Lyricist who, with his partner Carole King, wrote many hit songs of the 1960s
The late 1950s and early 60s was the heyday of teenage pop. The quality of the songs was highly variable but by common consent many of the best, and often the best-selling, were written by Carole King with Gerry Goffin, who has died aged 75. Goffin provided lyrics to King's melodies on such classics as Will You Love Me Tomorrow, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Up on the Roof and Goin' Back.
Goffin was born in Brooklyn, New York, moving to the Jamaica district of Queens with his mother after his parents divorced. As a teenager, he earned pocket money working for his grandfather, a Russian-Jewish immigrant and furrier, and listened to Perry Como, Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher on the radio.
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