Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King explained

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
Type:	studio
Artist:	Carole King
Cover:	Pearls Carole King.jpg
Released:	June 1980^[1]
Recorded:	January 1980 at Pecan Street Studios, Austin, TX
Length:	33:22
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Carole King, Mark Hallman
Prev Title:	Touch the Sky
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	One to One
Next Year:	1982

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King is an album by the American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in June 1980.^{[2] [3]} It produced her last hit to date, "One Fine Day", which reached No. 12 on the charts.

Personnel

• Carole King – lead vocals, piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10)
• Reese Wynans – keyboards
• Eric Johnson – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Christopher Cross – rhythm guitar (2, 6, 8)
• Mark Maniscalco – banjo
• Charles Larkey – bass guitar
• Steve Meador – drums
• Miguel Rivera – congas, percussion
• Bill Ginn – horn and string arrangements, conductor
• Akira Endo – strings director
• Richard Hardy – flute, alto saxophone, sax solos
• Tomás Ramírez – tenor saxophone
• Donald Knaub – bass trombone
• Michael Munday – trombone
• Ray Crisara – trumpet, cornet (8)
• Bobby Meyer – trumpet, cornet (8)
• Betty Whitlock – fiddle (9)
• Mark Hallman – backing vocals (6), guitar (10), harmonica (10)
• Oscar Ford Jr. – backing vocals (8)
• Gloria Hines – backing vocals (8)
• Deborah North – backing vocals (8)
• Lydia North – backing vocals (8)

Production

• Producers – Carole King and Mark Hallman
• Engineer – Chet Himes
• Assistant Engineer – James Tuttle
• Mastered by Bobby Hata at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Dick Reeves and John Wilson
• Photography – Sherry Goffin

Chart positions

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	52
Canada RPM Albums Chart^[5]	96
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape^[6]	44

External links

• Carole King discography.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carole King - Pearls - Songs Of Goffin And King - hitparade.ch.
2. Shewey . Don . Pearls—Songs of Goffin and King . Rolling Stone . Aug 7, 1980 . 323 . 50.
3. Feldman . Jim . Carole King Pearls—Songs of Goffin and King . Creem . Sep 1, 1980 . 12 . 4 . 58, 59.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 166/167.
5. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0228b&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=3td8m3mergtfdmr8b7qq9fm517 Library and Archives Canada.
6. Allmusic - Carole King > Pearls > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums