Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin & Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967

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Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand& Paul Williams (songwriters) / " You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1977) The lyrics to this song describe how friends and family repeatedly warn the singer about a partner's infidelities. It has been covered by plenty of big names, including Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Linda Ronstadt and Merry Clayton. The Monkees - 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' 1967 William Yardley and Peter Keepnews, “Gerry Goffin, Hitmaking Songwriter With Carole King, Dies at 75,” New York Times, June 19, 2014. The Carpenters (in 1973), Rita Coolidge (in 1979, #66), Carole King ( in 1980, #12), Aaron Neville (in 1993), Natalie Merchant ( in 1996)

Spencer Leigh, “Gerry Goffin: Prolific Songwriter Whose Work with His Wife Carole King Helped Shape the Course of Popular Music; ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ Became One of the Most-Recorded Songs Ever,” The Independent (U.K.), June 20, 2014. Yandoli, Krystie Lee (November 24, 2016). "The Full Story Behind How The "Gilmore Girls" Theme Song Came To Be". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017 . Retrieved October 5, 2017. Carole King Australian Tour, February 2013; MUsic Feeds". musicfeeds (Australia). November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 . Retrieved December 19, 2012. Their personal relationship, however, was going strong. In August 1959, Carole and Gerry were married in a Jewish ceremony on Long Island after Carol had become pregnant. He was 20 and she was 17. They both quit college and took daytime jobs; Goffin working as an assistant chemist and King as a secretary. They wrote songs together in the evening.Carole King: A Natural Woman – A Memoir on-sale April 10". The Troubadour Tribune. March 12, 2012. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016 . Retrieved March 28, 2012. Carole King Artistfacts". Artistfacts.com. February 9, 1942. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013 . Retrieved April 19, 2014.

The Aretha Franklin version of the song was released in September 1967 and would peak at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 2 on the Billboard R & B chart Desta, Yohana (May 21, 2013). "Carole King on Gershwin Prize: 'Do not make me cry' ". USA Today. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013 . Retrieved May 23, 2013. King attended Queens College, where she met Gerry Goffin, who was to become her songwriting partner. When she was 17, they married in a Jewish ceremony on Long Island in August 1959 after King became pregnant with her first daughter, Louise. [24] [25] They quit college and took day jobs, Goffin working as an assistant chemist and King as a secretary. [26] They wrote songs together in the evening. [27]Now That Everything's Been Said – The City". Allmusic. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012 . Retrieved February 6, 2011. King followed Writer in 1971 with Tapestry, which featured new compositions as well as reinterpretations of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". The album was recorded concurrently with Taylor's Mud Slide Slim, with an overlapping set of musicians including King, Danny Kortchmar and Joni Mitchell. Both albums included " You've Got a Friend", which was a number 1 hit for Taylor; King said in a 1972 interview that she "didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it and wanted to record it". [48] Stay with Me" ( Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips& Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014)