Lyricist Gerry Goffin,who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow,"''(You Make Me Feel Like)A Natural Woman",''Halfway to Paradise" and "The Loco-Motion,"died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75. His wife, Michelle Goffin, confirmed his death.
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, "Chains," which was later covered by The Beatles. Goffin
also collaborated with another Aldon composer, Barry Mann, on the hit
"Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp Bomp)."
The couple divorced in 1968, but Goffin kept writing
hits, including "I've Got to
Use My Imagination" recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and "It's
Not the Spotlight," recorded by Rod Stewart. 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."
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