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- Communication, media and the elderly
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- Vapaa duunari Ville-Kalle — Self1984
- Topralli — Irwin1966
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1943
- Active to
- 1991
folkrock
Discography
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Irwin Goodman (real name: Antti Yrjö Hammarberg, 14 September 1943, Hämeenlinna – 14 January 1991, Hamina) was a popular Finnish singer. He recorded over 200 songs, most of which were his own compositions, with lyrics written by Vexi Salmi (Alias Emil "von" Retee). Irwin Goodman started as a protest song singer in the folk boom of the mid-1960s, his humorous songs often mocking any authorities becoming evergreens among Finnish people. Irwin got into continuing troubles with Finnish tax authoriti
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antti
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Hämeenlinna
- Place of death
- Hamina
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.irwingoodman.com
- Image
- Irwingoodman2.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Hattula
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- Commons category
- Irwin Goodman
- date of birth
- 1943-09-14
- date of death
- 1991-01-14
- birth name
- Antti Yrjö Hammarberg
- pseudonym
- Irwin Goodman
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- name in native language
- Irwin Goodman
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
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