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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.
Carole King Klein [3] (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.One of the most successful songwriters in American history, she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 over the latter half of the 20th century. [4]
In the doc, Goffin’s story is told through interviews with King, their daughters Louise and Sherry Goffin Kondor, his widow Michele Conaway Goffin, longtime manager Christine Russell, and ...
Carole King - - (No relation to the Talking Heads song) White Trash (1969) "So Much Love" Ben E. King: 96 - Steve Alaimo (#92, 1966) "Take a Giant Step" The Monkees - - From the 1966 US/UK #1 LP The Monkees, plus Taj Mahal (1969) "Sweet Young Thing" The Monkees - - Written by Goffin and King with Michael Nesmith. From the LP The Monkees ...
Katie Brayben (Carole King) with Alan Morrissey at the Aldwych Theatre, London in 2015. 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.
Written by the partnership of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the song was inspired by Atlantic Records co-owner and producer Jerry Wexler.As recounted in his autobiography, Wexler, a student of African-American musical culture, had been mulling over the concept of the "natural man", when he drove by King on the streets of New York.
Carole King is a known Swiftie. However, the award-winning songwriter and musician recently made a bold declaration about her relationship with Taylor Swift.. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, King, 82, helped ...
"Chains" is a rhythm and blues song written by husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was a hit for the American girl group the Cookies in 1962 and for the English rock band the Beatles, who recorded the song for their debut album in 1963.