Sadly the porpoise is waiting: Gerry Goffin the songwriter has died – with Carole King he wrote some amazing songs. I’ve posted Porpoise Song before when Davy died, so here’s another, Goin’ Back performed by Dusty Springfield who recorded quite a few Goffin/King songs.
And No Easy Way Down, which ties for my favourite Dusty song, also Goffin/King:
And another that will probably be left out of the memorial articles is The Old Crowd by Leslie Gore. Not only is it ace, I think you have a feeling of Gerry Goffin’s childhood in this song:
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