Read excerpts from the book and enjoy listening to the songs referenced in those pages from Sheila Weller's best-selling book Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation.
"This site is a live museum of what we all heard growing up in the baby boomer generation. It's a perfect companion to the book - I love it!" Sheila Weller
Girls Like Us is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them - confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation - female version - but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliche'. The history of the women of that generation has never been written - until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs.
This site hopes to provide further education into that transforming era by providing a musical accompaniment through the pages of Sheila Weller's (New York Times bestseller) biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation of women. (Get the book for full story - the portions used here are to provide an introduction to the music referenced in the pages of the book) ENJOY!
Be sure to join us on Facebook too. The author of Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller is a regular visitor to our Facebook site and many of the people interviewed for the book are also there.
Sheila Weller's new book "Girls Like Us" is a page-turner of the first order. Weller stretches ambitiously to create three overlapping biographies of these pop stars. She succeeds by sheer force of will and by inner-circle access that helps her to interview seemingly the friends, colleagues, and family members who knew them. Boston Globe
“Girls Like Us” is best read with its stars’ celestial hits as an accompanying soundtrack and with a new open-mindedness about these stories. New York Times
What a fantastic site! Never seen anything like this before. Just bought the book, so I'll be back.
Posted by: Sophia Young | October 2010 at 11:25 AM
Beautiful site, beautiful music ... thanks!
Posted by: Nina Burleigh | October 2010 at 09:56 AM
Carly,
OMG I am on the last Cd and I admit i am milking it a bit ...I don't want to stop.
I have loved your journeys and have formed opions and real feelings about all 3 of you .. and admire all of you , I have always loved James Taylor and now am not sure to give him a high five or a punch in the face. You all grew up in such a marked transitional time.. I noticed you all looked toward religion a little i too am looking there for the final answer at the end of the day.
That may be wher you find the final rymes and rythms..
any way you Rock!
Love L
Posted by: Lisa | October 2010 at 10:12 PM
So cool life,the posts you told us something interesting,we want to know how you did it?I want to get more detail information from you,thanks.
Posted by: jordan 13 | October 2010 at 10:31 PM
Just started the book and am savoring every page. Sheila is truly a gifted storyteller, and she's chosen the perfect story for me to get lost in. I plan to read this book verrrrrrry slowly.
Posted by: Karen Burd | October 2010 at 04:31 PM
A great man is always willing to be little.
Posted by: jordan | November 2010 at 10:28 PM
I'm just confused why Joan Baez was not considered. If any one woman would be considered a pioneer in the 60's for Women's Liberation, it would be J. Baez.
I would really like to have the author's feedback on this.
Posted by: mcreese | December 2010 at 12:13 PM
Andrew Sister first female group to have #1 song in 1937
Posted by: mcreese | December 2010 at 12:28 PM
Carly i'm posting this in hope you will contact me I have writen lylic and can play melody to it but fear my time is growing short in this world could use some help! please ThankYou;David Email dpfaffenbach1@roadrunner.com
Posted by: David Pfaffenbach | January 2011 at 10:56 AM
Thanks so much for this unique site. I recently read the book and was wondering about so many of the music references. this is quite an education.
Posted by: Melody French | September 2011 at 06:27 PM
Hmmm...Saskatoon is 1800 miles north of North Dakota? Please check your facts, ma'am. Joni's home was less than 500 miles from Minot, ND.
Nonetheless, I will enjoy reading this triography!
Posted by: Judith | November 2012 at 02:29 PM
This was a great idea. LOVE Carly Simon! Pretty excited she might hear one of my songs too.. She's judging http://www.unsignedonly.com this year. So cool!
Posted by: Kevin | November 2012 at 12:09 PM
This was a great idea. LOVE Carly Simon! Pretty excited she might hear one of my songs.. She's judging http://www.unsignedonly.com this year. So cool!
Posted by: Kevin | November 2012 at 12:12 PM
I just Love those three divas they gave the whole wrold lots of great music!!
Posted by: singer songwriter gali avinoam | January 2013 at 04:27 PM
I'm so excited about this compilation of 60's singers. My mother would be so delighted to learn about this news. She's a big fan of Carole King that she wished me to follow her footsteps. Unfortunately, I wasn't gifted with a carole-king-like-voice so I can't possibly fulfill her wish.
Posted by: write a paper online | February 2013 at 11:32 PM
great music! u site very nice... i for shared post..
Posted by: Canlı Radyo | April 2013 at 02:50 PM
Check out this amazing auction item from Carly Simon donated to benefit Partners for Youth with Disabilities, a Boston-based nonprofit that has been providing mentoring programs and youth development opportunities to youth with disabilities since 1985.
https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=197636442
Posted by: Erin from PYD | May 2013 at 03:06 PM