Nightingale (Carole King song)

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"Nightingale"
Nightingale single cover.jpeg
Single by Carole King
from the album Wrap Around Joy
B-side"You're Something New"
ReleasedDecember 17, 1974
GenrePop / Rock
Length3:36
LabelOde Records
Songwriter(s)Carole King and David Palmer
Producer(s)Lou Adler
Carole King singles chronology
"Jazzman"
(1974) 		"Nightingale"
(1974) 		"Only Love Is Real"
(1976)

"Nightingale" is a song written by Carole King and David Palmer. "Nightingale" first appeared on her top-selling album Wrap Around Joy, which was released in mid-July 1974, but was released as a single in December. The song has since been put on many of her compilation albums, including her certified platinum album Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago.

The song, like the album Wrap Around Joy, got off to a slow start, but eventually charted high. "Nightingale" peaked at No. 9 in the Billboard Hot 100, on March 1, 1975, and spent the week before at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.[1]

Recording[]

While Carole King is the lead singer of this song in the 1974 version, her daughters Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin sang backup. At the time, they were children.

Reception[]

Billboard stated that "Nightingale" is a return to her earlier style compared to her previous single "Jazzman" and has "fine soft melodies set off by her distinctive vocalizing."[2]

Charts[]

Chart (1974–75) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 9
Billboard Easy Listening[1] 1

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 136.
  2. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. December 21, 1974. p. 69. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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