Dickie Goodman
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Richard Dorian "Dickie" Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989) was an American music producer.
", which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles
’ War of the Worlds radio show
. This recording was the subject of a copyright infringement
case against Goodman. The lawsuit was settled out of court.
In 1975, Goodman recorded "Mr. Jaws". The song hit #4 on the Billboard
Hot 100
chart
and was Goodman's biggest-selling record. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
by the R.I.A.A. in September 1975.
Luniverse, Goodman's record label
, featured works by other artists including the Del-Vikings.
In 2006, Goodman's estate produced two albums: All Time Novelty Hits and Dickie Goodman's Greatest Hits.
in 1989 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
. Goodman is survived by his two sons, Jon and Jed, and his daughter, Janie.
Career
In June 1956 Goodman created his first record, "The Flying SaucerThe Flying Saucer (song)
The Flying Saucer is a novelty record released by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman which hit #3 in 1956...
", which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
’ War of the Worlds radio show
The War of the Worlds (radio)
The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker...
. This recording was the subject of a copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
case against Goodman. The lawsuit was settled out of court.
In 1975, Goodman recorded "Mr. Jaws". The song hit #4 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
and was Goodman's biggest-selling record. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the R.I.A.A. in September 1975.
Luniverse, Goodman's record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, featured works by other artists including the Del-Vikings.
Posthumous
In 1998, his son, Jon Goodman, supervised the issue of Greatest Fables, the first authorized CD collection of Dickie Goodman's recordings.In 2006, Goodman's estate produced two albums: All Time Novelty Hits and Dickie Goodman's Greatest Hits.
Personal
Goodman died in North CarolinaNorth Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
in 1989 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. Goodman is survived by his two sons, Jon and Jed, and his daughter, Janie.
Discography
- Back To Earth Part 1 / Back To Earth Part 2 -- Luniverse 101X—1956 Original title of The Flying Saucer
- The Flying SaucerThe Flying Saucer (song)The Flying Saucer is a novelty record released by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman which hit #3 in 1956...
(#3) -- Luniverse 101—7/25/56 - The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & 2 -- Radioactive 101—1956 Revised version
- Please Won't You Call Me / Why Should We Break Up—Herald 477—1956 Produced by Goodman
- Forever Young / Come On Baby—Eldorado 504—1956 A-side written by Goodman and both sides produced by him and his partner, Bill Buchanan.
- Buchanan & Goodman On TrialBuchanan and Goodman On TrialBuchanan and Goodman On Trial was the second single by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman, under the name Buchanan & Goodman, released on Luniverse Records....
(#80) / Crazy—Luniverse 102—11/07/56 - The Banana Boat StoryThe Banana Boat Story"The Banana Boat Story" is the third single by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman, under the name Buchanan & Goodman, released on Luniverse Records in 1957. This was the first break-in single to sample commercial jingles, rather than rock 'n' roll songs...
/ Mystery (In Slow Motion) -- Luniverse 103—late 1956/early 1957 - Flying Saucer The 2nd (#18) / Martian Melody—Luniverse 105—7/13/57
- Santa And The SatelliteSanta And The SatelliteSanta And The Satellite was the fifth single released by Buchanan & Goodman. Dickie Goodman again supplies most of the dialogue, and features disc jockey Paul Sherman in place of Bill Buchanan....
Parts 1 & 2 (#32) -- Luniverse 107—12/14/57 - The Flying Saucer Goes West / Saucer Serenade—Luniverse 108—1958
- Invisible Thing / Some Other Fellow—Luniverse 109—1958 Written and produced by Goodman.
- Class Room / Fake Out—ABC-Paramount 45-9963—11/02/58 The A-side of this record was written and produced by Goodman.
- Flying Saucer The Third / The Cha Cha Lesson—Comic 500—1959
- Frankenstein of '59Frankenstein of '59Frankenstein of '59 is the eighth and final single by the novelty act Buchanan & Goodman released on Novelty Records in 1959. Dickie Goodman dissolved the group soon after its release in order to record under his own name...
/ Frankenstein Returns—Novelty 301—1959 - Stagger LawrenceStagger LawrenceStagger Lawrence is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman and Mickey Shorr, under the name Spencer & Spencer, released in 1959. Shorr was a popular Detroit rock 'n' roll DJ in the 50's and 60's....
/ Strogonoff Cha Cha—Gone 5053—3/59 - Russian BandstandRussian BandstandRussian Bandstand is the second and final single by Dickie Goodman and Mickey Shorr, released on Argo Records in 1959.The record is a parody of American Bandstand in which the host "Nikita Clarkchev" has the audience members shot if they don't like the songs, or if the singer sings the wrong...
/ Brass Wail—Argo 5331—5/18/59 - The Ride Of Paul Revere—1960?
- Paul Revere / Oh Susanna Rock—Strand 25002—1960 version, Goodman recording under the name Val E. Forge.
- Space Ship / We Belong Together—Novel N-200—1960 Goodman sang on this record.
- The TouchablesThe Touchables"The Touchables" is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Mark-X Records in 1961.The record is a parody of the hit TV show The Untouchables...
(#60) / Martian Melody—Mark-X 8009—2/26/61 - The Touchables In BrooklynThe Touchables In BrooklynThe Touchables In Brooklyn is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Mark-X Records in 1961.The record is a sequel to Goodman's previous single The Touchables...
(#42) / Mystery—Mark-X 8010—4/30/61 - Horror Movies / Whoa Mule—Rori 601—1961
- Berlin Top TenBerlin Top TenBerlin Top Ten is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rori Records in 1961.The record is similar to the Spencer & Spencer single Russian Bandstand, except Goodman used more than one song to break-in. Albeit, the record wasn't very successful, appearing on the charts at #116...
(#116) / Little Tiger—Rori 602—10/23/61 - Santa & The TouchablesSanta & The TouchablesSanta & The Touchables is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rori Records in 1961.The record is similar to Buchanan & Goodman's Santa And The Satellite, except with the "Touchables" characters. Goodman actually samples the Buchanan & Goodman single at various points. The announcer at...
(#99) / North Pole Rock—Rori 701—12/31/61 - Ben CrazyBen CrazyBen Crazy is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1962.The record is a parody of the medical drama TV series Ben Casey. The single did slightly better than Santa & The Touchables, reaching #44 that year....
(#44) / Flip Side—JMD RX-001 / DiamondDiamondIn mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
D-119—7/62 - Senate HearingSenate HearingSenate Hearing is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1963 on 20th Century Records. Goodman was president of the record company at the time of the single's release.The record is a satire of the organized crime Senate hearings in the early 1960s...
(#116) / Lock Up -- 20th Century Records20th Century Records20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records...
443—11/02/63 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Presidential Years, 1960 - 1963—20th Century TFM 3127—12/61 - 01/64 Goodman was president at 20th Century Records20th Century Records20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records...
at the time and released this album immediately after Kennedy's death. - Paul Revere—Rori 712—1964
- I Really Wanted To Be A "Singar" / Young And Foolish—Rori 714—1964 Written and produced by Buchanan & Goodman
- My Son The Joke (Risque-Theque) -- Comic CLP-69—1964
- My Baby Loves Monster Movies / Theme From A Whodunit -- DCP International 1111—10/03/64
- Presidential Interview (Flying Saucer '64) / Paul Revere—Audio Spectrum 75—10/1964
- The Invasion/What A Lovely Party (8/11/1964)
- FrankensteinFrankensteinFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
Meets The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
/ DraculaDraculaDracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
Drag -- DCP International 1126—12/12/64 - SchmonanzaSchmonanzaSchmonanza is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1965 on M.D. Records.The record is a parody of the hit TV show Bonanza.The B-side is "Backwards Theme", which is a song actually played backwards.- Songs :The songs sampled are:...
/ Backwards Theme—M.D. 101—3/01/65 - James BombJames BombJames Bomb is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1965 on Twirl Records.The record is a parody of the James Bond movies.- Songs :The songs sampled are:* James Bond Theme* Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey* The Clapping Song by Shirley Ellis...
/ Seventh Theme—Twirl 2015—1965 - Never Play Poker At A Place Called Doc's Or Eat At A Place Called Mom's -- 1966 Produced by Goodman and/or Buchanan.
- Batman & His GrandmotherBatman & His GrandmotherBatman & His Grandmother is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1966 on Red Bird Records.The record is a parody of the ABC TV show Batman....
(#70) / Suspense -- Red BirdRed BirdRed Bird was a leader of the Winnebago Native American tribe. He was a leader in the Winnebago War against the United States. He attacked settlers in the area of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, but surrendered when American forces marched into Ho-Chunk territory. He died in prison in 1828 while...
10-058—5/28/66 - Congressional Medal Of Honor -- 1968
- The Space Girl / Very Interesting -- RouletteRoulette RecordsRoulette Records is an American record label, which was founded in late 1956, by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Khals, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed as director...
R-7020—9/68 - Washington UptightWashington UptightWashington Uptight is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1968 on Oron Records.On this record, Goodman plays reporter Walter Funkite during the 1968 Presidential debates....
/ The Cat—Oron 101—late 1968 - The Modify / Live A Little -- CapitolCapitol RecordsCapitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
2407—4/17/69 Goodman writing, producing and singing - On CampusOn CampusOn Campus is a novelty single recorded by Dickie Goodman. It was released in 1969 on Cotique Records.The record is a satire of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests. Goodman reprises his role as reporter Walter Funkite...
(#45) / Mombo Suzie—Cotique 158—6/28/69 - Sarah Jane / St. Marks & Third -- BangBang RecordsBang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegün, Nesuhi Ertegün and Jerry Wexler...
569—7/07/69 - Luna TripLuna TripLuna Trip is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1969 on the Cotique Records label.The record is a satire on the Apollo 11 moon landing. Goodman plays a parody of newsanchor Walter Cronkite...
(#95) / My Victrola—Cotique 173—9/06/69 - The Saxophone Circus! -- Avco EmbassyAvco RecordsAvco Records was a record label started in 1968 by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and Joseph E. Levine as Avco Embassy Records. In the late 1960s, they released a psychedelic rock album by the group Bead Game, titled Welcome. The Embassy name was dropped in 1971 making the label Avco Records...
AVE 33002—1969 Produced by Goodman - Coffee, Tea or CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
/ Ode To A Hijacker—Slew 451—1971 Produced and written by Goodman - The Glass BottleThe Glass BottleGlass Bottle was an American pop band fronted by Gary Criss, whose song about bitterness and heartbreak, "I Ain't Got Time Anymore", was recorded in 1970 and reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1971. The band was co-produced by Dickie Goodman...
-- Avco EmbassyAvco RecordsAvco Records was a record label started in 1968 by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and Joseph E. Levine as Avco Embassy Records. In the late 1960s, they released a psychedelic rock album by the group Bead Game, titled Welcome. The Embassy name was dropped in 1971 making the label Avco Records...
AVE-33012—1970 Produced by Ramal and Goodman - The Glass BottleThe Glass BottleGlass Bottle was an American pop band fronted by Gary Criss, whose song about bitterness and heartbreak, "I Ain't Got Time Anymore", was recorded in 1970 and reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1971. The band was co-produced by Dickie Goodman...
-- I Ain't Got Time Anymore (#36) / Things -- AvcoAvco RecordsAvco Records was a record label started in 1968 by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and Joseph E. Levine as Avco Embassy Records. In the late 1960s, they released a psychedelic rock album by the group Bead Game, titled Welcome. The Embassy name was dropped in 1971 making the label Avco Records...
AVE-4575—7/07/71 - Things—1971
- Speaking of EcologySpeaking of EcologySpeaking of Ecology is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1971 on Ramgo Records. It was later re-released on Scepter Records.The record is a satire on the politics of pollution during the early 1970's. Goodman plays a parody of Howard Cosell .This record is one of many hard-to-find...
/ Dayton's Theme—Ramgo 501 / ScepterScepter RecordsScepter Records is a record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a...
12339—7/71 - Because She's Mine Again / The Girl Who Loved Me When -- AvcoAvco RecordsAvco Records was a record label started in 1968 by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and Joseph E. Levine as Avco Embassy Records. In the late 1960s, they released a psychedelic rock album by the group Bead Game, titled Welcome. The Embassy name was dropped in 1971 making the label Avco Records...
AV-4584—1971 Produced by Goodman. - Superfly Meets ShaftShaft (1971 film)Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob neighborhoods in order to find the...
(#31)/ Part Two—Rainy Wednesday 201—4/14/73 Written & produced by Goodman. - WatergrateWatergrateWatergrate is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1973. Goodman got the idea for the label name after looking outside one day. He noticed that it was raining and that it was a Wednesday....
(#42) / Friends—Rainy Wednesday 202—6/16/73 - Soul President Number One / Crossover—Rainy Wednesday 203—2/73 Written & produced by Goodman. B-side same as "Friends". (see above)
- Purple People EaterPurple People Eater"Purple People Eater" is a novelty song, written and performed by Sheb Wooley, that reached #1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958.-Composition:...
(#119) / Ruthie's Theme—Rainy Wednesday 204—9/15/73 - The ConstitutionThe Constitution (song)The Constitution is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1973.Goodman recites the United States Constitution with his usual incorporation of 'break-in' song samples...
/ The End—Rainy Wednesday 205—late 1973 - Energy Crisis '74Energy Crisis '74Energy Crisis '74 is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1974.The record is a satire of the 1973 energy crisis in the United States, and was moderately successful, breaking the US Top 40 charts at #33. The record is structured as a series of interviews with...
(#33) / The Mistake—Rainy Wednesday 206—2/74 - Screwy T.V. -- (Label unknown) -- 1974 Goodman's impersonations of popular t.v. shows
- Mr. PresidentMr. President (1974 Dickie Goodman single)Mr. President is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1974.This record is Goodman's second attempt to satirize the Watergate scandal. However, the single wasn't as successful as his previous one, Watergrate, charting at #73.This is NOT the same recording as the...
(#73) / Popularity—Rainy Wednesday 207—6/15/74 - Gerry Ford (A Special Report)Gerry Ford (A Special Report)Gerry Ford is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1974.This record satirizes the Gerald Ford presidency...
/ Robert—Rainy Wednesday 208—late 1974 - Inflation In The NationInflation In The NationInflation In The Nation is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1975.The record is a satire on the rise of inflation in the United States during the 1970s. The B-side of this single is "Jon and Jed's Theme", named after his two sons. This song is also known as...
/ Jon & Jed's Theme—Rainy Wednesday 209—1975 - Mr. JawsMr. JawsMr. Jaws is a novelty song by Dickie Goodman released on Cash Records in 1975.This record is a parody of the 1975 summer blockbuster film Jaws, with Goodman interviewing the shark , as well as the film's main characters, Brody, Hooper, and Quint...
(#4) / Irv's Theme—Cash 451—9/06/75 - KongKong (1977 Dickie Goodman single)Kong is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Kong Records in 1977.The record is a parody of the 1976 remake of King Kong. Unlike Goodman's previous hit Mr...
(#48) / Ed's Tune—Shock 6 -- 2/05/77 - Just Released—Tsuaris—1977
- Star WartsStar WartsStar Warts is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Janus Records in 1977. The record is a parody of the 1977 blockbuster Star Wars....
/ The Boys' Tune—Janus 271—Summer 1977 - Mrs. JawsMrs. JawsMrs. Jaws is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Shark Records in 1978.The record is a parody of the movie sequel Jaws 2. This was one of Goodman's attempts to follow-up his 1975 hit "Mr. Jaws". But, like his later records, it was a flop....
/ Chomp Chomp—Shark 1001—Summer 1978 - Super, SupermanSuper, Superman"Super, Superman" is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Shark Records in 1979.The record is a parody of the 1979 blockbuster film Superman. Goodman's wife can be heard playing the role of Lois Lane. This record is not the same as Goodman's 1981 single "Super-Duper Man."The B-side...
/ Chomp Chomp—Shark 1002—Early 1979 - Energy Crisis '79Energy Crisis '79Energy Crisis '79 is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Hot Line Records in 1979.The record is a satire of the 1979 energy crisis in the United States. It is similar to Goodman's earlier single, Energy Crisis '74, with altered dialogue and song samples from 1979.The B-side is "Pain", a...
/ Pain—Hot Line 1017—Summer 1979 - Election '80Election '80Election '80 is a novelty record by Dickie Goodman released on Prelude Records in the fall of 1980.The record is a satire of the 1980 presidential election. No official B-side was recorded, as few commercial copies were pressed...
-- Prelude—Fall 1980 - Mr. PresidentMr. President (1981 Dickie Goodman single)Mr. President is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Wacko Records in 1981.The record is a satire of the Reagan Administration. This is a different version from Goodman's 1974 single Mr...
/ Dancin' U.S.A. -- Wacko 1001—spring 1981 - Super-Duper ManSuper-Duper ManSuper-Duper Man is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Wacko Records in 1981.The record is a parody of the Superman II sequel, with Goodman's traditional 'break-in' samples...
/ Robert's Tune—Wacko 1002—summer 1981 - America '81 (Short Version) / (Long Version) -- Wacko 1381—1981
- Hey, E.T.Hey, E.T.Hey, E.T. is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released in 1982.The record is a parody of the Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Though the record was a flop, it gained considerable airplay on the syndicated radio show Dr. Demento. It also prompted Rhino Records to issue a...
/ Get A Job—Extran 601/Montage P-B-1220—fall 1982 - Hey Dickie! -- no label—1982
- Attack of the Z-MonsterAttack of the Z-MonsterAttack of the Z-Monster is a novelty recording by Dickie Goodman in 1983.Goodman recorded this specifically for radio station 'Z-100 FM' in New York City. This was done to promote their station's image and on-air talent...
/ Mystery—Z-100—summer 1983 - Radio RussiaRadio RussiaRadio Russia is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rhino Records in 1983.The record is a satire of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union...
/ Washington Inside-OutWashington Inside-OutWashington Inside-Out is the B-side of Radio Russia, a novelty record by Dickie Goodman released on Rhino Records in 1983.The record is a satire of the Reagan Administration, among other political events in 1983. This was Goodman's attempt to recreate his previous political-themed records from the...
-- RhinoRhino EntertainmentRhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
RNOR 019—11/83 - The Return of The Jedi Returns (Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
IV) -- RhinoRhino EntertainmentRhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
RNLP 811—11/83 - Election '84Election '84Election '84 is a novelty record by Dickie Goodman released on Shell Records in 1984.The record is a satire of the 1984 presidential election. The B-side is "Herb's Theme", which is the same as "Irv's Theme", found on the Mr...
/ Herb's Theme—Shell 711—1984 - Safe Sex ReportSafe Sex ReportSafe Sex Report is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Goodname Records.This was Goodman's final record before his death. It was supposedly recorded around late 1987 to 1988. It is a satire of the AIDS pandemic and the ongoing public service announcements on safe sex...
/ Safety First—Goodname 100—late 1987 / early 1988 (Goodman's final recording)