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Born in Brooklyn , New York he enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School . After spending a year at the U.S. Naval Academy , he resigned from the Navy to study Chemistry at Queens College . Marrying Carole King in 1959 , he and his wife together pursued a successful song writing career, notably as part of the famous Brill Building song writing team. Their breakthrough hit was 1961's " Will You Love Me Tomorrow ?", which was recorded by The Shirelles and later, Dusty Springfield . Although they divorced in 1968 , the two continued to work together for some years afterwards. They are the parents of singer/songwriter Louise Goffin . Among the works attributed to Goffin and King are: Goffin also collaborated with other songwriters, notably Barry Mann , Russ Titelman , Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser . Works produced by these collaborations include:
More recent works attributed to Goffin are:
In 1995, Goffin remarried. Gerry Goffin was one of the first people to take notice of Kelly Clarkson 's talent and had hired her to do demo work prior to her auditioning for American Idol in 2001. Today, Goffin lives and works in Los Angeles . DISCOGRAPHY
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