"Jazzman," Carole King (1974)

Carole King and Lisa Simpson both rock this tune.

Peak: #2 on the Hot 100
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I’ll get to Carole King in a second, but let’s start with Tom Scott, the guy who plays the sick-ass sax solo on “Jazzman.” He isn’t the slightest bit famous, but he’s had an amazing career. He wrote the music for the Family Ties theme song. He was in The Blues Brothers band. He played a crazy instrument called …