In 1995, Goffin was one of the first people to notice the talent of Kelly Clarkson, before she was on American Idol, and hired her to sing some of his demos. Salma Hayeks Best Bikini Photos, Inside Dr. Phil and Wife Robin McGraw's Sprawling Beverly Hills Home, She's a Perfect 10! She opened up about their strained marriage in her 2012 book, In 1982, the mom of four married carpenter. Gerry Goffin was my first love, Carole King said in a statement. [citation needed]. [56], In 2001, King appeared in a television ad for the Gap with her daughter. [41] The duo wrote several songs recorded by Dusty Springfield, including "Goin' Back" and "Some of Your Lovin'". It entered the top ten at 8, becoming the first of many weeks Tapestry and Carole King: Music simultaneously occupied the top 10. Eventually I began to lose heart in my play, and we stuck to writing rock 'n' roll. 124 W. 43rd St., New York, NY. concentrating on on math and science after which he attended Queens College. In the 1980s and 90s, he co-wrote Tonight I Celebrate My Love, a duet recorded by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack, and the Whitney Houston mega-hit Savin All My Love for You.. He was 75. 86 in the UK. Family (1) Trivia (18) Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. [45] The album was re-discovered by Classic Rock radio in the early 1980s and the cut "Snow Queen" received nominal airplay for a few years. They moved into a cabin in Idaho and transitioned to life outside of the busy city. And Carole and I began to grow apart because she felt that she had to say things herself. He was 75. Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for. Goffin was born in Brooklyn in 1939 and was working as an assistant chemist when he met King at Queens College. 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 . TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY. "[4] Barry Goldberg, who wrote many later songs with Goffin, said "Gerry was one of the greatest lyricists of all time and my true soul brother."[16]. [75] In 2012 she was given the benefit concert 'Painted Turtle a celebration of Carole King'. After graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School he. King wanted to learn as much as possible: "My mother never forced me to practice. Together with King, he wrote such classics as "The Loco-Motion," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow . [34][35] "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" became a standard.[36][37]. In her recent biography and a follow-up interview, singer/songwriter Carol King has revealed that her late husband, composer Rick Evers, used to beat her during their year-long marriage. [27] They wrote songs together in the evening. Goffin three years older than King was looking 'Cause if I make you happy I don't need to do more. Did you encounter any technical issues? In 1973, King performed a free concert in New York City's Central Park with 100,000 attending.[51]. Inspired by music producer Jerry. ", Musician Index: [13][14][15][16] King's parents met in an elevator in 1936 at Brooklyn College, where her father was a chemistry major and her mother was an English and drama major. These demos were so She then married Rick Evers and later claimed that he had brutally assaulted her and that he was a cocaine addict. All Rights Reserved. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to take the band on the road for 2010. [81] In May 2013 Carole King received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. Goffin and King formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the period, with hit songs including: "Take Good Care of My Baby" (a hit for Bobby Vee), "Halfway to Paradise" (Tony Orlando, Billy Fury), "The Loco-Motion" (Little Eva, and later Grand Funk Railroad and Kylie Minogue), "Go Away Little Girl" (Steve Lawrence, and later Donny Osmond), "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" (the Cookies), "It Might as Well Rain Until September" (Carole King), "One Fine Day" (the Chiffons), "Up on the Roof" (the Drifters and later James Taylor), "I'm into Something Good" (Herman's Hermits, but recorded first by Earl-Jean McCrea under the name Earl-Jean), "Don't Bring Me Down" (the Animals), "Oh No Not My Baby" (Maxine Brown, and later Rod Stewart), "Goin' Back" (Dusty Springfield, The Byrds), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin), and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (the Monkees). He will be missed by his wonderful wifeMichelle, his devoted manager, Christine Russell, his five children, and six grandchildren.. King also said she will most likely not be writing or recording any new music. [84], In October 2018, King released a new version of her song, "One". Weil came along in late 1961. and dealt with themes of love, rejection, and jealously and teenagers dealing with They with Phil Spector wrote for the Righteous Brothers, and while Despite its Gold-certified record status, Simple Things was named "The Worst Album of 1977" by Rolling Stone magazine. Still Love Me Tomorrow" became the first song by a female group to reach #1 on Carole also commented on her first love after her first husband, Gerry, passed away. Carole King & Louise Goffin: October 2002: Carole King: Will You Love Me Tomorrow: Carole King: February 10, 1971: The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow: Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. In 2000, King was asked to record a version of her hit song "Where You Lead" as the theme song for the show Gilmore Girls. [17]:10 After King was born, her parents remained in Brooklyn and were eventually able to buy a small two-story duplex where they could rent out the upstairs for income. Carole King Klein[2] (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building[3][4] and later as a solo artist. Before the show's conclusion, she returned to the stage to perform "I Feel the Earth Move". [3], Goffin also worked successfully with other composers in the early 1960s, including Barry Mann ("Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)") and Jack Keller ("Run to Him"). King took a look, said she wasn't interested and added "You She finally sat through it in April. Two weeks later it became King's third album to reach number one. Former Monkee Micky Dolenz released King for a Day, a tribute album consisting of songs written or co-written by King, in 2010. In 2016, King was the headline performer at the British Summer Time Festival held in Hyde Park, London on July 3, 2016, playing all of Tapestry live for the first time. Carole King. [61][62][63] In August 2006 the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at 151. Carole King is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There was no other issue except that he was living the life of a musician and I was living the life of a domestic housewife, and ultimately it wasnt working.. was Carole's lifelong desire for a career in music that convinced Gerry to give it a try. The touring band featured players from that original band: Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, and Danny Kortchmar. Goffin and Masser also received a Golden Globe nomination for "So Sad the Song" from the 1976 Gladys Knight film Pipe Dreams.[9]. King's song "Where You Lead (I Will Follow)" was also the theme song to the series, in a version sung with her daughter Louise. He married Barbara Behling in the early 1970s and had a son, Jesse Dean Goffin, in 1976. Carole's first marriage was to her songwriting partner Gerry Goffin. [52] In addition to enlisting her long-time friends such as David Crosby, Graham Nash, James Taylor and Waddy Wachtel, King reunited with Gerry Goffin to write four songs for the album. March 23, 1960. workedfor in the basement earning75 cents an hour. [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". them on their own terms. Carole King Inductee 1942 Born 1987 Inducted One of the most successful female songwriters of 20th century * Carole King was also the 2002 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF's highest honor Carole King was born Carole Klein to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York on February 9, 1942. His legacy to me is our two daughters, four grandchildren, and our songs that have touched millions and millions of people, as well as a lifelongfriendship. Love Makes the World went to 158 in the US and No. They divorced later that decade. Their partnership continued intermittently. Though it also alleges Goffins womanizing and mental instability were causes of the breakup, he happily attended the opening of the musical. and blues or soul. ', Top honors: Goffin and King, by then long divorced, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three years later, In mourning: Carole King tweeted about the passing of her ex-husband and long-time collaborator, Art imitating life: The Goffin-King marriage and partnership inspired the Tony Award-nominated musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway, Back on stage: Jarrod Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Anika Larsen attend the Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Press Preview at Stephen Sondheim Theatre on November 21, 2013. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. lang. They were divorced with King moving to California where she started a group During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including eight chart-toppers, and 72 UK hits. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. It has sold 330,000 copies in the United States. 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Carole King and Gerry Goffin Carole Klein was born February 1942, the daughter of a firefighter and school teacher. [22] King made her first solo album, Writer, in 1970 for Lou Adler's Ode label, with Taylor playing acoustic guitar and providing backing vocals. He was 75. Gerry died on June 19, 2014, at the age of 75. Consent Settings, Copyright 2023 Contactmusic.com Ltd, all rights reserved. He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for So Sad the Song in 1977 from the film Pipe Dreams. He loved playing music and playing in bands and that was not my scene, Carole shared in an April 2012 interview with the Kennedy Library Foundation. Carole became a mom during her first marriage with Gerry Goffin. In 2021, King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. A whirlwind romance led to a marriage and their first hit, when she was only 17, Will You Love Me Tomorrow for the Shirelles, which a pregnant King helped write while suffering morning sickness. She was previously married to Rick Sorenson, Richard Edward (Rick) Evers, Charles Jay Larkey and Gerry Goffin. [4], On hearing of his death, Carole King said that Goffin was her "first love" and had a "profound impact" on her life. King's songs, both the ones she wrote as part of a songwriting team for pop groups with then-husband Gerry Goffin and her own works as a singer-songwriter, have become part of the bedrock of American pop music. Discovery Company. appreciated. CNN Gerry Goffin, a hit songwriter and former husband of Carole King, died early Thursday. King was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in January 2014. [6], At college he met Carol Joan Klein, who had started writing songs under the name Carole King. He had a profound impact on my life and the rest of the world, Carole said in a statement at the time. [4] In his teen years, he worked for his grandfather, a Russian-born Jewish furrier. Her body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal. The album sold 44,000 copies in its first week in the US, landing at 17 on the Billboard 200, her highest-charting album since 1977. Gerry was a good man with a dynamic force, whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come, King said. Goffin, who married King in 1959, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Crying in the . [57] She performed a new song, "Love Makes the World", which became a title track for her studio album in autumn 2001 on her own label, Rockingale, distributed by Koch Records. Along . Born in 1942, Carole began playing the piano when she was just 4 years old. See Her Beautiful Bikini Photos, Having Fun at the Beach! music, now targeted the new generation to young to be smoking pot and good that often the producer only had to copy them with the proper instrumentation to have Take Good Care of My Baby/It Might As Well Rain Until September/Go Away Little Girl/I'm Into Something Good/One Fine Day. It was Goffin's father that originally exposed him to Broadway musicals Gerry Goffin and Carole King at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California | Source: Getty Images. . Goffins wife, Michelle, announced the death. As a child my strong will juxtaposed with wanting to please my father, and because my father had been so effective in making things happen, I grew to believe that it was easier to take strong steady action toward a goal with a man to help me get there.. Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis leading to a rock and roll romance. He . A strong book by Douglas McGrath and music and lyrics by icons Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil set amidst the vibrant pop music settings of the 1960s and 70s help tell the story of Carole's journey from Jewish Brooklyn teenager songwriter to . Wrap Around Joy spawned two singles, "Jazzman" and "Nightingale". It debuted at No.4 in the United States with sales of 78,000 copies. She is a music artist and composer, known for A League of Their Own (1992), You've Got Mail (1998) and Gilmore Girls (2000). Goffin also collaborated with another Aldon composer, Barry Mann, on the hit Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp Bomp)., Goffin continued co-writing songs, including Ive Got to Use My Imagination recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Its Not the Spotlight, recorded by Rod Stewart. Contact Us Their second daughter, Sherry, was born in 1962. [9] In 1963, John Lennon was quoted as saying that he wanted Paul McCartney and himself to become "the Goffin-King of England". After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser, with whom he wrote "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and "Saving All My Love for You", also No. a hit record. Snubbing the King: Why Don't Big Stars Want to Perform at Charles' Coronation? '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. He was 75. After spending time in nature, Carole was inspired to become an environmental activist. Louise Goffin Daughter Gerry Goffin Husband (1959-1968) Sherry Goffin Kondor Daughter Charles Larkey Husband (1970-1976) Related . 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 for the Drifters and Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee. Carole wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow for The Shirelles with then-husband Gerry Goffin. King herself doubted she would ever write another song and said that her 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour with James Taylor was probably the last tour of her life, saying that it "was a good way to go out." NEW YORK (AP) 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. Oscar Cainer tells all. Also in 1985, she scored and performed (with David Sanborn) the soundtrack to the Martin Ritt-directed movie Murphy's Romance. In May 2012, King announced her retirement from music. [86] She reprised the role in the 2016 Gilmore girls Netflix revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. the pop charts since the McGuirre Sisters in 1958, and first ever for a black woman group. Carole King and Gerry Goffin onstage in 1988, many years after they split. Rick Evers, Charles Larkey and Gerry Goffin . In September 1974, King released her album Wrap Around Joy, which was certified gold on October 16, 1974, and entered the top ten at 7 on October 19, 1974. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song "A Very Special Boy". Along the way, she became one of . not far from King's parents' apartment. King has testified on Capitol Hill three times on behalf of NREPA: in 1994, 2007 and again in 2009.[89][90]. [17]:14 King's father enjoyed showing off his daughter's skill to visiting friends: "My dad's smile was so broad that it encompassed the lower half of his face. 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