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Really Rosie is a 1975 album by Carole King that functions as the original television soundtrack for Maurice Sendak’s Really Rosie. King composed and performed the music, while Sendak supplied the story, illustrations, and lyrics, adapting material connected with his children’s books, including songs from The Nutshell Library. The album is arranged as a sequence of short character songs and musical scenes for the half-hour animated CBS special, placing it in children’s music and soundtrack repertory. [Carole King official discography](https://www.caroleking.com/discography/album/really-rosie)

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Who created Really Rosie?

Really Rosie combines music by Carole King with story and lyrics by children's author Maurice Sendak. King also provided the singing and speaking voice for Rosie in the animated television special.

Was Really Rosie originally an album or a television special?

It was developed as a soundtrack album for an animated CBS television special that first aired in February 1975. The album can therefore feel different from Carole King's conventional pop records such as Tapestry.

What is the story of Really Rosie?

Rosie is an imaginative Brooklyn girl who decides to stage a musical about her life and neighborhood friends. The characters and songs draw on Sendak works including The Nutshell Library, with Carole King's music shaping the production.

Has Really Rosie been reissued?

A 50th-anniversary vinyl reissue was announced for February 28, 2025, through Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. That edition contains 11 original soundtrack recordings by Carole King with Sendak's words. [Carole King official site](https://www.caroleking.com/news/50th-anniversary-really-rosie)

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