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class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Gerry Goffin</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gerry_Goffin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Gerry_Goffin.jpg/220px-Gerry_Goffin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Gerry_Goffin.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="333" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Gerald Goffin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-02-11</span>)</span>February 11, 1939<br />New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 19, 2014<span style="display:none">(2014-06-19)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Lyricist, songwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1959−2002</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelphi_Records" title="Adelphi Records">Adelphi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">UAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manticore_Records" title="Manticore Records">Manticore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouses</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1959; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1969)<wbr /></div></li><li>Barbara Behling</li><li>Ellen Minasian</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Michele Conaway</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1995)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Gerald Goffin</b> (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American <a href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">lyricist</a>. Collaborating initially with his first wife, <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Billboard number-one singles">US No.1 hits</a> "<a href="/wiki/Will_You_Love_Me_Tomorrow" title="Will You Love Me Tomorrow">Will You Love Me Tomorrow</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Take_Good_Care_of_My_Baby" title="Take Good Care of My Baby">Take Good Care of My Baby</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_Loco-Motion" title="The Loco-Motion">The Loco-Motion</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Go_Away_Little_Girl" title="Go Away Little Girl">Go Away Little Girl</a>". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldberg" title="Barry Goldberg">Barry Goldberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Masser" title="Michael Masser">Michael Masser</a>, with whom he wrote "<a href="/wiki/Theme_from_Mahogany_(Do_You_Know_Where_You%27re_Going_To)" title="Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)">Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Saving_All_My_Love_for_You" title="Saving All My Love for You">Saving All My Love for You</a>", also No. 1 hits. During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> hits, including eight <a href="/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart-toppers</a>, and 72 <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a> hits.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 1990, with Carole King. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goffin was born in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a boy, he wrote lyrics in his head, as a game.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his teen years, he worked for his grandfather, a Russian-born <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> furrier.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps Reserve</a> after graduating from <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Technical_High_School" title="Brooklyn Technical High School">Brooklyn Technical High School</a>. After a year at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">U.S. Naval Academy</a> as a member of the Class of 1961, he resigned from the Navy to study <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> at <a href="/wiki/Queens_College,_City_University_of_New_York" title="Queens College, City University of New York">Queens College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shof_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shof-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnership_with_Carole_King">Partnership with Carole King</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Partnership with Carole King"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_co-written_by_Gerry_Goffin#Hits,_charted_songs_and_notable_album_tracks_by_Goffin_and_King" class="mw-redirect" title="List of songs co-written by Gerry Goffin">Hits, charted songs and notable album tracks by Goffin and King</a></div> <p>At college he met Carol Joan Klein, who had started writing songs under the name <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>. 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. Goffin began working with a chemicals manufacturer, and wrote the lyrics for King's 1959 single "Oh Neil", an <a href="/wiki/Answer_song" title="Answer song">answer song</a> to her friend <a href="/wiki/Neil_Sedaka" title="Neil Sedaka">Neil Sedaka</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Oh!_Carol" title="Oh! Carol">Oh! Carol</a>". Goffin added the words to the tune written by Sedaka and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Greenfield" title="Howard Greenfield">Howard Greenfield</a>, who both worked under <a href="/wiki/Don_Kirshner" title="Don Kirshner">Don Kirshner</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Aldon_Music" title="Aldon Music">Aldon</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_publisher_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music publisher (popular music)">music publishing</a> company in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>; the single's <a href="/wiki/B-side" class="mw-redirect" title="B-side">B-side</a>, "A Very Special Boy", was a Goffin-King composition.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the record was not a hit, the couple both secured contracts to write songs professionally at Aldon.<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goffin at first worked with other writers including <a href="/wiki/Barry_Mann" title="Barry Mann">Barry Mann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Keller_(songwriter)" title="Jack Keller (songwriter)">Jack Keller</a>, but he and Carole King soon established themselves as a successful writing team. The partnership's breakthrough <a href="/wiki/Hit_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit record">hit</a> was "<a href="/wiki/Will_You_Love_Me_Tomorrow" title="Will You Love Me Tomorrow">Will You Love Me Tomorrow</a>", for which Goffin wrote the lyrics. The song was <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">recorded</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Shirelles" title="The Shirelles">the Shirelles</a> and went to number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> in January 1961. Goffin and King formed <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_co-written_by_Gerry_Goffin#Hits,_charted_songs_and_notable_album_tracks_by_Goffin_and_King" class="mw-redirect" title="List of songs co-written by Gerry Goffin">one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the period</a>, with hit songs including: "<a href="/wiki/Take_Good_Care_of_My_Baby" title="Take Good Care of My Baby">Take Good Care of My Baby</a>" (a hit for <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Vee" title="Bobby Vee">Bobby Vee</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Halfway_to_Paradise" title="Halfway to Paradise">Halfway to Paradise</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando" title="Tony Orlando">Tony Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Fury" title="Billy Fury">Billy Fury</a>), "<a href="/wiki/The_Loco-Motion" title="The Loco-Motion">The Loco-Motion</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Little_Eva" title="Little Eva">Little Eva</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad" title="Grand Funk Railroad">Grand Funk Railroad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Go_Away_Little_Girl" title="Go Away Little Girl">Go Away Little Girl</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Steve_Lawrence" title="Steve Lawrence">Steve Lawrence</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Donny_Osmond" title="Donny Osmond">Donny Osmond</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Say_Nothin%27_Bad_(About_My_Baby)" title="Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)">Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Cookies" title="The Cookies">the Cookies</a>), "<a href="/wiki/It_Might_as_Well_Rain_Until_September" title="It Might as Well Rain Until September">It Might as Well Rain Until September</a>" (Carole King), "<a href="/wiki/One_Fine_Day_(song)" title="One Fine Day (song)">One Fine Day</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Chiffons" title="The Chiffons">the Chiffons</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Roof_(song)" title="Up on the Roof (song)">Up on the Roof</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Drifters" title="The Drifters">the Drifters</a> and later <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a>), "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_into_Something_Good" title="I'm into Something Good">I'm into Something Good</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Herman%27s_Hermits" title="Herman's Hermits">Herman's Hermits</a>, but recorded first by <a href="/wiki/Earl-Jean_McCrea" title="Earl-Jean McCrea">Earl-Jean McCrea</a> under the name Earl-Jean), "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Bring_Me_Down_(The_Animals_song)" title="Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)">Don't Bring Me Down</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Animals" title="The Animals">the Animals</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Oh_No_Not_My_Baby" title="Oh No Not My Baby">Oh No Not My Baby</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Maxine_Brown_(soul_singer)" title="Maxine Brown (soul singer)">Maxine Brown</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Goin%27_Back" title="Goin' Back">Goin' Back</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Dusty_Springfield" title="Dusty Springfield">Dusty Springfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">The Byrds</a>), "<a href="/wiki/(You_Make_Me_Feel_Like)_A_Natural_Woman" title="(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman">(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>), and "<a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Valley_Sunday" title="Pleasant Valley Sunday">Pleasant Valley Sunday</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees">the Monkees</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-shof_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shof-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-secondhand_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondhand-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goffin and King also wrote several songs jointly with record producer <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-secondhand_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondhand-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> was quoted as saying that he wanted <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> and himself to become "the Goffin-King of England".<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964, Goffin fathered a daughter with singer <a href="/wiki/Earl-Jean_McCrea" title="Earl-Jean McCrea">Jeanie Reavis</a> (whose recording of "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_into_Something_Good" title="I'm into Something Good">I'm into Something Good</a>" preceded the better-known version by Herman's Hermits), but he and King remained together for several years before divorcing in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goffin later said in an interview in <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> that he "wanted to be a hippie — grew my hair long — and Carole did it modestly...And then I started taking <a href="/wiki/LSD" title="LSD">LSD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mescaline" title="Mescaline">mescaline</a>. And Carole and I began to grow apart because she felt that she had to say things herself. She had to be her own lyricist."<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to King's memoir, Goffin suffered from <a href="/wiki/Mental_illness" class="mw-redirect" title="Mental illness">mental illness</a> following ingestion of LSD, eventually undergoing treatment with <a href="/wiki/Lithium" title="Lithium">lithium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electroshock_therapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Electroshock therapy">electroshock therapy</a>, and was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Manic_depression" class="mw-redirect" title="Manic depression">manic depression</a>. His <a href="/wiki/Substance_misuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Substance misuse">drug use</a> affected his health, and he was hospitalized for a time.<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_collaborations">Other collaborations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goffin also worked successfully with other composers in the early 1960s, including <a href="/wiki/Barry_Mann" title="Barry Mann">Barry Mann</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp_(in_the_Bomp,_Bomp,_Bomp)" title="Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)">Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)</a>") and Jack Keller ("<a href="/wiki/Run_to_Him" title="Run to Him">Run to Him</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-secondhand_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondhand-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After splitting from King, Goffin released a solo album in 1973, <i>It Ain't Exactly Entertainment</i>, but it was not successful, and he began working with other composers, including <a href="/wiki/Russ_Titelman" title="Russ Titelman">Russ Titelman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldberg" title="Barry Goldberg">Barry Goldberg</a>, and then <a href="/wiki/Michael_Masser" title="Michael Masser">Michael Masser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Masser won an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination <a href="/wiki/48th_Academy_Awards" title="48th Academy Awards">in 1976</a> for <a href="/wiki/Theme_from_Mahogany_(Do_You_Know_Where_You%27re_Going_To)" title="Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)">the theme</a> to the film <i><a href="/wiki/Mahogany_(film)" title="Mahogany (film)">Mahogany</a></i>, sung by <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>; and also wrote "<a href="/wiki/Saving_All_My_Love_for_You" title="Saving All My Love for You">Saving All My Love for You</a>", a worldwide hit for <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Tonight,_I_Celebrate_My_Love" title="Tonight, I Celebrate My Love">Tonight, I Celebrate My Love</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Miss_You_Like_Crazy" title="Miss You Like Crazy">Miss You Like Crazy</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Nothing%27s_Gonna_Change_My_Love_for_You" title="Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You">Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You</a>". Goffin and Masser also received a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> nomination for "So Sad the Song" from the 1976 <a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight" title="Gladys Knight">Gladys Knight</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Pipe_Dreams_(1976_film)" title="Pipe Dreams (1976 film)">Pipe Dreams</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-secondhand_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secondhand-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goffin co-wrote three songs for the soundtrack to <i><a href="/wiki/Grace_of_My_Heart" title="Grace of My Heart">Grace of My Heart</a></i>, a 1996 movie whose principal character's life paralleled that of Carole King in many ways. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goffin and King were inducted together into the <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> in 1987, and the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-washington_post_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington_post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996 he released his second solo album, <i>Back Room Blood</i>, which he said was inspired by his anger at conservative gains in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1994" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1994">1994 congressional elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was mostly co-written with Barry Goldberg, but included two songs co-written with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, "Tragedy of the Trade" and "Masquerade". Goffin described Dylan as "sort of like a god to me".<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goffin was one of the first people to take notice of <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a>'s talent and had hired her to do demo work before she auditioned for <i><a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a></i> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goffin and his fourth wife, Michele, attended opening night of the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful:_The_Carole_King_Musical" title="Beautiful: The Carole King Musical">Beautiful</a></i>, which depicted his marriage to Carole King.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gerry Goffin was married to Carole King between 1959 and 1969; they had two daughters, singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Louise_Goffin" title="Louise Goffin">Louise Goffin</a> and Sherry Goffin Kondor.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goffin also had a daughter, Dawn, with Jeanie Reavis (<a href="/wiki/Earl-Jean_McCrea" title="Earl-Jean McCrea">Earl-Jean McCrea</a>). He married Barbara Behling in the early 1970s and had a son, Jesse Dean Goffin, in 1976. They divorced later that decade. Goffin then married songwriter Ellen Minasian in the 1980s and had one daughter, Lauren, in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following their divorce, he married actress Michele Conaway (the sister of actor <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Conaway" title="Jeff Conaway">Jeff Conaway</a>) in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Goffin died on June 19, 2014, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75. His death was announced by his wife, Michele. No cause was specified. He left behind a wife, one son, four daughters, and six grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributes">Tributes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On hearing of his death, Carole King said that Goffin was her "first love" and had a "profound impact" on her life."<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She went on to say, "His words expressed what so many people were feeling but didn't know how to say... Gerry was a good man and a dynamic force, whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come."<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_with_lyrics_by_Gerry_Goffin" title="List of songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin">List of songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>It Ain't Exactly Entertainment</i> (1973), <a href="/wiki/Adelphi_Records" title="Adelphi Records">Adelphi Records</a> Inc – AD4102 (double vinyl album)</li> <li><i>Back Room Blood</i> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Genes_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Genes Records">Genes Records</a> – GCD 4132</li> <li><i>It Ain't Exactly Entertainment Demo & Other Sessions</i> (2010), Big Pink – BIG PINK 92 (CD album)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles_and_EPs">Singles and EPs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Singles and EPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>It's Not the Spotlight</i> (1973), Adelphi Records Inc – AD-452</li> <li><i>Back Room Blood (The CD Single)</i> (1996), Genes Records – GCD 4532</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Goffin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10914886/Gerry-Goffin-obituary.html">"Gerry Goffin – obituary", <i>The Telegraph</i>, 20 June 2014</a>. 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