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Following failure as a trio called The City, and her own 1970 solo debut, Writer, Tapestry finally sealed the deal.
The record saw her reclaim some of the songs she co-wrote with Goffin for others, includingWill You Love Me Tomorrow (Shirelles), and You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman).
King wrote over half of Tapestry’s 12 songs on her own, including You’ve Got A Friend, that also became a hit for Taylor in 1971; the funky I Feel The Earth Move; the soulful, sombre ballads So Far Away and Way Over Yonder; and the uptempoBeautiful.
There was also Tapestry’s iconic album cover featuring King in an early 1970s look of naturally curly hair, Levis jeans and bare feet.
Photographer Jim McCrary, who died in 2012, produced the natural looking photo of King sitting next to a window in her Laurel Canyon home by placing her cat, Telemachus, in the foreground.
Tapestry set a record at the time by capturing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts for 15 weeks. The album held that title until Michael Jackson beat her with the release of Thriller in 1982.
Selling 30 million copies around the globe, the album also won four 1972 Grammy Awards and remained on the charts for six years.
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