Tuesday, July 16, 2013

FRIEND and FRIENDSHIP chapter III

You've Got a Friend
"You've Got a Friend" is a friendship song from 1971, written by Carole King, and included in her album Tapestry and James Taylor's album Mud Slide Slim, which were recorded simultaneously in 1971 with shared musicians. Taylor's version was released as a single, and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.

"You've Got a Friend" won Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) and King (Song of the Year). Various artists have recorded the song over the years, including Dusty Springfield, Michael Jackson, and Donny Hathaway. Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, and Carole King performed the song at the VH1 Divas Live concert in 1998.

History
"You've Got a Friend" was written by Carole King during the January 1971 recording sessions for her own album Tapestry, and James Taylor's album Mud Slide Slim. King's album was recorded in an overlap with Taylor's, and King, Danny Kortchmar, and Joni Mitchell perform on both. The song is included on both albums; King said in a 1972 interview, that she "didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it and wanted to record it".
Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter. Her career began in the 1960s when King, along with her former husband Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists, many of which have become standards and she has continued writing for other artists since then. She had her first number 1hit as a songwriter in 1960 at age 18, with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which she wrote with Goffin. In 1997, she co-wrote "The Reason", which was a hit for Celine Dion.

Her success as a performer in her own right did not come until the the 1970s, when she would sing her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

In 2000, Joel Whitburn, a Billboard Magazine pop music researcher, named her the most successful female songwriter of 1955–99 because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2005 music historian Stuart Devoy found her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts 1952-2005.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry. Her most recent noncompilation album is Live at the Troubadour, a collaboration with James Taylor that reached number 4 on the charts in its first week and has sold over 600,000 copies.

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album, JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. His commercial achievements declined slightly until a resurgence during the late 1990s and 2000s, when some of his best-selling and most-awarded albums (including Hourglass, October Road and Covers) were released.

You've Got A Friend lyrics

When you're down and troubled.
And you need some love and care.
And nothing, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
and soon i will be there
to brighten up even your darkest night.

You just call out my name.
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, to see you again.
winter, spring, summer or fall
all ya have to do is call.
And i'll be there yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
close dark and full of clouds.
And that old north wind begins to blow.
Keep your head together.
and call my name out loud.

And soon you hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name.
And you know whereever I am
I'll come running, to see you again.
winter, spring, summer or fall
all ya have to do is call.
And i'll be there yes is will

Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
When people can be so cold.
The'll hurt you yes and desert you.
And the'll take your soul if you let them.
Oh but don't you let them.

You just call out my name.
And you know whereever I am
I'll come running, to see you again.
winter, spring, summer or fall
all ya have to do is call.
And i'll be there yes is will

You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know
You've got a friend

Ain't it good to know
Ain't it good to know
Ain't it good to know
You've got a friend

Oh yeah now
You've got a friend
Yeah baby
You've got a friend
Oh yeah

You've got a friend 

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