Carole King was the surprise guest on the Today Show last week, bidding adieu to Meredith Vieira after her five year tenure on the show with a heartfelt version of “You’ve Got a Friend,” which you can watch here.
Just before going on Carole met Jimmy Fallon in the Today Show green room. Fallon was on-hand for this massive NBC lip dub tribute to Vieira. Tears and hugs were in abundance.
Carole King says goodbye to Vieira, hello to Fallon
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A Lifetime of Devotion
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It’s always a thrill to meet one of your heroes. And that’s what it was for me when I met our client Smokey Robinson in the green room before his appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
I’ve adored this legendary singer and songwriter since the first time I slow-danced to “Ooh Baby Baby.” And in person he’s charming, smart and thoughtful, as befits the man Bob Dylan once called “America’s greatest living poet.”
After Smokey sang “Girlfriend” from his new ‘Time Flies When You’re Having Fun‘ album – with The Roots earning their title as the world’s greatest house band – he did a special performance of “Tears of a Clown” for the studio audience, and it’s now online.
And I ask you: How can you not be crazy about a guy who can not only make a new album that iTunes calls “timelessly seductive” but can also use the word “Pagliacci” in a lyric?
