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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.
Goffin & Keller Little Eva: 20 13 Note: Early copies credit the song incorrectly to Goffin and King, rather than Goffin and Keller. The writing credit was later changed to add George Goldner and Herbie Cox, who had written the melodically similar "Little Girl of Mine" for The Cleftones in 1956. [4] [5] "Don't Try To Fight It, Baby" Goffin & Keller
YearSong [1]Original Artist [1]U.s. Hot 100196111961631961Bobby Vee1196132May 14, 2023 · Goffin, who was studying chemistry, and also an aspiring songwriter, asked King to help him write a musical. The two were married a year later in a Jewish wedding on Long Island when King was just 17.
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2020 U.K. Tour. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others.
Jun 19, 2014 · Gerry Goffin began writing lyrics as a boy in Queens, New York. In 1958, while attending Queens College, he met and married composer Carole King, who became his musical partner. In the ten years they… Read Full Biography
Jun 19, 2014 · Gerry Goffin and Carole King at the RCA recording studio in New York around 1959. ... He asked her to help him write a musical. She was interested in rock ‘n’ roll. They hit it off anyway, and ...
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King took a look, said she wasn't interested and added "You know, I write rock 'n' roll songs" but allowed Goffin drive her home. Soon she was writing songs for his musical, he writing lyrics for her songs. Gerald Goffin was born February 11, 1939 in Jamaica Queens, his father a salesman and mother a housewife.
