Question: How many pop hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999 has this American composer and singer-songwriter of "It's Going to Take Some Time" written or co-written? 

Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.  She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999.  King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005. <SEP> Buddy Brock is an American country music songwriter.  His biggest hits to date are "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart and made the "Billboard" Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992.  Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), which reached #6 on the "Billboard" country chart); "Haunted Heart" (co-written with Kim Williams), a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw; and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), a top-40 country hit. <SEP> The Midnighters were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan.  They were an influential group in the 1950s and early 1960s, with many R&B hit records.  They were also notable for launching the career of lead singer Hank Ballard and the worldwide dance craze the Twist.  Between 1953 and 1962 the Midnighters had almost two dozen hits on the U.S. Pop & R&B charts.  Their big hits included the million-selling Billboard Top 10 pop hits "Finger Popping Time" (for which they received a 1961 Grammy Award nomination), and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go".  The Midnighters also had 13 Top 10 R&B hits, including three that reached number 1.  Their Top 10 R&B hits included "Work with Me, Annie", "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)", "Annie Had a Baby", "The Hoochi Coochi Coo", "Teardrops on Your Letter", "Get It", "The Float" and "Nothing but Good".  They received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award in 1992 and were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.  The group's lead singer, Hank Ballard, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.  The Midnighters as a "group" were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012. <SEP>  It was redone by the Carpenters in 1972 for their fourth album, "A Song for You".  According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7" singles he had to listen to. "It's Going to Take Some Time" is a song written by Carole King and Toni Stern for King’s 1971 album, "Music".  When he encountered "It's Going to Take Some Time", he knew it would be a hit, and recorded it.  The song peaked at number 12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.  Tim Weisberg played the flute during the instrumental section of the song.