will you love me tomorrow?

A group of classmates from Passaic, New Jersey made a lasting treasure out of a moment's pleasure with this breakthrough hit for Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The husband and wife songwriting team were part of Aldon Music in the Brill Building publishing house.

King recalls, "Every day we squeezed into our respective cubby holes with just enough room for a piano, a bench, and maybe a chair for the lyricist if you were lucky. You'd sit there and write and you could hear someone in the next cubby hole composing a song exactly like yours. The pressure in the Brill Building was really terrific — because Don Kirshner ("The Man With the Golden Ear") would play one songwriter against another. He'd say: 'We need a new smash hit' — and we'd all go back and write a song and the next day we'd each audition."

Shirelle's lead singer Shirley Owens thought it sounded too country and western; but after strings were added, she warmed to it. Carole King also played timpani on the recording. Due to its suggestive subject matter, some stations refused to play the song; and still, the Shirelles became the first black girl group to reach the top of the charts.






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Tonight you're mine completely

You give your love so sweetly

Tonight the light of love is in your eyes

But will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure

Or just a moment's pleasure?

Can I believe the magic of your sighs?

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken

You say that I'm the only one

But will my heart be broken

When the night meets the morning sun?

I'd like to know that your love

Is love I can be sure of

So tell me now, and I won't ask again

Will you still love me tomorrow?

So tell me now, and I won't ask again

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Will you still love me tomorrow?