s Going to Take Some Time", "It Started All Over Again", "I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Labyrinth", "Lo Que Tú Eres Para Mí", "Man Without a Dream", "Midnight Flyer", "Music", "My Simple Humble Neighbourhood", "New Year’s Day", "A Night This Side of Dying", "Now and Forever", "Oh, Neil!", "One Fine Day", "One Small Voice", "One To One", "Only Love Is Real", "Paradise Alley", "Raspberry Jam", "Read Between The Lines", "Speeding Time", "Stand Behind Me", "Standin’ On The Borderline", "Sunbird", "Surely", "Sweet Adonis", "Sweet Seasons", "Tapestry", "There’s a Space Between Us", "Victim of Circumstance", "Way Over Yonder", "We All Have to Be Alone", "We Are All In This Together", "You Gentle Me", "You Light Up My Life", "You’ve Got a Friend", "You Will Find Me There")
A4 ("Alabaster Lady", "Alligators All Around", "All My Time", "Ambrosia", "An Uncommon Love", "Avenue P", "The Awful Truth", "Being at War With Each Other", "Believe In Humanity", "Birthday Song", "Brighter", "Care-a-Lot", "Carol of The Bells", "Carry Your Load", "Chains", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Changes", "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Christmas In The Air", "City Streets", "Colour of Your Dreams", "Come Down Easy", "Corazon", "Crazy", "Crying in The Rain", "Dancing", "Directions", "Disco Tech", "Down to The Darkness", "Do You Feel Love", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Dreamlike I Wander", "Eagle", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Fantasy Beginning", "Fantasy End", "Ferguson Road", "The First Day In August", "Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare", "Goat Annie", "Golden Man", "God Only Knows", "Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone", "Good Mountain People", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "Hard Rock Café", "High Out of Time", "Hold Out For Love", "Home Again", "I Can’t Stop Thinking About You", "I’d Like to Know You Better", "I Don’t Know", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "It’s a War", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine", "It’s Never Too Late", "It’s Too Late", "I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love", "Jazzman", "Just One Thing", "Labyrinth", "Lady", "Lay Down My Life", "Life Without Love", "Little Prince", "Locomotion", "Lookin’ Out For Number One", "Love For Christmas", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Lovelight", "Love Makes The World", "Monday Without You", "Morning Sun", "Move Lightly", "My Favourite Things", "My Lovin’ Eyes", "My My She Cries", "My Simple Humble Neighbourhood", "My Sweet Home", "Nightingale", "No Easy Way Down", "Now That Everything’s Been Said", "Oh No Not My Baby", "One", "One Fine Day", "One Was Johnny", "Only Love Is Real", "Peace In The Valley", "Pierre", "A Quiet Place to Live", "Raspberry Jam", "Really Rosie", "The Reason", "Ride The Music", "The Right Girl", "Sacred Heart of Stone", "Safe Again", "Screaming and Yelling", "Seeing Red", "Simple Things", "Sleigh Ride", "Smackwater Jack", "Snow Queen", "So Far Away", "So Many Ways", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Someone You Never Met Before", "Song of Long Ago", "So Ready For Love", "Spaceship Races", "Standing In The Rain", "Sweet Seasons", "Sweet Sweetheart", "Tapestry", "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)", "That’s How Things Go Down", "This Christmas", "This Time", "Time Alone", "Time Gone By", "To Know That I Love You", "Two Hearts", "Up On The Roof", "Venusian Diamond", "Victim of Circumstance", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "Weekdays", "Welcome Home", "Welfare Symphony", "What Have You Got to Lose", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", "Wishful Thinking", "Where You Lead", "Why Are You Leaving", "Wings of Love", "Wrap Around Joy", "You Can Do Anything", "You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You’re Something New", "You’re The One Who Knows")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Alabaster Lady", "Alligators All Around", "All My Time", "Ambrosia", "Avenue P", "The Awful Truth", "Being at War With Each Other", "Believe In Humanity", "Birthday Song", "Brighter", "Care-a-Lot", "Carol of The Bells", "Carry Your Load", "Chains", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Changes", "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Child of Mine", "City Streets", "Colour of Your Dreams", "Come Down Easy", "Corazon", "Crazy", "Crying in The Rain", "Dancing", "Directions", "Disco Tech", "Down to The Darkness", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Dreamlike I Wander", "Eagle", "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Fantasy Beginning", "Fantasy End", "Ferguson Road", "The First Day In August", "Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "High Out of Time", "Hold On", "Hold Out For Love", "Home Again", "I’d Like to Know You Better", "I Don’t Believe It", "In The Name of Love", "It’s a War", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine", "It’s Too Late", "I Wasn’t Born to Follow", "Just One Thing", "Labyrinth", "Lay Down My Life", "Legacy", "Little Prince", "Locomotion", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Love Makes The World", "Monday Without You", "Morning Sun", "My My She Cries", "My Simple Humble Neighbourhood", "Nightingale", "A Night This Side of Dying", "Now That Everything’s Been Said", "Only Love Is Real", "Peace In The Valley", "Pierre", "A Quiet Place to Live", "Sacred Heart of Stone", "Safe Again", "Screaming and Yelling", "Simple Things", "Sleigh Ride", "Smackwater Jack", "Snow Queen", "So Far Away", "So Many Ways", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Song of Long Ago", "So Ready For Love", "Sweet Sweetheart", "Tapestry", "That’s How Things Go Down", "Time Alone", "Time Gone By", "Two Hearts", "Up On The Roof", "Venusian Diamond", "Victim of Circumstance", "Welfare Symphony", "What Have You Got to Lose", "Where You Lead", "Why Are You Leaving", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", "Wishful Thinking", "Wrap Around Joy", "You Can Do Anything", "You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You’re Something New", "You’re The One Who Knows", "You Still Want Her", "You’ve Been Around Too Long")
G♯3 ("The Best Is Yet to Come", "Bitter With The Sweet", "Carry Your Load", "Chalice Borealis", "Computer Eyes", "Dancin’ With Tears In My Eyes", "Daughter of Light", "Eventually", "God Only Knows", "Growing Away From Me", "Hey Girl", "Hold On", "I Can’t Hear You No More", "I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance", "I Think I Can Hear You", "It’s Going to Take Some Time", "It Started All Over Again", "Life Without Love", "Lo Que Tú Eres Para Mí", "Main Street Saturday Night", "Music", "My Sweet Home", "Now and Forever", "Now That Everything’s Been Said", "Oh, Neil!", "Paradise Alley", "Passing of The Days", "Read Between The Lines", "The Right Girl", "Spaceship Races", "So Ready For Love", "Stand Behind Me", "Standin’ On The Borderline", "Still Here Thinking of You", "Sunbird", "Surely", "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)", "There’s a Space Between Us", "To Love", "Too Much Rain", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "Way Over Yonder", "Wishful Thinking", "You Still Want Her", "You’ve Got a Friend")
G3 ("Ain’t That The Way", "Alabaster Lady", "Alligators All Around", "All My Time", "Ambrosia", "An Uncommon Love", "The Ballad of Chicken Soup", "Beautiful", "Can’t You Be Real", "Chanukah Prayer", "Child of Mine", "Christmas In The Air", "Christmas Paradise", "City Streets", "Come Down Easy", "Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone", "Hard Rock Café", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Haywood", "Homeless Heart", "I Don’t Know", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "It’s Never Too Late", "It’s Too Late", "Lady", "Lay Down My Life", "(Love Is Like a) Boomerang", "Monday Without You", "My Favourite Things", "My Lovin’ Eyes", "My Simple Humble Neighbourhood", "A Night This Side of Dying", "No Easy Way Down", "Oh No Not My Baby", "One", "One To One", "One Was Johnny", "Only Love is Real", "Pierre", "Raspberry Jam", "Really Rosie", "The Reason", "Snow Queen", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Someone You Never Met Before", "Stand Behind Me", "Standing In The Rain", "Sweet Life", "Sweet Seasons", "Tapestry", "Tears Falling Down on Me", "That’s How Things Go Down", "This Christmas", "Up On The Roof", "Victim of Circumstance", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "We All Have to Be Alone", "Welcome Home", "Where You Lead", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", "Wrap Around Joy", "You Gentle Me", "You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine", "You’re The One Who Knows")
F♯3 ("Being at War With Each Other", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", "Carry Your Load", "Daughter of Light", "Down to The Darkness", "Eventually", "Everybody’s Got The Spirit", "Feeling Sad Tonight", "Ferguson Road", "Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare", "Goin’ Back", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "Hey Girl", "I Can’t Stop Thinking About You", "I’d Like to Know You Better", "It Could Have Been Anyone", "It Started All Over Again", "I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love", "Love Makes The World", "Midnight Flyer", "My Favourite Things", "My Sweet Home", "Sleigh Ride", "Someone Who Believes In You", "Still Here Thinking of You", "This Time", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You Will Find Me There")
F3 ("Alabaster Lady", "The Ballad of Chicken Soup", "God Only Knows", "Golden Man", "Gotta Get Through Another Day", "Homeless Heart", "I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Jazzman", "Little Prince", "Love For Christmas", "My Simple Humble Neighbourhood", "New Year’s Day", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Such Sufferin’", "Sweet Adonis", "You Gentle Me", "You Light Up My Life")
E3 ("Birthday Song", "Can’t You Be Real", "Care-a-Lot", "Carol of The Bells", "Change In Mind, Change of Heart", "Colour of Your Dreams", "Corazon", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare", "High Out of Time", "I’d Like to Know You Better", "It Could Have Been Anyone", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "Just One Thing", "Legacy", "Lovelight", "Oh No Not My Baby", "Sleigh Ride", "Song of Long Ago", "Time Gone By", "Two Hearts", "Venusian Diamond", "Walk With Me (I’ll Be Your Companion)", "Wings of Love", "You Can Do Anything", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You Still Want Her", "You’ve Been Around Too Long")
E♭3 ("Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "Friday’s Tie-Dye Nightmare", "Hey Girl", "I Wasn’t Gonna Fall In Love", "Speeding Time", "This Time", "Too Much Rain", "You Will Find Me There")
D3 ("An Uncommon Love", "It Could Have Been Anyone", "Love Makes The World")
C3 ("Love Makes The World")
B2 ("Christmas In The Air")
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Bold marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Best Vocal Performances
1. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
2. Still Here Thinking of You
3. Simple Things
4. Where You Lead
5. So Far Away
6. Hold On
7. So Many Ways
8. You Still Want Her
9. One
10. Dreamlike I Wander
{Album Ranges}
Writer (1970): E3 - C♯5
Tapestry (1971): E3 - E5
Music (1971): E♭3 - F♯5
Rhymes & Reasons (1972): F3 - D5
Fantasy (1973): E3 - E5
Wrap Around Joy (1974): E3 - E5
Really Rosie (1975): F3 - F♯5
Thoroughbred (1976): E3 - F♯5
Simple Things (1977): F3 - F5
Welcome Home (1978): E3 - F5
Touch The Sky (1979): E3 - A5
Pearls: Songs of Goffin & King (1980): E♭3 - E♭5
One to One (1982): F3 - E♭5
Speeding Time (1983): E♭3 - D5
City Streets (1989): E3 - D5
Colour of Your Dreams (1993): E♭3 - G5
Love Makes the World (2001): C3 - E♭5
A Holiday Carole (2011): B2 - E5
The City:
Now That Everything’s Been Said (1969): F♯3 - E♭5
Writer (1970): E3 - C♯5
Tapestry (1971): E3 - E5
Music (1971): E♭3 - F♯5
Rhymes & Reasons (1972): F3 - D5
Fantasy (1973): E3 - E5
Wrap Around Joy (1974): E3 - E5
Really Rosie (1975): F3 - F♯5
Thoroughbred (1976): E3 - F♯5
Simple Things (1977): F3 - F5
Welcome Home (1978): E3 - F5
Touch The Sky (1979): E3 - A5
Pearls: Songs of Goffin & King (1980): E♭3 - E♭5
One to One (1982): F3 - E♭5
Speeding Time (1983): E♭3 - D5
City Streets (1989): E3 - D5
Colour of Your Dreams (1993): E♭3 - G5
Love Makes the World (2001): C3 - E♭5
A Holiday Carole (2011): B2 - E5
The City:
Now That Everything’s Been Said (1969): F♯3 - E♭5
{Questionable Notes}
?? ("Chicken Soup with Rice"[5])
E♭6 ("The Ballad of Chicken Soup"[3])
F♯5 ("Locomotion"[3])
D5 ("Little Prince"[1])
F3 ("Child of Mine"[1], "Wrap Around Joy"[1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
?? ("Chicken Soup with Rice"[5])
E♭6 ("The Ballad of Chicken Soup"[3])
F♯5 ("Locomotion"[3])
D5 ("Little Prince"[1])
F3 ("Child of Mine"[1], "Wrap Around Joy"[1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.