Jerry Goldstein (producer)
American record producer, songwriter
Gerald Goldstein (born February 17, 1940) is an American producer, singer-songwriter, talent manager, music executive, musician and entrepreneur. He was one of the members of The Strangeloves, the co-writer of "My Boyfriend's Back" (a hit song in 1963 for The Angels) and "Come on Down to My Boat", the producer and songwriter of War, and the former manager of Sly Stone. Goldstein produced the 1963 single "where did my Jimmy go?"/"Ta la la, I love you" for the Diamond Record label featuring teenage singer, Nancy Baron. Goldstein was part of a three-person production team which wrote and produced numerous records which are referred to as "FGG" – Feldman, Goldstein and Gottehrer. The numerous artists and their work in collaboration with FGG are listed in a Discography included in the references below.
Background
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
Along with Steve Gold, Jerry Goldstein headed the Los Angeles-based LAX Records label.
Music career
The Strangeloves
Goldstein was a member of the band The Strangeloves along with Bob Feldman and Richard Gottehrer, responsible for the hit song "I Want Candy."
The band formed in 1964 under a fictionalized origins story, pretending to be three musical brothers (named Giles, Miles and Niles) raised on an Australian sheep farm. "I Want Candy" reached as high as #11 on the US Hot 100 and #7 on the Canada RPM 100 lists.
The Strangeloves' only LP, I Want Candy, was released in 1965 on Bert Berns' songwriter label Bang Records, with several of the album songs having been released as singles.
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