''Wrap Around Joy'' is the sixth album by American singer and songwriter
Carole King
Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billbo ...
, released in 1974. The album peaked at number one on the
''Billboard'' 200 albums chart in late 1974 and spun off successful singles with "
Jazzman", which reached number two on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and earned King a nomination for
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in the
17th Grammy Awards (the award went to
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million record ...
for "
I Honestly Love You"); and "
Nightingale
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", which reached number nine on the Hot 100 chart and number six on the
Easy Listening
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chart.
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Track listing
Personnel
*Carole King – piano, vocals, backing vocals
*Charles Larkey – bass
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– drums
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Dean Parks
Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination.
Albums
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los A ...
– guitar
*
Danny Kortchmar – guitar
*Horn section:
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George Bohanon
George Roland Bohanon Jr. (August 7, 1937 – November 8, 2024) was an American jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Biography
In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, ...
**Fred Jackson, Jr.
**Mike Altschul
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Chuck Findley
Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical ab ...
**Gene Coe
**
Dick "Slyde" Hyde
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Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...
*
Tom Scott – saxophone solo on "Jazzman"
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Jim Horn
James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.
Biography
Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for ...
– saxophone solo on "Wrap Around Joy"
*Abigale Haness – backing vocals
*Sherry and
Louise Goffin – backing vocals on "Nightingale"
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The Eddie Kendricks Singers – choir vocals on "We Are All in This Together"
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The David Campbell String Section – strings on "We Are All in This Together"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1974 albums
Carole King albums
Albums produced by Lou Adler
Ode Records albums