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.

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → lyricist → songwriter →
awardReceived	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	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 songwriters →
movement	Brill Building sound →
notablePartner	Carole King →
notableWork	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → Chains → Crying in the Rain → 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 → 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 (The Chiffons hit) → Pleasant Valley Sunday → Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees hit) → Saving All My Love for You → 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 (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 (The Drifters hit) → Wasn’t Born to Follow → Will You Love Me Tomorrow → Will You Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles hit) → You Make Me Feel Brand New → You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman → You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin hit) → 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 →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →
spouse	Carole King → Carole King (married 1959; divorced 1969) →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → Saving All My Love for You → The Loco-Motion → Up on the Roof → Will You Love Me Tomorrow →	lyricist
One Fine Day → Up on the Roof → Will You Love Me Tomorrow →	writer
The Loco-Motion → Up on the Roof →	composer
One Fine Day → Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King →	hasLyricist
Carole King →	collaboratedWith
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King →	coWriter
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman →	hasKeyContributor
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King →	hasSongwritingPartner
Tapestry →	lyricsBy
The Loco-Motion →	producer
Carole King →	spouse