Gerry Goffin
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Oct 12, 2026
JesseHOST
It's another cover, and one of the newest ones that they did.
JesseHOST
The original came out in November 1962, originally by The Cookies, written by the classic songwriting duo Carole King and her husband Gerry Goffin.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Chains.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My baby's got me locked up in chains.
Tim FriedmannHOST
I've seen it a couple of times at Playhouse Square, which is a wonderful venue here in Cleveland.
Tim FriedmannHOST
It traces the early songwriting days, the career of Carole King and her ex-husband, but husband at the time, Jerry Goffin.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Right.
Tim FriedmannHOST
And their relationship, their friendship, but their professional rivalry with two songwriters who are every bit as good, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
Frank OstHOST
In 1961, he had his greatest success to that point with I Love How You Love Me, written with Larry Culver and... scoring a number five single for the band the Paris Sisters.
Frank OstHOST
Seven years later, Bobby Vinton's version would also reach the top ten.
Frank OstHOST
A year later, Mann himself reached the top 40 as a performer with a novelty song written with Jerry Goffin, Who Put the Bump? If you remember that, it was a mock of parody of nonsense words in the then popular doo-wop genre.
Barry MannSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song that made my baby.
Ian ClarkHOST
And apart, no, not there.
Ian ClarkHOST
Takes me to number 16, a husband and wife team, Carole King and, uh, Gerry Goffin.
Ian ClarkHOST
G- these people, these two, like, they are quintessential, uh, Brill Building songwriters.
Ian ClarkHOST
They wrote stuff like Up on the Roof, One Fine Day, I'm into Something Good, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, uh, Take Good Care of My Baby, Chains, covered by millions, including The Beatles.
Ian ClarkHOST
Don't Bring Me Down, Pleasant Valley Sunday for The Monkees.
Ian ClarkHOST
These guys were just fantastic songwriters.
Ian ClarkHOST
And yes, we all know who Carole King is, but with her husband, Gerry Goffin, it was magic.
Ian ClarkHOST
Talk about magic, it takes me to the next one, uh, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
James CookHOST
Bitten by a radioactive Barry.
James CookHOST
Born Barry Imberman, two days before Jerry Goffin.
James CookHOST
And that's important because they co-wrote the song Who Put The Bump?
Andy RobinsonHOST
In the one bump, shumpty dump, or whatever it's
Ryan JansonHOST
Here's song number one.
Ryan JansonHOST
Once the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King had made enough money from royalties, they moved from New York City to West Orange, New Jersey.
Ryan JansonHOST
However, Goffin soon realized he wasn't settling comfortably into suburban life.
Ryan JansonHOST
His frustration with the status symbols and keeping up with the neighbors became a song named after a local road, Pleasant Valley Way.
Morgan NevilleGUEST
Ed, I got everybody.
Morgan NevilleGUEST
It was Carole King, and Gerry Goffin, and Leiber, and Stoller, and-
Frank SantopadreHOST
So you got Sedaka
Morgan NevilleGUEST
...
Andrew RichHOST
Uh, Hypno, what's your next pick?
HypnotoadGUEST
So my next pick goes back to the early 1960s and kind of classic late 50s, early 60s kind of girl group pop written by Carole King and Jerry Goffin, recorded by the Shirelles.
HypnotoadGUEST
This is Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
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Still the sun lasts me
Andrew RichHOST
Uh, Hypno, what's your next pick?
HypnotoadGUEST
So my next pick goes back to the early 1960s and kind of classic late 50s, early 60s kind of girl group pop written by Carole King and Jerry Goffin, recorded by the Shirelles.
HypnotoadGUEST
This is Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Tonight you're mine,
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
complete In the sun last night
speaker_0HOST
In 1969, The Birds released Wasn't Born to Follow.
speaker_0HOST
It was originally on their 1968 album, It was written by Carole King and Jerry Goffin.
speaker_0HOST
It was issued as a single in the UK on this date because it was part of the counterculture film at the time, Easy Rider.
speaker_0HOST
That's the movie that had Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Fonda.
James GoldenHOST
1964, Hermans Hermits, number one.
James GoldenHOST
This is a Carole King song, along with Gerry Goffin, who wrote it.
James GoldenHOST
Hermans Hermits, this day in 1964 at number one.
James GoldenHOST
Coming back with the clip of the day.
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