On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" last week, James Taylor told the story of how he came to record the song "You've Got a Friend," written by Carole King. It's his only #1 hit. Taylor met King in ...
While King didn’t write “You’ve Got a Friend” for Taylor, it was reportedly a response to one of the lines from his 1970 hit, “Fire and Rain.” The song is about how friends can be as important as ...