Gerry Goffin

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human lyricist songwriter

Gerry Goffin was an American lyricist best known for his prolific 1960s songwriting partnership with Carole King, creating numerous classic pop and soul hits.

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Label	Occurrences
Gerry Goffin canonical	109
Gerry Goffin and Carole King	2
Goffin–King songwriting team	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990, with Carole King) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Barry Mann ⓘ Carole King ⓘ Cynthia Weil ⓘ Jack Keller ⓘ Michael Masser ⓘ Russ Titelman ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-02-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2014-06-19 ⓘ
familyName	Gerald Goffin ⓘ surface form: Goffin
fieldOfWork	popular music ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
fullName	Gerald Goffin ⓘ
genre	Brill Building pop ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ soul music ⓘ
givenName	Gerald ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Brill Building pop ⓘ surface form: Brill Building songwriters
movement	Brill Building pop ⓘ surface form: Brill Building sound
notablePartner	Carole King ⓘ
notableWork	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ⓘ Chains ⓘ Crying in the Rain ⓘ Crying in the Rain ⓘ surface form: Crying in the Rain (The Everly Brothers hit) Don’t Bring Me Down ⓘ Don’t Bring Me Down (The Animals song) ⓘ Don’t Ever Change ⓘ Don’t Say Goodbye Girl ⓘ Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) ⓘ Go Away Little Girl ⓘ Go Away Little Girl (Steve Lawrence hit) ⓘ Goin’ Back ⓘ Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) ⓘ Halfway to Paradise ⓘ He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) ⓘ Her Royal Majesty ⓘ Hey Girl ⓘ Hey Girl (Donny Osmond cover hit) ⓘ Hey Girl (originally for Freddie Scott) ⓘ Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) ⓘ I Can’t Make It Alone ⓘ Wasn’t Born to Follow ⓘ surface form: I Wasn’t Born to Follow It Might as Well Rain Until September ⓘ It’s Going to Take Some Time ⓘ It’s Going to Take Some Time (Carpenters hit) ⓘ It’s Not the Spotlight ⓘ It’s Not the Spotlight (covered by Rod Stewart) ⓘ I’m Gonna Be Strong ⓘ I’m Into Something Good ⓘ I’ve Got to Use My Imagination ⓘ I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit) ⓘ Just Once in My Life ⓘ Just Once in My Life (The Righteous Brothers hit) ⓘ Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You ⓘ Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You (George Benson / Glenn Medeiros hit) ⓘ One Fine Day ⓘ One Fine Day ⓘ surface form: One Fine Day (The Chiffons hit) Pleasant Valley Sunday ⓘ Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees hit) ⓘ Saving All My Love for You ⓘ Saving All My Love for You ⓘ surface form: Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston hit) Smackwater Jack ⓘ So Much Love ⓘ So Sad the Song ⓘ Some Kind of Wonderful ⓘ Summertime in the City ⓘ Take Good Care of My Baby ⓘ Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee hit) ⓘ The Loco-Motion ⓘ The Loco-Motion ⓘ surface form: The Loco-Motion (Little Eva hit) Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) ⓘ Time Don’t Run Out on Me ⓘ Tonight I Celebrate My Love ⓘ Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) ⓘ Up on the Roof ⓘ Up on the Roof ⓘ surface form: Up on the Roof (The Drifters hit) Wasn’t Born to Follow ⓘ Will You Love Me Tomorrow ⓘ Will You Love Me Tomorrow ⓘ surface form: Will You Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles hit) You Make Me Feel Brand New ⓘ (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ⓘ surface form: You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ⓘ surface form: You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin hit) You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ surface form: You’ve Got a Friend (lyric contribution disputed but associated)
occupation	lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Carole King ⓘ Carole King ⓘ surface form: Carole King (married 1959; divorced 1969)

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Saving All My Love for You → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Carole King → spouse → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Carole King → collaboratedWith → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → hasKeyContributor → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Tapestry → lyricsBy → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → coWriter → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → hasLyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → hasSongwritingPartner → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Will You Love Me Tomorrow → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Will You Love Me Tomorrow → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

The Loco-Motion → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

The Loco-Motion → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

The Loco-Motion → producer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Up on the Roof → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Up on the Roof → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Up on the Roof → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

One Fine Day → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

One Fine Day → hasLyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Carol Joan Klein → spouse → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Carol Joan Klein → collaboratedWith → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Mahogany (film) → songLyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Brill Building pop → associatedWith → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Take Good Care of My Baby → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Go Away Little Girl → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Go Away Little Girl → hasNotableSongwriters → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goffin–King songwriting team

Pleasant Valley Sunday → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Pleasant Valley Sunday → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Some Kind of Wonderful → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Some Kind of Wonderful → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Some Kind of Wonderful → notableSongwriter → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Hey Girl → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Hey Girl → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Don’t Bring Me Down → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Don’t Bring Me Down → notableWorkOf → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

I’m Into Something Good → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Into Something Good

Goin’ Back → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Goin’ Back → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

It’s Not the Spotlight → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

It’s Not the Spotlight → coWriter → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

So Much Love → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Wasn’t Born to Follow → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Wasn’t Born to Follow → lyricsBy → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

I Can’t Make It Alone → songwriter → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

I Can’t Make It Alone → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) → composer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) → lyricist → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

I’m Gonna Be Strong → writer → Gerry Goffin ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Gonna Be Strong