Today Carole King celebrates her birthday. Carole King influenced me musically even before I ever heard of her. She wrote songs for so many groups, including The Monkees Pleasant Valley Sunday, Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin, James Taylor's You've Got A friend...
It seems as if everybody loves Eric Clapton...and he's been in so many bands...Cream, Blind Faith, The Yardbirds just to name a few. And of course he's had a brilliant solo career. But my favorite time in Eric's career is the time he spent with Derek and the Dominos...