# The singer Carole King believed changed music and humanity forever

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-singer-carole-king-believed-changed-music-and-humanity-forever/
- Published: 2026-10-30T03:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T03:10:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-singer-carole-king-believed-changed-music-and-humanity-forever/
- Topics: Business, Entertainment, Markets, Music

## Key points

- Carole King said Aretha Franklin’s influence extended beyond music.
- Franklin brought gospel feeling into pop and other genres.
- King praised Franklin’s 2015 tribute performance of “A Natural Woman”.

## Summary

Carole King said Aretha Franklin’s influence reached beyond popular music, praising her ability to bring gospel’s emotional force into pop, soul, R&B and rock. King believed Franklin’s singing could move people and affect humanity because she performed with joy, commitment and a sense of spiritual intensity.

King wrote “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” with Gerry Goffin for Franklin in the late 1960s. At the 2015 Kennedy Centre Honours, Franklin performed the song in tribute to King, who said the rendition took it to a new level. Franklin’s career included 18 Grammy Awards and 75 million records sold; Barack Obama also praised her ability to capture the breadth of the American experience through song.

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