SINGER

Gerry Goffin

1939 - 2014

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Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the US No.1 hits "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Loco-Motion", and "Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate." After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser, with whom he wrote "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and "Saving All My Love for You", also No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerry Goffin has received more than 2,703,845 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gerry Goffin is the 1,657th most popular singer (down from 1,501st in 2019), the 8,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,981st in 2019) and the 410th most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gerry Goffin ranks 1,657 out of 4,381. Before him are Andre Matos, Ferry Graf, Gerard Joling, Nathalie Stutzmann, Karita Mattila, and Corinne Hermès. After him are Toni Basil, Fabio Lione, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Anne-Karine Strøm, Jackie DeShannon, and Tony Cetinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Gerry Goffin ranks 478. Before him are Larry Linville, Ernie Davis, Boris Tishchenko, Jan Mrvík, Ted Kaufman, and Erik Hansen. After him are R. C. Sproul, Al Unser, Jan-Just Bos, Alan Ayckbourn, Chris Craft, and Elizabeth Ashley. Among people deceased in 2014, Gerry Goffin ranks 412. Before him are Stanisław Barańczak, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Ian McLagan, Dmitri Anosov, Lucidio Sentimenti, and Erik Hansen. After him are Christopher Jones, Iveta Bartošová, Jacques Bergerac, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, John Dobson, and Javier Fragoso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerry Goffin ranks 8,744 out of 20,380. Before him are Kent Beck (1961), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Steve Anderson (1906), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), and John F. Kelly (1950). After him are John Romero (1967), Craig Bierko (1964), Mike Dunleavy (1961), Earl Young (1941), David Frankel (1959), and Lucille La Verne (1872).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Gerry Goffin ranks 410. Before him are Steve Harwell (1967), Fat Joe (1970), Chris Barnes (1967), Joe Jonas (1989), Jenni Rivera (1969), and Roky Erickson (1947). After him are Toni Basil (1943), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Kelly Rowland (1981), Jo Stafford (1917), Norman Greenbaum (1942), and Loleatta Holloway (1946).

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