Marv Goldberg
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Bronx, New York , U.S. | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, music historian |
Marv Goldberg (born 1944) is an American writer and historian of music in the field of
Biography
Goldberg grew up in the Bronx, New York and was a graduate of
In 1997, he created his Yesterday's Memories Rhythm & Blues Party website.[1] On it, he has posted all of the articles he has written, as well as new articles written expressly for the site. In 2009, realizing that his articles reflected many styles, having been written over so many years, he decided to re-write all of them for consistency. He constantly updates them with new information and photographs.
Goldberg is also a disk jockey, and over the years was a guest on many New York area shows. In March 1997, he got his own show, the Yesterday's Memories Rhythm & Blues Party, on
Over the years, Goldberg has interviewed most of the biggest names in 1940s and 1950s R&B vocal-group music, in addition to hundreds of lesser-known singers. Marv especially had an appreciation for the well-known New York groups like the Crickets, the Paragons, the Jesters, and
More recently, Goldberg has begun to document R&B single artists, such as: Wini Brown, Annisteen Allen, Browley Guy, Chuck Willis, Mabel Scott, Little Esther, Mel Walker, Danny Overbea, and many others who have never been written about in depth.
Goldberg worked as an accountant, a systems analyst, and a technical writer, but his first love was always the music.
References
- ^ Marv Goldberg's Yesterday's Memories Rhythm & Blues Party. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ http://www.uncamarvy.com/marvart.html Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks
- ^ Barnes & Noble, Particulars of More Than Words Can Say: The Ink Spots and Their Music. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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