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Coming up, some of the greatest songs of the 70s have one thing in common. Even though they are classics and you hear all the time on classic rock radio, they were never hits. Some struggled and did not make the Top 40 on the Billboard chart, and some were not even released as singles. We’ll share the story of legendary singer Carole King who had 24 hits before the age of 20, but when she went solo, naysayers said her voice was too weak to make an impact… she answered with the best-selling solo album of the decade. Then there was the song Rock and Roll that Led Zeppelin was struggling to record, so they just started jamming on the spot, and by accident, that jam became the greatest encore song in rock history. Plus, the song Can’t You Hear Me Knocking that the Rolling Stones played as a warm-up, but the warm-up was so great that, unbeknownst to them, the tape was rolling, and it became one of the greatest songs of the time. Plus, John Lennon’s How Do You Sleep, a track that energized a feud between the most prolific writing duo of all time, and a teenage fiddle player who snuck into one of the most famous sessions in rock history and played a part randomly that would go down in history. Let’s do this.

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We’re teeing off our countdown of the Top 10 Non-Hits of 71, with the incomparable Carole King with…“Beautiful” at #10: Carole King’s "Beautiful" carries a message of self-love and inner validation, inspired in part by the everyday details she observed riding the New York City subway. From the iconic Tapestry album, the song suggests that how we see the world mirrors our inner feelings. It stands as a personal anthem of reinvention, marking King’s transition from a songwriter-for-hire in the 60s to a confident, independent solo artist. The crazy thing about Carole King is she hated her own voice, and it didn’t help that some critics said her voice was too thin and too weak to make it. She had written 24 hits as a teenager before she was 20, and she’s ended up proving the naysayers wrong and has the #1 solo record of the 70s with Tapestry… So let’s talk about Beautiful…

While riding along on the hectic New York City subway, Carole watched the mix of commuters and strangers around her and found it all very interesting. She came to the realization that how she saw others reflected her own inner feelings, and that beauty starts with how you feel about yourself, not with how others perceive you. Carole often acted as an observer while riding the train, imagining stories about people’s lives in public spaces. On the subway, choosing to notice the beauty in others—even if they didn’t look happy helped her cultivate a sense of inner confidence. The song’s central line, “you’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart,” comes from that realization that you’re beautiful as you feel.

“Beautiful” was also chosen as the title for the musical about the life of Carole King, the song was not a hit. It was not even released as a single. Still, it was a pivotal track in Carole’s transition to her solo career.
When she collaborated with her ex-husband, Gerry Goffin, she composed the music, while Gerry wrote the lyrics, so she lacked confidence in her lyricism, and she was very self-conscious about her singing voice. When Gerry & Carole divorced, The story of Pink Floyd , the Who, the Beatles and more.