black music, which began appearing on the regular hit tunes charts (Weller 4, 34). Although black and white music had previously remained separate, the advent of songs like "Shrimp Boats" and singers like Elvis Presley created a crossover effect that resulted in R&B genre, and King's music was predominantly based on R&B (Weller 34, 425). Harvey Kubernik recalls, "When she recorded 'Natural Woman,' I don't recall anyone moaning that she wasn't the singer that Aretha Franklin was. It was simply another shade of soul." Kubernik characterizes King's voice as "plaintive, emotional...right-from-the-heart...No slick string charts sweetening the tune-just a solitary singer delivering an emotional statement."
Weller (30) describes Carole as an "Every-woman...a craftsman, a tunesmith" and characterizes her songs as "celebrat[ing] easy-to-grasp feelings in an op
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