Barbra Streisand covered "Beautiful" as the opening track of her 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand. Anne Murray recorded "Beautiful" for her 1972 album release Annie. Richard Marx covered "Beautiful" on the 1995 tribute album Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King. Allmusic critic William Ruhlmann described Marx's version as one of the best covers on the album. "Beautiful" has also been covered by Julie Conant and by The Overtures. And, more recently, by Jonathan Rayson on his 2006 album "Shiny and New".
