By Christopher Dean Sullivan
It is with immense sorrow that we inform patrons of Elegant Affairs Promotions that on Monday, July 26, 2010, Al Goodman, one-third of Ray, Goodman & Brown as well as the Moments ("Love on a Two Way Street"), passed away. During the past half century, Al Goodman’s second tenor to baritone vocal range has provided the "bottom end" on hits such as "Special Lady" and "Take It To the Limit."
In 2009, Al entered into a promotions/production company partnership with Darryl Hayes, Jerome V. Knight, Wendell Sawyer and Keith Beaton (of the famed Blue Magic) and myself, which became the promotion company Elegant Affairs Promotion. Al was always working towards new approaches with the group and always expressed a deep love for the audiences who had supported him throughout his career. All of the deaths of soul music greats so far in 2010 have hurt, but this one brings particular pain to me.
Personally knowing Al as I did, and remembering the time I opened for the Moments with my own group in the early 1970s in Giessen, Germany, and sitting with Harry Ray, Al Goodman and Billy Brown, I’ve come full circle by being, once again, in the presence of such a conscientious, wonderful colleague and a consummate entertainer that I called a friend.
Al Goodman, thank you for the music, for you are truly missed and will always be remembered.
