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Carole King rock album 'Tapestry' turns 50: Why it matters


USA TODAY
Carole King s Tapestry  turns 50 today, bringing its legacy of love, friendship and female empowerment into a new decade. 
Filled with hits  So Far Away, Beautiful and I Feel the Earth Move , Tapestry was the most Grammy-winning album released in 1971. It earned King four awards: record of the year for “It’s Too Late”, album of the year, song of the year for “You’ve Got A Friend” and best pop vocal performance, female. King didn t accept the awards in person, having recently given birth. 
It was just about the most successful album of the decade, and proof that women could rule rock s formerly male-dominated world, Sheila Weller, author of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation  wrote for AARP. ....

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