Dickie GoodmanAugust 6, 2007
*Name: Dickie Goodman
[Goodman’s son, Jon, filled this out for SAR]
*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Buchannan and Goodman...
*Do you use a pseudonym? Dickie Goodman had some records with other names listed but it was him... like Spencer and Spencer for example.
*Members: I think on that record it was a comedian named Mickey Shore with dad.
*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: He used professional recording studios and whatever the technology of that era was, 50s 60s 70s 80s...
*Another genre descriptor: Break-In Records... but he is in Billboard under the sub-category Novelty Records, which is in the main category of Comedy Records.
*Is there a story behind your name? Dickie is a nickname for Richard.
*Location: He was born in Brooklyn (New York).
*Original Location: He started in NYC and went to Los Angeles, then Miami, then Vegas.
*What is your creative/artistic background: I did not inherit his talent unfortunately.
*History: Part of his childhood was in Long Island, NY, and his parents took in Bobby Darin, who he had befriended as a kid. As the story goes, Darin had no place else to call home.
*Born: April 19, 1934
*Motivations: He grew up in the radio days. A good example of it is the Woody Allen film by the same name.
*Philosophy: He was a gambler (horses).
*How would you like to be remembered:
*Web address: http://www.myspace.com/kingofnovelty
