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At college he met Carol Joan Klein, who had started writing songs under the name Carole King. They began collaborating on songwriting, with King writing the music and Goffin the lyrics, and began a relationship. When King became pregnant, they left college and married in August 1959 when he was 20 and she was 17.
Jun 19, 2014 · June 19, 2014. Gerry Goffin, who collaborated with Carole King to write some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, songs that endured through generations and became classics, including “Will You...
Jun 19, 2014 · Gerry Goffin, a hit songwriter and former husband of Carole King, died early Thursday. He was 75. Together with King, he wrote such classics as “The Loco-Motion,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow ...
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Jun 20, 2014 · Lyricist Gerry Goffin, whose songwriting partnership in the early 1960s with then-wife Carole King yielded some of the most indelible hits of the era, died Thursday at home in Los Angeles,...
- meredith.blake@latimes.com
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Jun 20, 2014 · He was 75. His wife, Michelle Goffin, confirmed his death. Goffin, who married King in 1959, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including “Pleasant Valley Sunday” for the Monkees, “Some Kind of Wonderful” for the Drifters and “Take Good Care of My Baby” by Bobby Vee.
- mkennedy@ap.org
- Entertainment Writer, Editor And Critic
Jun 19, 2014 · David Livingston/Getty Images. Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who cowrote the hits “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “The Loco-Motion” and “ (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” with his ex-wife...
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Jun 20, 2014 · Songwriter Gerry Goffin, who penned chart-topping songs with his then-wife Carole King and later solo, has died at the age of 75 in Los Angeles.
