Gerry Goffin, the lauded lyricist best known for the many 1960s hits he co-wrote with his first wife, Carole King, died on this day (June 19) in 2014. Goffin and King were among the most prolific and ...

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gerry Goffin, the lyricist who co-wrote some of the biggest hit songs of the 1960s with his former wife and longtime collaborator Carole King, died on Thursday at age 75, King ...

And news this morning that one of Americans most prolific pop lyricist has died. Gerry Goffin penned dozens of top 40 hits like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up On The Roof," many of them ...

During the century of booming popular music, Randy Newman highlighted this underrated pair as the very best songwriters.

Gerry Gofffin was born February 11, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Queens, not unlike myself. After graduating from Brooklyn Tech High School, he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at the ...

NEW YORK -- Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ''(You Make Me Feel Like) ...

It is a plight common to most professional songwriters: Everyone knows their songs, but few people know who they are. And it’s hard to think of a more vivid example of that syndrome than Gerry Goffin, ...