Carole King: A Teenage Songwriter in the Music Business

Carole King began getting paid for her songs when she was 16 years old. More

Carole King, songwriters and friends Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and others describe the music business and work of songwriters in the 1950s and 1960s. As a 16-year-old living in Queens, King would bring her music to two publishing houses in Manhattan and get paid $25 for a composition that would be given to a recording artist. She soon paired professionally and in marriage with Gerry Goffin.

AIR DATE 2/19/16