The multi Grammy-award winning Carole King hit the pop music charts when she was 17 and has been making music ever since. She has been featured in a documentary, received the Kennedy Center Honors for her “extraordinary achievements that have left an indelible mark on civilization,” and was the first woman to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Her music and life story are the subject of a hit Broadway musical, which shows in Seattle in April. Photo by Elissa Klein.

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Seattle Celebrates Carole King

The award-winning musical based on her life comes to Seattle in April

Long before she was Carole King — the chart-topping music legend—she was Carol Klein, Brooklyn girl with passion and chutzpah