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Howard Goodman died on November 30, 2002, after the couple made a farewell recording and singing tour dubbed "The Final Stand." Vestal Goodman died at the age of 74 of complications from influenza while on Christmas vacation in Florida with her family.
Singer. Years active. 1940s–2002. Howard "Happy" Goodman (November 7, 1921 – November 30, 2002) was an American gospel singer. [1] In 1949, he founded the vocal group The Happy Goodman Family which included combinations of all eight Goodman siblings and his wife Vestal Goodman (née Freeman).
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- 1940s–2002
- Howard Goodman
Dec 29, 2003 · Her husband, Howard, and singing partner for more than 50 years, died in 2002 at the age of 81. Howard’s two brothers and former members of the Happy Goodman Family, Rusty and Sam Goodman, also preceded her in death.
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The Happy Goodman Family began around 1938. Howard Goodman (eldest of eight children) had been traveling as an evangelist and gradually began to form his seven siblings into a gospel singing group. Until the late 1950s there were various combinations of all eight brothers and sisters, always including Howard, and after 1949 his wife Vestal. Eventua...
In 1968, The Goodmans won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance for the 1967 album The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans. It was the first Grammy awarded for a gospel album by a gospel group. The Goodmans also won the same award in 1978 (only then called Best Gospel Performance, Traditional) for Refreshing. In 1969, with the founding of the...
Band members
1. Howard Goodman1963–1971 (pianist, vocalist) 2. Eddie Crook 1971–1975, 1978–1982 (pianist) 3. Johnny Minick1975–1977 (pianist) 4. Aaron Wilburn 1972–1974 (rhythm guitar, soloist) 5. Jack Smith 1971–1974 (steel guitar) 6. Gary Dee 1975–1976 (steel guitar) 7. Steve "Rabbit" Easter 1977–1979, 1981–1982 (steel guitar, banjo, dobro) 8. Benny Johnson 1980 (steel guitar) 9. Ricky Goodman 1970s–1980 (drummer) 10. Bruce Droit 1980–1982 (drummer) 11. Dwayne Friend 1965 (guitarist) 12. Ernie Maxwell 1...
Happy Goodman Family Album Cover Credits and Liner notesResource Publications, "The Christian Music Directories" formerly "The Recording Locator" - https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063310/http://www.rpinet.com/cmd.htmlDec 2, 2002 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Howard “Happy” Goodman, the patriarch of one of gospel music’s most popular and influential groups, has died. Goodman, 81, died Nov. 30 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Goodman began his and his family’s career in gospel music in 1940 in Alabama.
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Now, with a new and exciting determination, Howard, Vestal and Johnny began a new era for the Goodmans. They joined voices and continued with Howard’s original vision and started traveling, singing and recording as the Happy Goodmans.
