You've Got a Friend
Carole King
1971
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Carole King - Tapestry original album and credits
1971 Ode/A&M album program includes You've Got a Friend, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, It's Too Late and I Feel the Earth Move. Album credits name King piano/vocals, producer Lou Adler and A&M studios.
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Carole King's own recording of You've Got a Friend opens the second half of the original Tapestry program from 1971. Lou Adler produced the album, recorded at A&M studios, with King credited on piano and vocals. The track belongs to King's own studio album sequence; her later concert performances remain separate recordings.
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Carole King - Tapestry original album and credits
1971 Ode/A&M album program includes You've Got a Friend, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, It's Too Late and I Feel the Earth Move. Album credits name King piano/vocals, producer Lou Adler and A&M studios. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Original 1971 studio recording family
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Carole King - Tapestry original album and credits
1971 Ode/A&M album program includes You've Got a Friend, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, It's Too Late and I Feel the Earth Move. Album credits name King piano/vocals, producer Lou Adler and A&M studios.
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