Nightingale (Carole King song)

"Nightingale"
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Single by Carole King
from the album Wrap Around Joy
B-side	"You're Something New"
Released	December 17, 1974
Format	7"
Genre	Pop / Rock
Length	3:36
Label	Ode Records
Writer(s)	Carole King and David Palmer
Producer(s)	Lou Adler
Carole King singles chronology
"Jazzman" (1974) "Nightingale" (1975) "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 number nine on March 1, 1975, on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent the week before at number one on the Easy Listening chart.

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.

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	9
Billboard Easy Listening	1

See also

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

References

"Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation"[1]