1974 Carole King – Nightingale (US:#9)
“Nightingale” is a song written by Carole King and David Palmer. “Nightingale” first appeared on her top-selling album Wrap Around Joy, which was released in mid-July 1974, but was released as a single in December. The song has since been put on many of her compilation albums, including her certified platinum album Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago.
The song, like the album Wrap Around Joy, got off to a slow start, but eventually charted high. “Nightingale” peaked at No. 9 in the Billboard Hot 100, on March 1, 1975, and spent the week before at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.
While Carole King is the lead singer of this song in the 1974 version, her daughters Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin sang backup. At the time, they were children.
Album
Wrap Around Joy is the sixth album by American singer and songwriter Carole King, released in 1974. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart in late 1974 and spun off successful singles with “Jazzman”, reaching number two on the Pop chart and earning Carole King a nomination for Best Pop […]
Muscians
| Bass | Charles Larkey |
| Drums | Andy Newmark |
| Guitar | Danny Kortchmar |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Keyboards | Carole King |
| Horns | Chuck Findley |
| Horns | Dick Hyde |
| Horns | Ernie Watts |
| Horns | Fred Jackson |
| Horns | Gene Goe |
| Horns | George Bohanon |
| Horns | Mike Altschul |
| Background Vocals | Abigale Haness |
| Background Vocals | Louise Goffin |
| Background Vocals | Sherry Goffin |
| Vocals | Carole King |
Produced By
Lou Adler
Songwriters
Carole King
David Palmer
Charts
US:# 2
UK:# –