THE music of legendary performer Carole King will be brought to life on the stage in Reading next month.

Carole - The Music of Carole King is the story of the career of one of the most successful and admired songwriters in the history of popular music.

With a cast of the UK’s finest musicians, singers and dancers, the show tells the story of the music of Carole King, from its early beginnings in New York in that hotbed of creativity that was the Brill Building, to life in LA, The Troubadour Club and the singer-songwriter movement of early 70’s California.

The show, which comes to The Hexagon on Monday, October 14, features not only songs from the Carole King songbook but also songs that were written and recorded by some of the greatest artists and songwriting partnerships and iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin, The Drifters, The Shirelles, The Monkees, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Little Eva, Herman’s Hermits and James Taylor.

The incredible journey through the music that defined an era will have audience members on their feet and dancing in the aisles.

King’s major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits.

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 the album Tapestry, which topped the US album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.

Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide and 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.

For tickets to Carole: The Music of Carole King, go online to www.readingarts.com/hexagon or call the box office on 0118 960 6060.