Record Producer. He invented the technique called "break-in" recording, using
brief clips of popular recorded songs to "answer" comedic questions on his novelty records. This was an early precursor to sampling, a technique of using a prior recorded song on a new recording. He took the first step in sampling, remixing, and symbolic juxtaposition. Born Richard Dorian Goodman, his father was an attorney. He attended New York University for a short time. He wrote and produced with partner Bill Buchanan some original material, most often heard on the B-sides of his break-in records, such as "The Flying Saucer" in 1956, which reached #3 on the Billboard Top 40 and sold 500,000 copies in three weeks. As the two partners became wealthy, the courts drained their funds with the cost of lawsuits waged against them. They used copyrighted material and other recording artists' work without permission. He and his partner produced in 1956 "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" using singer Little Richard. He had his own record label, Luniverse. In his career he produced seventeen hits, with five of them reaching the Billboard Top 40. He received three Gold Records for his recording "Mr. Jaws." This recording was in response to the 1975 movie "Jaws." Five weeks after the record's release, "Mr. Jaws" hit #1 in Cashbox, #1 in Record World, and #4 in Billboard. His final recording was "Kong" in 1977 and reached #48. By 1963, Goodman became President of 20th Century-Fox's record division and after that, a television joke writer for the Ed Sullivan Show.
brief clips of popular recorded songs to "answer" comedic questions on his novelty records. This was an early precursor to sampling, a technique of using a prior recorded song on a new recording. He took the first step in sampling, remixing, and symbolic juxtaposition. Born Richard Dorian Goodman, his father was an attorney. He attended New York University for a short time. He wrote and produced with partner Bill Buchanan some original material, most often heard on the B-sides of his break-in records, such as "The Flying Saucer" in 1956, which reached #3 on the Billboard Top 40 and sold 500,000 copies in three weeks. As the two partners became wealthy, the courts drained their funds with the cost of lawsuits waged against them. They used copyrighted material and other recording artists' work without permission. He and his partner produced in 1956 "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" using singer Little Richard. He had his own record label, Luniverse. In his career he produced seventeen hits, with five of them reaching the Billboard Top 40. He received three Gold Records for his recording "Mr. Jaws." This recording was in response to the 1975 movie "Jaws." Five weeks after the record's release, "Mr. Jaws" hit #1 in Cashbox, #1 in Record World, and #4 in Billboard. His final recording was "Kong" in 1977 and reached #48. By 1963, Goodman became President of 20th Century-Fox's record division and after that, a television joke writer for the Ed Sullivan Show.
Record Producer. He invented the technique called "break-in" recording, using
brief clips of popular recorded songs to "answer" comedic questions on his novelty records. This was an early precursor to sampling, a technique of using a prior recorded song on a new recording. He took the first step in sampling, remixing, and symbolic juxtaposition. Born Richard Dorian Goodman, his father was an attorney. He attended New York University for a short time. He wrote and produced with partner Bill Buchanan some original material, most often heard on the B-sides of his break-in records, such as "The Flying Saucer" in 1956, which reached #3 on the Billboard Top 40 and sold 500,000 copies in three weeks. As the two partners became wealthy, the courts drained their funds with the cost of lawsuits waged against them. They used copyrighted material and other recording artists' work without permission. He and his partner produced in 1956 "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" using singer Little Richard. He had his own record label, Luniverse. In his career he produced seventeen hits, with five of them reaching the Billboard Top 40. He received three Gold Records for his recording "Mr. Jaws." This recording was in response to the 1975 movie "Jaws." Five weeks after the record's release, "Mr. Jaws" hit #1 in Cashbox, #1 in Record World, and #4 in Billboard. His final recording was "Kong" in 1977 and reached #48. By 1963, Goodman became President of 20th Century-Fox's record division and after that, a television joke writer for the Ed Sullivan Show.
brief clips of popular recorded songs to "answer" comedic questions on his novelty records. This was an early precursor to sampling, a technique of using a prior recorded song on a new recording. He took the first step in sampling, remixing, and symbolic juxtaposition. Born Richard Dorian Goodman, his father was an attorney. He attended New York University for a short time. He wrote and produced with partner Bill Buchanan some original material, most often heard on the B-sides of his break-in records, such as "The Flying Saucer" in 1956, which reached #3 on the Billboard Top 40 and sold 500,000 copies in three weeks. As the two partners became wealthy, the courts drained their funds with the cost of lawsuits waged against them. They used copyrighted material and other recording artists' work without permission. He and his partner produced in 1956 "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" using singer Little Richard. He had his own record label, Luniverse. In his career he produced seventeen hits, with five of them reaching the Billboard Top 40. He received three Gold Records for his recording "Mr. Jaws." This recording was in response to the 1975 movie "Jaws." Five weeks after the record's release, "Mr. Jaws" hit #1 in Cashbox, #1 in Record World, and #4 in Billboard. His final recording was "Kong" in 1977 and reached #48. By 1963, Goodman became President of 20th Century-Fox's record division and after that, a television joke writer for the Ed Sullivan Show.
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