Irwin Goodman
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943-09-14
- Died
- 1991-01-14
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Communication, media and the elderly
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 14 September 1943
- Died
- 14 January 1991
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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