King had befriended Taylor after she relocated from New York City to Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Carole’s move had followed her split with her husband and longtime songwriting collaborator, Gerry ...

While King didn’t write “You’ve Got a Friend” for Taylor, it was reportedly a response to one of the lines from his 1970 hit, “Fire and Rain.” The song is about how friends can be as important as ...

Is it possible that the internet-friendly young bedroom-pop stars of today are just the current version of ’70s-style singer-songwriters? That this is just how the people who make circa-now pop are ...