Liberated Ladies Writing Hit Songs Redefine Seventies Music
Hollywood AP Linda Deutsch reports a wave of women shaping soft rock with writing and performing. Carole King leads with five million selling Tapestry and hits like It's Too Late You've Got a Friend. Joni Mitchell Laura Nyro Carly Simon and others also top the scene. The era marks shifting gender roles in music and enduring female artistry.
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Women in music push through industry bias and change
Carly Simon, 26, rising star with two hit albums, says strength runs in her family as she confronts busi ness snobbery tied to her father’s Simon and Schuster fame. She collaborates with Jacob Brackman. Dory Previn, veteran lyricist, notes music makes her words matter. She recalls late Fifties scores, the shift to female power, and the new freedom for women in music.
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