Died On This Date (November 6, 1989) Dickie Goodman / Novelty Hit Maker
themusicsover Dickie Goodman
April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989
No matter who you’ve been told was the earliest to use sampling in there songs, it’s likely that Dickie Goodman isn’t on that list even though he was doing it as far back as 1956. It was that year that he released his first big hit, “The Flying Saucer” that was basically a “man on the streets” interview that included snippets of songs by Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry as the answers to his questions about an alien invasion. The song was a huge hit that continues to get airplay on Dr. Demento type programs. Goodman continued to release such novelty, or as they were called “break-in” records well into the ’70s. In 1975, he released his biggest hit, another break-in record, “Mr. Jaws,” parodying the blockbuster film of that summer, Jaws. The record shot to #4 on the Billboard singles chart. Dickie Goodman shot and killed himself on November 6, 1989.
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