Dickie Goodman
b. 19 April 1934, Hewlett, New York, USA, d. 10 November 1989, South Carolina, USA. Richard Dickie Goodman, along with Bill Buchanan (b. 1935), was known as the pioneer of the so-called ‘break-in’ record, a recording technique that involved weaving short snippets of hit recordings into a narrative story, usually in the form of a news report. The duo's first hit was The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2) on Luniverse Records in 1956. The record told of a visit to earth by aliens from space who explained their reasons for landing on earth to reporters with bits of rock ‘n’ roll hits by Little Richard, the Platters and others. Buchanan and Goodman charted three further times before Buchanan retired from the music industry. Goodman continued the concept on solo records on numerous labels and continued to score chart records with it into the late '70s. His biggest solo hit was the 1975 Mr. Jaws, a take-off on the film Jaws. Goodman died of a heart attack in November 1989 (Goldmine Issue 360 says he shot himself 6/11/89!!!!!!!!!!). See also Buchanan And Goodman.