MARION SAUVEBOIS previews a show celebrating the careers of two classic songwriters of the modern era

FROM the creators of smash-hit West End show The Simon & Garfunkel Story comes a brand new production celebrating two of the world’s greatest songwriters of all time – James Taylor and Carole King.

Telling a delicate story of friendship, You’ve Got A Friend revisits all their timeless hits including I Feel The Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, How Sweet It Is, Fire & Rain, You Make Me Feel and of course You’ve Got A Friend.

Carole King’s career began in the 1960s when she, along with her then husband Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists, many of which have become standards. King’s success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with Tapestry, which topped the US album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and stayed in the charts for more than six years.

King has released 25 solo albums. Her most recent non-compilation album was Live at the Troubadour in 2010 – a collaboration with James Taylor that reached number four in the charts and has sold more than 600,000 copies. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. James Taylor is a five-time Grammy Award winner. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the single Fire and Rain and had his first number one hit the following year with You’ve Got a Friend, a recording of Carole King’s classic song. He achieved his first number one album in the US in 2015 with Before This World.

You’ve Got A Friend – The Music of James Taylor and Carol King comes to the Wyvern Theatre on Sunday, June 26 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £19. Call 01793 524481 or visit swindontheatres.co.uk