Immediately following this American Masters special at 10 p.m., WXXI-TV will present an encore boradcast of the 2013 Carole King: The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Douglas McGrath, writer of the Broadway musicalвЂ™s book, and author/music critic Anthony DeCurtis provide additional insights. King speaks candidly about her abusive marriage to Rick Evers, life on a ranch in Idaho, eco-activism, and initial hesitance about Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The storyline not only covers the work of King and her former husband and writing partner Gerry Goffin, but songs of their best friends and competitors, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. There, she achieved solo success and became a central figure in the 1970s singer-songwriter movement, along with her contemporaries James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. King didn't like the idea of a musical about herself until she read the book for the show by Douglas McGrath. New interviews with friends and colleagues, including fellow songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Tapestry producer Lou Adler, drummer Russ Kunkel, guitarist Danny вЂњKootchвЂќ Kortchmar, daughter and manager Sherry Goffin Kondor, lyricists Toni Stern and Carole Bayer Sager, and former manager Peter Asher, complete the biographical tapestry.Дirector George Scott (Rufus Wainwright вЂ“ Prima Donna, Great Performances вЂњElizabeth Taylor: EnglandвЂ™s Other ElizabethвЂќ) journeys through KingвЂ™s Brooklyn childhood, her early success co-writing some of the best-loved pop songs of the 1960s with then-husband Goffin for Aldon Music, and, following their divorce, her move to Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles with two young children. Weaving previously unseen and rare performances and home movies with a new, exclusive interview with King, American Masters вЂ“ Carole King: Natural Woman delves into her life and career. Now, King tells her own story in the new documentary American Masters вЂ“ Carole King: Natural Woman, premiering nationwide Friday, Februat 9 p.m. February 9, 1942) career as a singer-songwriter is unparalleled.В To date, more than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists, resulting in 100 hit singles, including songs co-written with Gerry Goffin: вЂњWill You Love Me TomorrowвЂќ (The Shirelles), вЂњUp on the RoofвЂќ (The Drifters) and вЂњ(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanвЂќ (Aretha Franklin). (Rochester, NY) вЂ“ Four-time Grammy Award-winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, recent Kennedy Center Honoree and the first woman to be awarded The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Carole KingвЂ™s (b.

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