What songs did Goffin & King write?

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I was watching a very interesting programme on TV last night called Hotel California: From the Byrds to the Eagles, mainly about LA singer/songwriters. There was a section on Carole King, and it got me thinking about the wonderful songs she wrote with Gerry Goffin.

As I’m getting on a bit, my memory isn’t what it was (well, that’s my excuse!), and I now can’t remember all the songs they wrote together. I’ve tried Googling and Wikipediaing them, but although they list some, they don’t list them all.

Is anyone’s memory better than mine?

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Just off the top of my head…

“The Loco-motion”
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”.
“Take Good Care of My Baby”
“Go Away Little Girl”
“Up on the Roof"
“Natural Woman”
"Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad About My Baby”
“Wasn’t Born to Follow”

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Monkees hits “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and “Sweet Young Thing” (co-write Goffin/King/Nesmith) as well as Monkees non-hit (but really wonderful song) from the movie Head, “Porpoise Song”.

When someone else posts the other Monkees songs Goffin and King wrote, I’ll kick myself for not being able to think of them.

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also…

Some Kind of Wonderful
Halfway to Paradise
When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Her Royal Majesty
It Might as Well Rain Until September
Chains
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
One Fine Day
Hey Girl
I Can’t Stay Mad at You
I’m Into Something Good
Oh No Not My Baby
Just Once in My Life (Spector-Goffin-King)
Don’t Bring Me Down
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Porpoise Song
He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
Please Hurt Me
Goin’ Back
No One Ever Tells You (Spector-Goffin-King)

The Rolling Stone Book of Rock Lists includes a list of “20 Goffin-King Songs You’ve Never Heard (And Might Not Want To),” including “Short Mort,” “Harlem Tango,” and “They Should Have Given You an Oscar.”

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Here’s a list on the Carole King website of all the songs she’s ever written or co-written that anyone has ever recorded:

http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=discography&subp=ck_song_appears

Note that you have to click on each letter of the alphabet and then page through the list to see all the songs starting with that letter.

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Thanks. That’s just what I’ve been looking for.