Peter Goddard (journalist)
Peter Darwin Goddard (born July 13, 1943 - March 24, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario)[1] was a Canadian music journalist.
History
Peter Goddard was a pupil of Margaret Butler (piano) at The Royal Conservatory of Music and of Mieczyslaw Kolinski (musicology) and Gustav Ciamaga (electronic music) at the University of Toronto. Goddard played piano in a succession of Toronto rock groups, then began his career as a journalist in 1966 concurrently with studying music. He obtained Bachelor and Master degrees in music in 1967 and 1971, respectively.[1]
From 1966 to 1988, Goddard held positions as the pop music critic for The Globe and Mail(1966-67) the Toronto Telegram(1968-71) and the Toronto Star(1972-88).[1] He received the 1972 Juno Award as Journalist of The Year.[2]
Goddard maintained an ongoing association with the Toronto Star, for which he continued to write in other editorial capacities. [3]
Goddard also has written for many magazines (Maclean's, Saturday Night, RPM, Canadian Composer, etc) and is the author of the biography Frank Sinatra (Don Mills, Ont, 1973) and the novel The Sounding (Toronto 1988), and co-author with Ronnie Hawkins of Ronnie Hawkins: Last of the Good Old Boys (Toronto 1989). With the Toronto photographer Philip Kamin, Goddard collaborated on 10 books, published 1982-6 in Toronto, documenting concert tours during the early and mid-1980s by the Rolling Stones, the Who, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Genesis, Michael Jackson, the Police, Van Halen, the Cars, and Cyndi Lauper. Goddard also edited The Video Hits Book (Toronto 1986, for the CBC-TV series 'Video Hits') and with Kamin co-edited the collection of essays Shakin' All Over: The Rock 'N' Roll Years in Canada (Toronto 1989).
Goddard passed away on March 24, 2022.
Publications
Non-Fiction
- 1989 Ronnie Hawkins - Last of The Good Ol' Boys (with Ronnie Hawkins) (Stoddart)[4]
- 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)[5]
- 1984 Springsteen Live (with Philip Kamin) (Stoddart)[6]
- 1983 David Bowie - Out of The Cool (with Philip Kamin) (Beaufort) [7]
- 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)[8]
- 2017 The Great Gould (Dundurn Press)
Fiction
- 1989 The Sounding (General Publishing)
References
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, Biography of Peter Goddard. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- Juno Awards, 1973 Music Journalist of The Year - Peter Goddard. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- Toronto Star, Toronto Star Authors - Peter Goddard. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
- The Band Website, Overview of Ronnie Hawkins and Peter Goddard, Ronnie Hawkins--Last of The Good Ol' Boys. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- Frank Loreto, Review of Peter Goddard and Philip Kamin, The Police Chronicles; CM Archive. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- York University Library, Particulars of Philip Kamin and Peter Goddard, Springsteen Live. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- Annabelle Goodman, Review of Philip Kamin and Peter Goddard, David Bowie - Out of The Cool; CM Archive. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- Augustine Funnell Books, Overview of Peter Goddard, Frank Sinatra - The Man, The Myth and The Music. Retrieved 2015-12-29.