IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL AND ALL THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CAROLE KING HAS MADE TO NEW YORK AND OUR COUNTRY; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 3
(Extensions of Remarks - January 08, 2019)
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IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING
MUSICAL AND ALL THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CAROLE KING HAS MADE TO
NEW YORK AND OUR COUNTRY
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HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY
of new york
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to
recognize my dear friend Carole King, arguably the most prodigious
singer-songwriter of our century, for the fifth anniversary of
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical which is based on her life and
career.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical opened on Broadway on January 12,
2014. After its first season the show won a Grammy for Best Musical
Theater Album as well as two Tony awards. In 2015 it opened on London's
West End, garnering 2 Olivier Awards. The show is now entering its
sixth year.
Carole King launched her extraordinary musical career as a songwriter
at the young age of seventeen with the song ``Will You Love Me
Tomorrow,'' co-written alongside her then-husband Gerry Goffin. She
continued to cowrite dozens of subsequent chart-topping songs until she
wrote her first solo song, ``Baby Sittin,'' in 1967. She made her
breakthrough as a musical artist in her own right when she released her
album Tapestry in 1971, which stayed on the charts for over six years
and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
To date, King has composed more than 100 hit singles and amassed
numerous prestigious musical awards, including four Grammy Awards. She
was the first woman to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
for Popular Song, which she was honored with in 2013. She has also been
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2015.
In addition to her prolific musical career, King has also dedicated
her exceptional abilities towards environmental activism and ensuring
the conservation of American wildlife, parks, and wild places. King is
a long-time resident of Idaho and began working with the Alliance for
the Wild Rockies in 1990, testifying on Capitol Hill against
legislation that would harm Idahoan natural spaces. She has also been a
stalwart and outspoken advocate of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem
Protection Act (NREPA), a bill I have introduced in every Congress
since the 103rd Congress. King testified in favor of NREPA in 2009
before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks,
Forests, and Public Lands.
Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the
extraordinary contributions of Carole King, whose environmentalism and
musical talents have bettered New York and our nation and inspired a
Broadway musical.
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