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Carole King's Musical Intuition, in Her Own Words

Feb 26, 2016 | 831 videos
Video by Virgil Films

The new documentary Carole King: Natural Woman charts the singer-songwriter’s story from 1960s New York City, to the music mecca of 70’s LA, to the present. In this short excerpt from the film, we hear from King as she talks about her precocious songwriting and the dreams she always had for herself. The documentary premiered on PBS on February 19, 2016, and is now available on iTunes and Amazon.

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Author: Nadine Ajaka

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