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Gerry Goffin died five years ago--otherwise, he'd be celebrating his 80th birthday today.  He was married to Carole King for most of the 60s, but more important, he wrote a bunch of great songs with her.  When Lennon and McCartney were starting out, they would look at the names on their records and one day hoped to be as good as the team of Goffin and King.

Most of his Goffin's hits were with King, but he also wrote lyrics with Barry Mann, Jack Keller and a number of others.  In picking a few selection, I hardly know where to start.