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Louise Goffin
American musician
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| Born | (1960-03-23) March 23, 1960 (age 64) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Website | louisegoffin.com |
Musical artist
Louise Goffin (born March 23, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and producer of the 2011 album A Holiday Carole. Signed by record executive Lenny Waronker to DreamWorks in 1999, Goffin released Sometimes a Circle in 2002.[1] She went on to release five albums, an EP, and several singles independently through her own label Majority of One Records, which was launched May 2008. She teaches songwriting to teen girls from disadvantaged backgrounds in partnership with the charitable organization WriteGirl.[2]
Early life
Goffin's parents are songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin.[1] At the age of 14 she and her sister, Sherry, provided vocals for the song "Nightingale", on her mother Carole King's album Wrap Around Joy, which was released i
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About Louise & Paul
LOUISE GOFFIN
“For years people have told me ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,’” says Louise Goffin. Bound by DNA to be a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Louise’s parents are Gerry Goffin and Carole King, two of the most successful songwriters in American history. Louise produced a Grammy-nominated record for her mother in 2011.
Louise was born in Brooklyn and, with her parents, migrated west to be raised in LA’s Laurel Canyon during an exciting time in music history. As a child, she was immersed in the halcyon days of the emergence of singer-songwriters’ explosion into pop culture.
She released her debut album Kid Blue on a major label (Elektra-Asylum) when she was 19, and has gone on to release eight albums on both majors and her own independent Majority of One.
Her new album, All These Hellos, co-produced with four-time Grammy winner Dave Way, features duets with Chris Difford from Squeeze, Rufus Wainwright and Billy Harvey. Van Dyke Parks appears with a classic Hollywood movie arrangement of the Goffin/Harvey penn
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About
Louise Goffin is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Louise grew up bound by the DNA of great songwriting. She first appeared singing on records as a young girl, when she performed back-up vocals on Cheech and Chong's Basketball Jones, and on Carole King’s soundtrack for Maurice Sendak’s classic animated children’s movie, Really Rosie. Snagging record contracts over the years with Elektra-Asylum, Warner Bros. and Dreamworks, Louise’s debut album Kid Blue came out when she was 19. She prides herself on a balanced work/home life, yet remains prolific, having gone on to release nine more albums on both majors and her own independent Majority of One label. She also co-wrote and produced an album for Carole King that earned King a Grammy nomination in 2011.
Much respected by fellow artists and peers in the industry, she has been asked to bring her multi-instrumental skills to other projects. In the mid ‘90s, she toured as a guitarist and background vocalist in Tears for Fears, and appeared in a video playing banjo with Roxy Music fro
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