Peter Goddard (journalist)


Peter Darwin Goddard is an award-winning Canadian music journalist.

History

Peter Goddard commenced his career as a journalist in 1966, concurrently with studying music at the University of Toronto, from which he obtained Bachelor and Master degrees in music in 1967 and 1971, respectively. From 1966 to 1988, Goddard held positions as the pop music critic for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Telegram and the Toronto Star. He received the 1973 Juno Award as Music Journalist of The Year.
Goddard has maintained an ongoing association with the Toronto Star, for which he continues to write.
Goddard is the author of a biography of Frank Sinatra and co-author of a biography of Ronnie Hawkins. With photographer Philip Kamin, Goddard has published a number of books documenting the concert tours of notable performers.

Publications

Non-Fiction