Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song) her 1965 album "Runnin' Out of Fools"; Franklin performed the song (with Ray Johnson providing the counter-vocal) on the March 10, 1965 episode of the TV program "Shindig!". Franklin's version of "Mockingbird" was one of several tracks to which Columbia Records company gave a single release after the singer's commercial success with Atlantic Records in 1967; released at the same time as Franklin's Atlantic single album "Chain of Fools"—which would reach #2—Franklin's version of "Mockingbird" scored two weeks at #94 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in December 1967. American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and James Taylor recorded a remake of "Mockingbird"
Sweet Seasons Sweet Seasons “Sweet Seasons” is a song written by Carole King and Toni Stern which appeared on King's 1971 album "Music". It was the only charting single from the album, and was her second of four U.S. Top 10 hits. The song reached number nine in the United States and number 12 in Canada. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit in both nations, reaching numbers 2 and 21, respectively. The song was also popular in Germany, particularly among younger people. "E! News" reporter Josh Grossberg described it as one of King's biggest hits. Musicologist James Perone describes Stern's lyrics