# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-goodman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:18:27.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-goodman"
name: "Steve Goodman"
slug: "steve-goodman"
description: "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 Call 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."
tagline: "American folk music singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/19830430_Steve_Goodman.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-07-25"
deathDate: "1984-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.1
  momentum:             4.141025641025642
  historical:           12.74316266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3081396/"
    handle:    "nm3081396"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.stevegoodman.net"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ستيف غودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ستيف جودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ایستیو قودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Гудман, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%AF%DA%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "اسٹیو گڈمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6dcf3c49-6293-4bd3-bcff-ddaefc967089"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4516464"
    title: "Steve Goodman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump