'''Rainy Wednesday Records''' was a [[record label]] created by novelty artist [[Dickie Goodman]] in 1973.
==Creation== [[File:Energy_Crisis_74_single.jpg|thumb|right|"Energy Crisis '74" was a Top 40 hit in 1974]]In his long career an artist and producer, Goodman released records under a slew of label names, including Luniverse (as '''Buchanan and Goodman''' in the late 50s), Rori, Mark-X, 20th Century and Cotique. In 1973, Goodman met the label's co-founder on a rainy Wednesday in New York, providing its name. Goodman started the label number at 201, the [[area code]] of his [[New Jersey]] residence at the time.
All but one of Rainy Wednesday's releases were in Goodman's standard "break-in" style, in which an interviewer asks a question, only to have it "answered" with a snippet of a current hit record. (The only non-"break in" recording released was a straight cover of [[Sheb Wooley]]'s "The Purple People Eater", a #1 hit from 1958.) Goodman himself and [[John & Ernest]] (a black duo whose records consisted of soul-oriented snippets and the original funk tune "Crossover" on one the flip sides) were the only two artists to appear on Rainy Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rainy Wednesday discography|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/73189-Rainy-Wednesday-Records|accessdate=2017-01-09}}</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Artist ! Title ! B-side ! Number ! Year ! Remarks |-style= | John & Ernest | [[Super Fly (1972 film)|Super Fly]] Meets [[John Shaft|Shaft]] | Part Two | RW-201 | 1973 | peaked at #31 on Billboard chart |-style= | Dickie Goodman | [[Watergrate]] | Friends | RW-202 | 1973 | peaked at #42 on Billboard chart |-style= | John & Ernest | Soul President Number One | Crossover | RW-203 | 1973 | did not chart |-style= | Dickie Goodman | [[The Purple People Eater]] | Ruthie's Theme | RW-204 | 1973 | cover of [[Sheb Wooley]] song; peaked at #119 |-style= | Dickie Goodman | The Constitution | The End | RW-205 | 1973 | did not chart |-style= | Dickie Goodman | [[Energy Crisis '74]] | The Mistake | RW-206 | 1974 | joke [[B-side]] (see [[Energy Crisis '74|article]]); peaked at #33 |-style= | Dickie Goodman | Energy Crisis '74 | Ruthie's Theme | RW-206 | 1974 | re-release with correct B-side |-style= | Dickie Goodman | Mr. President | Popularity | RW-207 | 1974 | not be confused with 1981 recording of the same name; peaked at #73 |-style= | Dickie Goodman | [[Gerald R. Ford|Gerry Ford]] (A Special Report) | Robert's Tune | RW-208 | 1974 | did not chart |-style= | Dickie Goodman | [[Inflation In The Nation]] | Jon and Jed's Theme | RW-209 | 1975 | did not chart |-style= |}
==Later career== Dickie Goodman folded Rainy Wednesday Records in 1975, but continued to release music under several other label names, including [[Cash Records|Cash]] ("[[Mr. Jaws]]", a Top 5 hit in 1975), Shark, Wacko and [[Rhino Records]]. Goodman's last recording, "Safe Sex Report", was released on the Goodname label in 1987; he died in 1989.
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