About Steve Goodman
Steven Benjamin Goodman 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 Called 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. Goodman's songs first appeared on Gathering at the Earl of Old Town, an album produced by Chicago record company Dunwich in 1971. Impressed with Goodman, Kristofferson introduced him to Paul Anka, who brought Goodman to New York City to record some demonstration tapes. Also during this time, he discovered the cause of his continuous fatigue was actually leukemia.
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