In celebration of the Carole King’s 73rd birthday, guest Matthew Lewis and I served up a tribute set consisting mainly of songs from her incredible songwriting catalog. Almost all the songs in the mix are written by Carole King with lyrics from her ex-husband Gerry Goffin (and some other lyricists, like Toni Stern or Howard Greenfield). Most of the set focuses on her 60s songwriting efforts for other artists, plus selections from her early solo records. Any songs not written by Carole King are noted in the playlist (there is a brief diversion towards the end to other Brill Building songwriters). Enjoy!
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TUESDAY IN THE FOREST- FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Carole King Tribute Set
Dave Lawson (D) and Matthew Lewis (M)
All songs co-written by Carole King unless noted otherwise.
Taj Mahal – Take a Giant Step (D)
Carole King – He’s a Bad Boy (D)
Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain (D)
Barbara Lewis – Don’t Forget About Me (M)
Ben E King – So Much Love (D)
Isley Brothers – Brother, Brother, Brother (M)
Freddie Scott – Brand New World (D)
Righteous Brothers – Just Once in My Life (M)
Bobby Vee – In My Baby’s Eyes (D)
Little Eva – Keep Your Hands Off of My Baby (M)
Dion Di Muci – This Little Girl (D)
The Rationals – I Need You (M)
Chuck Jackson – I Need You (D)
The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday (M)
Carole King – Pleasant Valley Sunday (demo) (D)
The Cookies – Stranger in My Arms (M)
The Cookies – Softly in the Night (D)
The Cookies – Chains (M)
The Cookies – Don’t Say Nothing Bad About My Baby (D)
Earl Jean – Into Something Good (D)
The Tokens – He’s in Town (D)
Little Eva – Will You Love Me Tomorrow (M)
Bertrell Dache – Not Just Tomorrow, But Always (D)
The Monkees – Star Collector (M)
The Animals – Don’t Bring Me Down (D)
The Monkees – Porpoise Song (M)
Carole King – A Road to Nowhere (D)
Carole King – It’s Too Late (M)
The City – Now That Everything’s Been Said (D)
Isley Brothers – Sweet Seasons (M)
Georgie Famie – Point of No Return (D)
Byrds – Wasn’t Born to Follow (M)
Betty Everett – I Can’t Hear You (D)
Little Eva – The Locomotion (M)
Little Eva – He Is the Boy (D)
Little Eva – Where Do I Go (M)
Big Dee Irwin – Soul Waltzin (D)
Shirelles – What a Sweet Thing That Was (M)
The Chiffons – Easy to Love (So Hard to Get) (D)
Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move (M)
Big Dee Irwin – Happy Being Fat (D)
Bobby Womack – Natural Man (M)
Maxine Brown – Oh No Not My Baby (D)
Isley Brothers – It’s Too Late (M)
The Carpenters – It’s Going to Take Some Time (D)
The Crystals – He Hit Me (M)
Little Eva – What Do I Have to Do to Make You Jealous (D)
The Monkees – Sometime in the Morning (M)
Ben E. King – Show Me the Way (D)
The Chiffons – One Fine Day (M)
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme – I Want to Stay Here (D)
The Ronettes – Do I Love You (M) [Not Carole King]
Lesley Gore – The Old Crowd (D)
The Crystals – Da Doo Ron Ron (M) [Not Carole King]
The Drifters – At the Club (D)
Ben E. King – Don’t Play that Song (M) [Not Carole King]
The Drifters – When My Little Girl Is Smiling (D)
Freddy Cannon – Fractured [Not Carole King]
Little Eva – Old Smokey Locomotion (D)
Darlene Love – Marshmallow World (M) [Not Carole King]
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Righteous Brothers – Hung on You (M)
The Beatles – Don’t Ever Change (D)
The Beatles – Chains (M)
Gene Pitney – Every Breath I Take (D)
Carole King – Beautiful (M)
Carole King – Raspberry Jam (D)
Carole King – So Far Away (M)
The Drifters – Up on the Roof (D)
Monkees – As We Go Along (M)
The City – Man Without a Dream (D)
Sir Mack Rice – Baby I’m Coming Home (M) [Not Carole King]
Sidney Barnes – I Hurt on the Other Side (D) [Not Carole King]
Falcons – You’re So Fine (M) [Not Carole King]
The Soul Brothers – I Got a Dream (D) [Not Carole King]
Sims Twins – That’s Where It’s At (M) [Not Carole King]
Lou Johnson – There’s Always Something There to Remind Me (D) [Not Carole King]
Gene Chandler – If You Can’t Be True (M) [Not Carole King]
Leola and the Lovejoys – He Ain’t No Angel (D) [Not Carole King]
Mar Vells – Go On and Have Yourself a Ball (M) [Not Carole King]
Dixie Cups – You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me (D) [Not Carole King]
Crystals – Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby (M) [Not Carole King]
Tico and the Triumphs – Motorcycle (D) [Early Paul Simon – Not Carole King]
Shirelles – Baby It’s You (M) [Not Carole King]
Maxine Brown – It’s Gonna be Alright (D)
The Ronnettes – Be My Baby (M) [Not Carole King]
Dion – Take Good Care of My Baby (D)
Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown (M) [Not Carole King]
Everly Brothers – Don’t Ask Me to Be Friends (D) [Gerry Goffin but not Carole King]
Freddie Cannon – Palisades Park (M) [Not Carole King]
G. Kerr Orchestra – Backlash (M) [Not Carole King]
Carole King – Short Mort (D)
Neil Sedaka – Oh! Carol (D) [Not Carole King but written as a nod to her]
Curtis Lee- Just Another Fool (D)
Dee Dee Warwick – Yours Until Tomorrow (D)
Freddie Scott – Where Does Love Go (D)
Bobby Vee – I Can’t Say Goodbye (D)
Freddie Scott – The Slide (D)
Eydie Gorme – Everybody Go Home (D)
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