Al Goodman (singer)
Willie Albert Goodman (March 31, 1943 – July 26, 2010)Special Lady" after changing their name to Ray, Goodman and Brown.
Singing career
Goodman was born on March 31, 1943, in
Billboard R&B chart and hit third place on Billboard's pop chart. Months after their first album release, Sylvia's brother-in-law Johnny Moore, a swift replacement for John Morgan, was replaced with Harry Ray. Together, Ray, Goodman and Brown as The Moments went on to record such hits as "All I Have" and "Sexy Mama".[3]
The Moments left Stang Records in 1979, citing creative differences with Joe and Sylvia Robinson, and signed up with
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum credit them as "one of those transitional tight-harmony love-ballad groups from the '60s that paved the way out of the doo-wop era to become one of the leaders of R&B for nearly two decades".[3]
The group recorded many of their songs at the
Sugar Hill Records (formerly All Platinum) studio in Englewood, which was gutted by a fire in 2002 that destroyed many of the master tapes of their recordings. Goodman said the fire cost him $500,000 saying "I just stood there and watched 30 or 40 years of my life go by".[4]
A resident of Englewood, New Jersey, Goodman died at age 67 on July 26, 2010, of
Henrietta Young, as well as by two daughters Linda and Rhonda Goodman, three sons James, William, and Brandon Goodman a daughter-in-law Stephanie Goodman and a grandson Aidan Albert Goodman. His earlier marriage to Alice Lewis ended in divorce.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Willie Al Goodman March 31, 1943 - July 26, 2010". eternityfuneralservice.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ via Associated Press. "Soul singer Al Goodman dies at 67", The Star-Ledger, July 30, 2010. Accessed July 30, 2010.
- ^ a b c Hevesi, Dennis. "Al Goodman, R&B Singer, Dies at 67", The New York Times, July 29, 2010. Accessed July 30, 2010.
- ^ The Record (Bergen County), July 30, 2010. Accessed July 30, 2010.
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