Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin began composing lyrics like a young man in Queens, NY. In 1958, while going to Queens University, he fulfilled and wedded composer Carole Ruler, who became his musical partner. Within the ten years these were collectively, they wrote an incredible string of strike songs, four which reached number 1: “DO YOU WANT TO Like Me Tomorrow” for the Shirelles and “Consider PROPER CARE of My Baby” for Bobby Vee in 1961, “The Loco-Motion” for Small Eva in 1962, and “DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY LITTTLE LADY” for Steve Lawrence in 1963. Amongst their many other strikes were “THROUGH TO the Roof” and “(You Make Me FEEL JUST LIKE a) Natural Female.” The introduction from the Beatles within the U.S. in 1964 resulted in a pattern toward singers composing their own tunes, one that Ruler took benefit of in the 1970s. Goffin, as well, turned to executing using the release from the record It Ain’t Specifically Entertainment in 1973, but more regularly, he continuing to are a lyricist. In 1976, he and Michael Masser gained an Academy Prize nomination for “Theme From Mahogany (HAVE YOU ANY IDEA Where YOU ARE GOING TO?),” lots one strike for Diana Ross. In 1985, both composed Whitney Houston’s first chart-topping strike, “Keeping All My Like for you personally.” Goffin was inducted in to the Rock and roll & Move Hall of Popularity in 1990. He released another record, Back Room Bloodstream, in 1996.