Steve Goodman

Steve Goodman (July 25, 1948–September 20, 1984) was an American folk music singer and songwriter.

Born on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, Goodman began writing and performing songs as a teenager, after his fam

Steve Goodman (July 25, 1948–September 20, 1984) was an American folk music singer and songwriter.

Born on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, Goodman began writing and performing songs as a teenager, after his family had moved to the near north suburbs. While a student at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, where he graduated in 1968, he began performing in Old Town and attracting a following. By 1969, after a brief sojourn in New York City's Washington Square, Goodman was a regular performer at the well-known Earl of Old Town folk music club in Chicago, while attending Lake Forest College. During this time Goodman also married Nancy Pruter, and paid bills by writing and singing advertising jingles.