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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sometimes also titled "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first recorded in 1960 by #theShirelles for their album #TonightsTheNight; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a #girlGroup to top the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album #Tapestry.
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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sometimes also titled "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first recorded in 1960 by #theShirelles for their album #TonightsTheNight; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a #girlGroup to top the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album #Tapestry.
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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sometimes also titled "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first recorded in 1960 by #theShirelles for their album #TonightsTheNight; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a #girlGroup to top the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album #Tapestry.
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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sometimes also titled "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first recorded in 1960 by #theShirelles for their album #TonightsTheNight; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a #girlGroup to top the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album #Tapestry.
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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sometimes also titled "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow") is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first recorded in 1960 by #theShirelles for their album #TonightsTheNight; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a #girlGroup to top the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album #Tapestry.
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"Up on the Roof" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing and recorded in 1962 by #TheDrifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the #USPopSinglesChart and number 4 on the #USRAndBSinglesChart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer #KennyLynch, whose version was also released in 1962.
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"Don't Bring Me Down" is a song composed by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing and recorded as a 1966 hit single by #theAnimals. It was the group's first release with drummer #BarryJenkins, who replaced founding member #JohnSteel as he had left the band in February of that year.
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"Saving All My Love for You" is a song written by #MichaelMasser and #GerryGoffin. Originally recorded by #MarilynMcCoo and #BillyDavisJr for their album Marilyn & Billy in 1978, it was revisited by American singer #WhitneyHouston, who recorded the ballad for her self-titled debut studio album in 1985. It was released on August 13, 1985 by #AristaRecords, as the second #single from the album in the #UnitedStates, and third worldwide after "#AllAtOnce".
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"Up on the Roof" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing and recorded in 1962 by #TheDrifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the #USPopSinglesChart and number 4 on the #USRAndBSinglesChart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer #KennyLynch, whose version was also released in 1962.
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"I'll Meet You Halfway" is a song written by #WesFarrell and #GerryGoffin and recorded by #ThePartridgeFamily for their 1971 album, #UpToDate. It went to No.4 on the #AdultContemporaryChart and reached No.9 on #TheBillboardHot100 in 1971. On the New Zealand Listener Chart it reached No. 13
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"Smackwater Jack" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first released on King's 1971 album #Tapestry and then on the second single from that album, along with "#SoFarAway", charting at number 14 on the #Billboard Hot 100. It was subsequently covered by many artists, most famously by #QuincyJones as the title song of his 1971 album Smackwater Jack. #RollingStone critic #JonLandau described "Smackwater Jack" as an "uptempo #shuffle".
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"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" is a #romanticBallad written by lyricist #GerryGoffin with #MichaelMasser and recorded by #PeaboBryson and #RobertaFlack for their 1983 album of #duets, #BornToLove, issued as the lead single. The track—produced by Masser—became a million-selling international hit.
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"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
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"Up on the Roof" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing and recorded in 1962 by #TheDrifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the #USPopSinglesChart and number 4 on the #USRAndBSinglesChart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer #KennyLynch, whose version was also released in 1962.
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This popular song, which The Shirelles recorded and released some 14 years earlier in 1960, gets a new lease of life now from Melanie.
#UKSinglesChart #1970sMusic #OfficialCharts #MelanieSafka #WillYouLoveMeTomorrow #RetroMusic #70sHits #ChartHistory #VinylCollection #MusicHistory #Shirelles #CaroleKing #GerryGoffin #OnThisDayInMusic -
"The Loco-Motion" (or "#Locomotion") is a #popSong written by American songwriters #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for the R&B singer #DeeDeeSharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade: in 1962 by #LittleEva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by #GrandFunkRailroad (also U.S. No. 1); and in 1988 by #KylieMinogue (U.S. No. 3).
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"Up on the Roof" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing and recorded in 1962 by #TheDrifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the #USPopSinglesChart and number 4 on the #USRAndBSinglesChart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer #KennyLynch, whose version was also released in 1962.
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"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" is a #romanticBallad written by lyricist #GerryGoffin with #MichaelMasser and recorded by #PeaboBryson and #RobertaFlack for their 1983 album of #duets, #BornToLove, issued as the lead single. The track—produced by Masser—became a million-selling international hit.
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"The Loco-Motion" (or "#Locomotion") is a #popSong written by American songwriters #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for R&B singer #DeeDeeSharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade: in 1962 by #LittleEva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by #GrandFunkRailroad (also U.S. No. 1); and in 1988 by #KylieMinogue (U.S. No. 3).
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"Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a song by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing, recorded and released by #theMonkees in the #summerOf1967. Inspired by their move to #WestOrangeNewJersey, and named after a street there, Goffin and King wrote the song about Goffin's dissatisfaction with life in the #suburbs. The Monkees' version differs somewhat from Goffin and King's demo, and their recording features a distinctive guitar intro played by #MichaelNesmith.
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"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
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"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" is a song written by #MichaelMasser and #GerryGoffin and produced by Masser. It was initially recorded by #American singer #ThelmaHouston in 1973, and then by #DianaRoss as the theme to the 1975 #Motown/#Paramount film #Mahogany that also starred Ross. The song was released on September 24, 1975 by Motown Records as the lead single for both the film's soundtrack and Ross' seventh studio album, Diana Ross.
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"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a #doowop style #noveltySong from 1961 by the American songwriter #BarryMann, who wrote it with #GerryGoffin. It was originally released as a single on the #ABCParamount label (10237).
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"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" is a #romanticBallad written by lyricist #GerryGoffin with #MichaelMasser and recorded by #PeaboBryson and #RobertaFlack for their 1983 album of #duets, #BornToLove, issued as the lead single. The track—produced by Masser—became a million-selling international hit.
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"The Loco-Motion" (or "#Locomotion") is a #popSong written by American songwriters #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for R&B singer #DeeDeeSharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American top 3, each in a different decade: in 1962 by #LittleEva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by #GrandFunkRailroad (also U.S. No. 1); and in 1988 by #KylieMinogue (U.S. No. 3).
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Documentary on Gerry Goffin, Carole King’s Songwriting Partner and Ex-Husband, in Production (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #CaroleKing #GerryGoffin #PrimaryWaveMusichttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/gerry-goffin-carole-king-documentary-1236047096/