Don Kirshner and Al Nevins owned Aldon Music, a publishing company in New York City that had a team of songwriters including Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weill, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Phil Spector, Howard Greenfield, and Jack Keller. Kirshner found early success by pairing songs by these writers with the […]
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