Before She Became an Upper Middle Class icon: - No one should forget her New York- New Jersey working class appeal which as a Kearny, New Jersey youth - I experienced. What we now call the lower middle class She and Jerry Goffin were writing everyday tunes that later were continued by the likes of the Four Seasons. I know that Carole is proud of this beginning. She wrote some great tunes at Don Kirchner's Aldon Music at 1650 Broadway opposite the Brill Building where she developed a strong association.