Don Costa
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Dominick P. "Don" Costa was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including Sinatra and Strings and My Way.
Costa in 1961
Carole King
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Carole King Klein 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 during
Don Costa
…He wrote the first, "Ponytail", as an R&B instrumental. The second was a cover version of "Raunchy" by Bill Justis. In 1957, he signed 15-year-old Carole King to her first recording contract on the strength of her performance after she talked her way into an audition at his office. In 1959, Costa, Lawrence…
King in 2002
King on the cover of Cash Box; May 15, 1971
King c. 1977
King performing aboard USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean in 2000