In the East Room on Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old singer-songwriter with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. King made famous such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got a Friend." Several friends from her five decades in the music business will be on hand to perform in King's honor, including Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sande, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood. [...] she since has gone on tour in Australia and plans to sing at a benefit concert for Boston Marathon bombing victims. More than 1,000 artists have recorded hundreds of King's songs, including The Beatles, Mary J. Blige, Cher, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand and many others. "When the Beatles got off the plane, the first person they wanted to meet was Carole King when they first came to America," he said Tuesday at a Library of Congress tribute for King.