Question: How many pop hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999 has this American composer and singer-songwriter of "It's Going to Take Some Time" written or co-written? 
Context: Keith Sweat is the eponymous fifth studio album by American R&B recording artist of the same name.  The album was released on June 25, 1996.  The single "Twisted" made it to #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, his biggest hit ever on that chart. " Nobody" peaked at #3 on the same chart.  Both songs are his final two of six hits to reach number one on the R&B singles chart and gave Sweat two more Top 5 pop hits in eight years since his debut single, "I Want Her." Exposure is the debut studio album by American girl group Exposé, released on March 2, 1987.  It reached number sixteen on the "Billboard" 200 and number twenty on the R&B albums chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAA in May 1990.  The album spawned four top-ten singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, including "Seasons Change", which topped the chart in February 1988.  Other hit singles were the breakthrough hit "Come Go with Me" (number 5 U.S.), a re-recorded version of the song "Point of No Return" (number 5 U.S.) and "Let Me Be the One" (number 7 U.S.).  This was the first debut album by a group to feature four top-ten "Billboard" pop hits – a feat Cyndi Lauper achieved as a solo artist with her 1983 album "She's So Unusual". Alabama is a country music band composed of Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Mark Herndon.  Its discography comprises nineteen studio albums, including sixteen for RCA Records, as well as two Christmas albums and two Christian music albums.  Alabama also charted sixty-four singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts (not counting Christmas releases and guest singles), of which thirty-two reached Number One.  The band's longest-lasting Number One was "Jukebox in My Mind", which spent four weeks at that position in 1990.  Several of the band's early-1980s releases also crossed over to the "Billboard" Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, including "Love in the First Degree", "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get", all of which were Top 40 pop hits. Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.  She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999.  King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005. The Midnighters were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan.  They were an influential group in the 1950s and early 1960s, with many R&B hit records.  They were also notable for launching the career of lead singer Hank Ballard and the worldwide dance craze the Twist.  Between 1953 and 1962 the Midnighters had almost two dozen hits on the U.S. Pop & R&B charts.  Their big hits included the million-selling Billboard Top 10 pop hits "Finger Popping Time" (for which they received a 1961 Grammy Award nomination), and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go".  The Midnighters also had 13 Top 10 R&B hits, including three that reached number 1.  Their Top 10 R&B hits included "Work with Me, Annie", "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)", "Annie Had a Baby", "The Hoochi Coochi Coo", "Teardrops on Your Letter", "Get It", "The Float" and "Nothing but Good".  They received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award in 1992 and were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.  The group's lead singer, Hank Ballard, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.  The Midnighters as a "group" were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012. "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" is a 1976 R&B/Soul song recorded by American singer Natalie Cole issued as lead single from her second album "Natalie".  It spent one week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles charts in 1976, becoming Cole's third consecutive #1 soul hit, and won Cole a second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.  "Sophisticated Lady..." would not be one of Cole's biggest US Pop hits rising no higher than #25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100; however it provided Cole with a Top Ten hit in both Italy and New Zealand with respective peaks of #8 and #4; "Sophisticated Lady..." would remain Cole's only Top 20 hit in Italy and also her highest charting single in New Zealand although in 1988 "Pink Cadillac" would also reach #4 NZ. Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American soul singer-songwriter and performer.  A tenor with a four octave vocal range, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", and was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul.  He was considered a master showman, and one of the most dynamic and influential singers and performers in R&B and rock 'n' roll history.  Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group Billy Ward and His Dominoes, he went solo in 1957 and recorded over 50 hit singles that spanned R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening.  This included 16 R&B Top 10 hits, including six R&B number ones.  On the "Billboard" Hot 100, he scored 14 Top 20 Pop hits, six of which made it into the Pop Top 10. "It's Going to Take Some Time" is a song written by Carole King and Toni Stern for King’s 1971 album, "Music".  It was redone by the Carpenters in 1972 for their fourth album, "A Song for You".  According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7" singles he had to listen to.  When he encountered "It's Going to Take Some Time", he knew it would be a hit, and recorded it.  The song peaked at number 12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.  Tim Weisberg played the flute during the instrumental section of the song. Buddy Brock is an American country music songwriter.  His biggest hits to date are "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart and made the "Billboard" Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992.  Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), which reached #6 on the "Billboard" country chart); "Haunted Heart" (co-written with Kim Williams), a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw; and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), a top-40 country hit. American singer Kesha made her international debut in early 2009 featuring on the Flo Rida single, "Right Round", which reached number one in the United States on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and topped the charts in five other countries.  Kesha's debut album, "Animal", released in January 2010, topped the Canadian and American charts, debuting at number one in its first week on the "Billboard" 200.  The album's lead single, and Kesha's solo debut single, "Tik Tok", was released in August 2009 and reached number one in eleven countries and spent nine consecutive weeks on top of the "Billboard" Hot 100.  Since its release in 2009, the song has sold 15 million copies worldwide, therefore making it the best-selling digital single of all time.  The album spawned three more hit singles, "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Take It Off".  She topped eight charts on the 2010 "Billboard" Year-End Chart, including Top New Artists, Hot 100 Songs and Hot 100 Artists.
Answer: 118