Elton John & Bernie Taupin
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Carole King & Gerry Goffin
The songwriting duo of Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote many of the 1960s biggest hits including; ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’, ‘Take Good Care of My Baby’, and ‘The Loco-Motion’, and their songs have been recorded by legendary artists such as Aretha Franklin, James Taylor and the Beatles
Meeting in college, Carole King and Gerry Goffin began collaborating as songwriters, with King writing the music and Goffin the lyrics. Their friendship blossomed into a relationship, and when King became pregnant and they married in August 1959. Goffin wrote the lyrics for Carole King’s 1959 single “Oh Neil”, an answer song to her friend Neil Sedaka’s “Oh! Carol”. The single’s B-side, “A Very Special Boy”, was a Goffin-King composition – although the record was not a hit, the couple both secured songwriting contracts at Don Kirshner’s Aldon Music Publishing company in Manhattan.
Goffin and King established themselves as a brilliant and successful writing team, with their breakthrough hit “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” The song was recorded by The Shirelles and went to number one on the Billboard Hot-100 in January 1961. Goffin and King formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the period, with hit songs including “Take Good Care of My Baby” (a hit for Bobby Vee), “Halfway to Paradise” (Tony Orlando, Billy Fury), “The Loco-Motion” (Little Eva, and later Grand Funk Railroad and Kylie Minogue), “Go Away Little Girl” (Steve Lawrence, and later Donny Osmond), “It Might as Well Rain Until September” (Carole King), “One Fine Day” (The Chiffons), “Up on the Roof” (The Drifters), “I’m into Something Good” (Herman’s Hermits, but recorded first by Earl-Jean McCrea under the name Earl-Jean), “Don’t Bring Me Down” (The Animals), “Oh No Not My Baby” (Maxine Brown, and later Rod Stewart), “Goin’ Back” (Dusty Springfield, The Byrds), “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Aretha Franklin), and “Pleasant Valley Sunday” (The Monkees). Goffin and King also wrote several songs jointly with record producer Phil Spector. In 1963, John Lennon was quoted as saying that he wanted Paul McCartney and himself to become “the Goffin-King of England”.
MEET THE CAST
- Craig Titus Piano | Keyboards | Guitars | Percussion | Backing Vocals A native of Toronto Canada, Craig is an accomplished musician, film & television composer, music editor, producer, programmer and entertainment industry educator with over 30 years of experience. In addition to his extraordinary abilities as a mutli-instrumentalist he is a sought after composer and music editor with over twenty years’ experience in the film and television industry. Craig has worked on numerous award-winning projects for clients including CBC, BBC, TVa, MTV, Discovery, Endemol, Buena Vista, YTV, PBS, Resolution, Disney, Twenty-Twenty, CBS, Paramount and Alliance Atlantis. Some of his many credits include Regeneration, Mythic Warriors, Mysterious Island, Striking Poses, Knock Off, The Cellar, Street Noise, She Pays the Rent, Tiger Claws, Silent Movie, The Undertaker’s Wedding, Crisis, Operation Golden Phoenix, Talons of the Eagle and TC 2000. As both a live and studio musician his talents have taken him […]
- Davor Jordanovski Piano | Keyboards | Guitar | Bass | Harp | Accordion | Backing Vocals While still a student at the University of Music Arts (Saints Kiril & Metodij University, Skopje) in his native Macedonia, Davor was already the featured keyboard player with Macedonian National TV’s Big Band Orchestra, composing, arranging, and producing for some of the biggest and best known musical acts in the country. Davor’s beginnings were traditional: classical music, and later pop and jazz; until he broadened his experience and branched out into film, mood, jazz fusion, ambient, dance, groove, symphonic, contemporary jazz and R&B. In his 25 year-long career, Davor can safely say “he has done it all.” His performance and production credits include: Shania Twain, MTV Top 5 – World Chart Express’ single titled Red Rain – performed by Dani. Grand Prix (Best Song) at: Inter-Fest 1995, Inter-Fest 1996, Mak-Fest 1999, Mak-Fest 2001, Mak-Fest […]
- Kristina Bijelic Backing Vocals | Violin Kristina Bijelic is a multilingual, multi-genre vocalist who made her professional singing debut at age 12. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, she graduated with honours from the University of Toronto with a bachelor’s degree in musicology, and later a master’s degree in Contemporary Performance from Berklee College of Music, Valencia Campus. Trained in classical voice and violin since childhood, Kristina has performed on stages across North America and Europe.
