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Steve Goodman

folk musician

United States • 1948-07-25 – 1984-09-20

Steve Goodman is credited on 1,446 releases across 381 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,446

Pressings credited

381

Albums

6

Decades active

456

In collections

Biography

Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by artists including Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Willie Nelson, and Judy Collins. In 1985, Goodman received the Grammy songwriter award for best country song. Goodman co-wrote "You Never Even Call Me by My Name", which became the best-selling song of country musician David Allan Coe. A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, Goodman wrote "Go Cubs Go". Goodman died of leukemia in September 1984.

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Credited work

1,446 releases · 381 albums · active 1971–2025

  • Performance · 2,221
  • Other credits · 125
  • Production · 55
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: A&R Studios · Quadrafonic Sound Studios · Chicago Recording Company · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN

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