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 shot himself in November 1989.

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• Mr. Jaws
• Mr. President
• Energy Crisis
• Batman & His Grandmother
• Superfly Meets Shaft

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• "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Adam Sandler
• Cheech & Chong
• Napoleon XIV
• Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons
• Green Jelly
• Monty Python
• Frank Zappa
• Bob Rivers
• Tenacious D
• Monty Python Sings
• The Rutles
• Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast
• Chef
• Eric Cartman
• Leonard Nimoy
• Dr. Evil
• Howard McGillin and The People of South Park
• Primus