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About Dickie Goodman

Dickie Goodman built a career out of imagination and sheer chutzpah - he was a seminal figure in the history of comedy records. In my early teens, my friends and I would try to emulate him by making our own cut-in records using a transistor radio and a tiny reel-to-reel tape recorder. He was a definite early influence, and he continues to be a major inspiration. -Weird Al Yankovic Dickie Goodman made funny records - million-sellers like The Flying Saucer and Mr. Jaws and a great many more, including rarities that go for hundreds of dollars today. After 50 years and counting, we still get requests for Dickie Goodman every week on the Dr. Demento Show. Lots of others have made great novelty records - Spike Jones, Ray Stevens, Weird Al Yankovic to name a few - but only Dickie Goodman invented a brand new way of making records funny. Along with the late Bill Buchanan, Dickie conceived the whole idea of a make-believe news interview in which all the answers are lines from current hit records. The format was widely imitated, but no one ever quite matched the originator. But Dickie Goodman was a lot more than a name on a record label. He was a human being, who led an exciting but often very difficult life. It was a life full of personal triumphs and tragedies - all compounded by the never-ending challenges brought on by his unique way of making records (foreshadowing today's music mixing). Through it all, Dickie raised two sons, Jed and Jon Goodman. As a boy, Jon was in the studio when I interviewed Dickie on my show in 1981. More recently, Jon has compiled CD's of his father's work, and recorded his own new interviews in the Goodman style. Now, for the first time, with these digital time capsules, the Goodman Brothers share their father's records with us, as only they can. It's an essential part of the history of American comedy, and American rock & roll as well. -Dr. Demento This first ever Dickie Goodman digital release is a revisionist epic for posterity of the Goodman Brother's father, legendary novelty record producer and music mixing pioneer Dickie Goodman, a man contending with current events and happenings while entertaining the world for 50 years! -Chuck Miller, Goldmine The year is 1956, the beginning of the Rock-N-Roll era. Rock-N-Roll and R&B are making their way to the forefront of the music industry. We dont notice that the displacement of establishment Pop music is upon us. In fact, we are still using cover versions (remakes of songs by socially acceptable artists) rather than originals by controversial sensations like Elvis Presley and Little Richard. Parents of the baby-boom generation are glued to brand new color TV's, watching Highway Patrol and following news reports of flying saucers. America doesnt know that Rock-N-Roll and R&B are about to find a new way of sneaking up on its youngsters. A famous New York City landmark and hub of music publishing, the Brill Building, is near Hansen's Drug Store. A pharmacy - soda fountain, Hansen's is a hangout for dreamers trying to break into the music business. It's a convenient place, as most places are in the 50's. There are tables and chairs, and a pay phone. This is where twenty-one-year old Dickie Goodman claims his turf. This is where it all begins. Dickie Goodman, beginner songwriter and music publisher, is embarking on a journey. His frustrated creative burst will have an impact on the world far greater than anyone realizes. Dickie Goodman is about to have a hit record called THE FLYING SAUCER. Starting here, Dickie Goodman will reel in the baby-boom generation to Rock-N-Roll and R&B. He will create a genre of novelty records that will span four decades, pioneering a music concept called mixing, that will become a prevalent tool of the music industry. Dickie Goodman is going to take age-old parody and satire, burlesque, and make it contemporary, forever changing the face of radio. Dickie Goodman is launching a career to influence the lives of millions, and he is doing it by leading us to laughter. Dawning the threshold of the digital millennium, we are at the helm, sharing Dickie Goodman's 50th Anniversary with the world! Long Live THE KING OF NOVELTY, Dickie Goodman. -Goodman Brothers More than parody, novelty, satire, comedy - these words could never render justice to what measure of brilliance, when one of those rare and timeless moments in history comes along as they always do - to be captured forever by one man in two and a half minutes, this American life we cherish in our hearts and memories, and live for once, summarizing an era. -Jon Goodman The King is dead...Long Live The King!

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