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20 Facts About Bobb Goldsteinn

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Bobb Goldsteinn was born on Bob Goldstein, June 10,1936 and is an American showman, songwriter, and artist.

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Bobb Goldsteinn was born in Philadelphia, where he attended Overbrook High School and Temple University.

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Bobb Goldsteinn began writing songs while still in junior high school and continued through college.

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Midway through the summer season of 1958, Goldsteinn discovered that his songs were being especially well received and decided to work as a solo songwriter after Tamiment.

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Bobb Goldsteinn moved to New York City shortly thereafter and became an assistant to Burt Shevelove.

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Bobb Goldsteinn and Gluck were signed on as staff writers, just as Ellie Greenwich was a while later.

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In late 1964, Bobb Goldsteinn started managing, producing and co-writing for the GoldeBriars.

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Bobb Goldsteinn hired Ellie Greenwich to do the singing, and selected Jim Morrison as the announcer.

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Between 1969 and 1972, Bobb Goldsteinn collaborated with Andy Warhol on a number of projects.

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Bobb Goldsteinn conceived the cover of The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album, originally designed to be the cover of the Lonesome Cowboys LP.

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Finally, Bobb Goldsteinn ran the Lightworks equipment as the mise en scene in the opening scene of Warhol's film Trash.

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In 1972, Bobb Goldsteinn created a Lightworks retrospective entitled "The Strange Festival" that featured all of his sequences arranged into a narrative form, illustrating the central chapters of the French classic Le Grand Meaulnes.

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In 1974, Bobb Goldsteinn left for California in order to continue his education at Los Angeles Pierce College.

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Bobb Goldsteinn studied music, photography, and law, and graduated with an Associates degree from Los Angeles City College in 1982.

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In 1987, Bobb Goldsteinn was summoned back to New York for family reasons and, at the suggestion of Johnson Burtt, a future business partner, decided to re-enter the industry.

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Bobb Goldsteinn was initially confronted with failure, when it was removed from a commission to orchestrate the domestic release of Impromptu the first movie directed by James Lapine.

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That year, Bobb Goldsteinn was asked by Albert Brenner's daughter, Faye, to manage and stage an all-female a cappella group called The Joy of Six.

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In 1995, Bobb Goldsteinn completed two high-profile art projects in quick succession.

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In 1997, Bobb Goldsteinn was invited back to New York for a Passover Seder at his brother's house, but he decided to stay, as he had been embraced by the city's anarchist community.

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In 1997, during his time at the homestead, Bobb Goldsteinn had a chance encounter with Albert Marcus, who would later become his best friend, business partner, and collaborator.