Both albums included "You've Got a Friend", which was a number 1 hit for Taylor; King said in a 1972 interview that she "didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. He was 75. Contact Us It also debuted on Billboards Top Independent Albums chart and Top Internet Albums chart at No. [4] Goffin also had a daughter, Dawn, with Jeanie Reavis ( Earl-Jean McCrea ). I had always been judgmental about women who stayed in abusive relationships, she shared in her memoir. [4], Gerry Goffin was married to Carole King between 1959 and 1969; they had two daughters, singer-songwriter Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin Kondor. Began working at the Brill Building and wrote a series of number one hits " Will You Love Me Tomorrow " performed by the Shirelles in . It entered The New York Times best seller list at No.6.[71][72]. The album also charted at 51 in Australia. King, while backing the project, had avoided seeing it for months because it dredged up sad memories. [67] The second album, Live at the Troubadour was released in May 2010, a collaboration between King and Taylor. She then married Rick Evers and later claimed that he had brutally assaulted her and that he was a cocaine addict. 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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 Carole King, has died in his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday of natural causes. 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Also in 2001, King composed a song for All About Chemistry album by Semisonic, with the band's frontman Dan Wilson. know, I write rock 'n' roll songs" but allowed Goffin drive her home. Is Carole King married? Goffin immediately began writing and King composing, The result was By her senior year Klein had released 1 on the Billboard singles chart seven times, in addition to dozens of Top 40 singles Goffin struck out on his own as a performer in 1973 with the Dylanesque double album It Aint Exactly Entertainment. It took 23 years before Goffin managed a follow-up, Back Room Blood, with Bob Dylan himself as a collaborator. Gerry was a good man with a dynamic force, whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come, King said. Goffin was her college boyfriend,. Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. Photo courtesy Photofest. In 1982, the mom of four married carpenter Rick Sorenson. Goffin then married songwriter Ellen Minasian in the 1980s and had one daughter, Lauren, in 1984. ", James H. BillingtonLibrarian of Congress[79]. Total ticket sales exceeded 700,000 and the tour grossed over 59 million dollars, making it one of the most successful tours of the year. She finally sat through it in April. Fame in 1990 Japanese record labels Sony and Victor reissued most of King's albums, including the works from the late 1970s previously unavailable on compact disc. In January, 1961, "Will You Goffin, who married King in 1959 while they were in their teens, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including Pleasant Valley Sunday for the Monkees, Crying in the Rain by the Everly Brothers, Some Kind of Wonderful and On Broadway for the Drifters and Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee. Their story served as the basis for the musical Beautiful: The Carole King Story, which garnered seven Tony nominations this year and won two, including Best Actress for Jessie Muellers portrayal of King. Duet: Gerry Goffin pictured with his wife Michelle at the opening night of his former spouse's Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, in New York. Inside Frogmore Cottage: Plush home Harry and Meghan have been 'evicted' from by King Charles boasts a roomy A royal princess at Eton? King has been married four times, to Gerry Goffin, Charles Larkey, Rick Evers, and Rick Sorenson. Scientist of songwriting: Goffin was born in Brooklyn in 1939 and was working as an assistant chemist when he met Carole King at Queens College, Young and in love: Goffin and King got married in 1959 while they were still in their teens, Musical dream team: The young couple quit their day jobs and began churning out hit songs together, Unstoppable: Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd) poses for a portrait with (L-R) producer Al Nevins, songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin who wrote The Loco-Motion, and producer Don Kirshner on August 29, 1963 in New York City, New York. Simon for which they were paid $25 apiece. [4] He and Masser won an Academy Award nomination in 1976 for the theme to the film Mahogany, sung by Diana Ross; and also wrote "Saving All My Love for You", a worldwide hit for Whitney Houston, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "Miss You Like Crazy" and "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You". He was 75. Rick Evers, Charles Larkey and Gerry Goffin . She is a music artist and composer, known for A League of Their Own (1992), You've Got Mail (1998) and Gilmore Girls (2000). As Goffin got to know King better he began listening to Chuck Berry, [8] Goffin later said in an interview in Vanity Fair that he "wanted to be a hippie grew my hair long and Carole did it modestlyAnd then I started taking LSD and mescaline. We loved each other. She was interested in writing rock n roll, and I was interested in writing this Broadway play, Goffin told Vanity Fair in 2001. Goffin went on to write two number one somgs with Michael Masser: Diana Along the way, she became one of . [5] King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK,[6] making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005. Eventually I began to lose heart in my play, and we stuck to writing rock n roll.. Goffin, who married King in 1959, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Crying in the . 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[55] King made a cameo appearance in the film as Tillie, a town hall employee. Singer songwiter Carole King with her husband/writing partner Gerry Goffin in a New York, New York recording studio, circa 1959. One year later, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree married songwriter Rick Evers. Gerry Goffin was my first love. How Judd Hirsch Made the Most of Short Fabelmans Screen Time, and Nabbed an Oscar Nom to Boot, Dilbert Comic Strip Creator Dropped From Several Publications After Racist Comments, R. 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'So we had an agreement where she would write [music] to the play if I would write [lyrics] to some of her rock 'n' roll melodies. for someone to write lyrics for a musical he was writing based on a novel by Julian The show ends just as King is enjoying fame for her groundbreaking solo album Tapestry. Kirshner decided that Goffin & King were capable of running a record King played piano and Taylor guitar on each other's songs, and they sang together some of the numbers they were both associated with. The Prestigious school where Princes William and Harry were educated is EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince William's potentially awkward visit to homelessness charity. [Bridge . When she was 17, they married in a Jewish ceremony on Long Island in August 1959 after King became pregnant with her first daughter, Louise. King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in January 2014. 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