Carole King – Really Rosie (LP Vinyl)

Before Tapestry made her a household name, King had already spent years writing some of pop's most enduring songs for other artists, so it's fitting that her most playful release found her setting someone else's words to music. Her collaboration with Maurice Sendak on this animated television soundtrack brought the characters of the Nutshell Library to life with a lightness that stands apart from the rest of her catalog, proof that King's melodic instincts translated just as naturally to children's storytelling as to anything else she touched.