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Peter Goddard (journalist)

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Awards
  
Juno Award for Music Journalist of the Year

Books
  
Public Issue Television, Genesis: Peter Gabriel - P, Decision Making Exercises, Letts Revise AS and A2, Area Resource Pack: India

Similar
  
Ronnie Hawkins, John Corner, John Snelling

Peter Darwin Goddard (b. Toronto, Ontario, July 13, 1943) is an award-winning Canadian music journalist.

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History

Peter Goddard commenced his career as a journalist in 1966, concurrently with studying music at the University of Toronto, from which he obtained Bachelor and Master degrees in music in 1967 and 1971, respectively. From 1966 to 1988, Goddard held positions as the pop music critic for the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Telegram and the Toronto Star. He received the 1973 Juno Award as Music Journalist of The Year.

Goddard has maintained an ongoing association with the Toronto Star, for which he continues to write.

Goddard is the author of a biography of Frank Sinatra and co-author of a biography of Ronnie Hawkins. With photographer Philip Kamin, Goddard has published a number of books documenting the concert tours of notable performers.

Non-Fiction

  • 1989 Ronnie Hawkins - Last of The Good Ol' Boys (with Ronnie Hawkins) (Stoddart)
  • 1989 Shakin' All Over: The Rock 'n' Roll Years in Canada (with Philip Kamin, as co-editor) (McGraw-Hill)
  • 1986 The Video Hits Book (with Philip Kamin) (CBC Enterprises)
  • 1986 The Cars (with Philip Kamin) (McGraw-Hill)
  • 1986 Triumph: The Book (with Philip Kamin) (Goddard and Kamin Publishing)
  • 1986 Cyndi Lauper (with Philip Kamin) (McGraw-Hill)
  • 1984 Michael Jackson & The Jacksons Live On Tour In '84 (with Philip Kamin) (St. Martin's Press)
  • 1984 Van Halen (with Philip Kamin) (Stoddart)
  • 1984 Duran Duran Live (with Philip Kamin) (St. Martin's Press)
  • 1984 Genesis: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Beyond (with Philip Kamin; introduction by Phil Collins) (Beaufort)
  • 1984 The Police Chronicles (with Philip Kamin) (Musson)
  • 1984 Springsteen Live (with Philip Kamin) (Stoddart)
  • 1983 David Bowie - Out of The Cool (with Philip Kamin) (Beaufort)
  • 1983 The Who - The Farewell Tour (with Philip Kamin) (Musson)
  • 1982 The Rolling Stones: The Last Tour (with Philip Kamin) (Olympia)
  • 1973 Frank Sinatra - The Man, The Myth and The Music (Greywood)

    • Fiction

  • 1989 The Sounding (General Publishing)

    • References

    Peter Goddard (journalist) Wikipedia
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