"Nightingale" is a song written by Carole King

Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

 and David Palmer

David Palmer

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. "Nightingale" first appeared on her top-selling album Wrap Around Joy

Wrap Around Joy

Wrap Around Joy is a 1974 album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album hit #1 on the Billboard album charts in the fall of 1974 and spun off successful singles with "Jazzman" and "Nightingale" .The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Carole...

, which was released in mid-July 1974, but was released as a single in December. The song has since been put on many of her compilation albums, including her certified platinum album Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago

Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago

Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago is the first official compilation album by Carole King. It was released in 1978 and features twelve songs that had previously appeared on her six studio albums released between 1971 and 1976...

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The song, like the album Wrap Around Joy, got off to a slow start, but eventually charted high. "Nightingale" peaked at number nine on March 1, 1975, on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and spent one week at number one on the Easy Listening chart.

Recording

While Carole King is the lead singer of this song in the 1974 version, her daughters Louise Goffin

Louise Goffin

Louise Lynn Goffin is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Signed by record executive Lenny Waronker to Dreamworks in 1999, Louise released her critically acclaimed CD Sometimes a Circle on Dreamworks in 2002...

and Sherry Goffin sang backup. At the time they were children.

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	9
Billboard Easy Listening	1