{{Short description|American retail businessman (1904–1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date= October 2025}} {{Use American English|date= October 2025}}
'''Samuel "Goody" Gutowitz''' (February{{nbsp}}25, 1904{{snd}}August{{nbsp}}8, 1991) was an American businessman and the founder of the {{nowr|Sam Goody}} record{{nbsp}}store chain.
He was born in Manhattan on February{{nbsp}}25, 1904,{{zwj}}<ref name="NYT obit">{{Cite news |date=1991-08-09 |title=Sam Goody, Who Started Chain Of Record Stores, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/09/nyregion/sam-goody-who-started-chain-of-record-stores-is-dead-at-87.html |access-date=2025-10-28 |newspaper=The New York Times |lccn=sn78004456 |issn=0362-4331 |eissn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522 |language=en}}</ref> the eldest of three children of Fanny and ladies' tailor Julius Gutowitz, who was born in Poland.{{zwj}}<ref name="Speak" />
He later legally changed his name to Sam{{nbsp}}Goody.{{zwj}}<ref name="No Depression">{{Cite web |date=2011-12-15 |title=The Story of Sam Gutowitz |url=https://nodepression.org/the-story-of-sam-gutowitz/ |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=No Depression: Roots Music and Culture Journalism |language=en}}</ref>
In 1978, Gutowitz sold the Sam{{nbsp}}Goody chain to the American{{nbsp}}Can Company for $5.5{{nbsp}}million{{zwj}}<ref name="No Depression" /> (equivalent{{nbsp}}to ${{format price|{{inflation|US-GDP|5500000|1978|r=-6}}}} in{{nbsp}}{{inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{zwj}}{{inflation/fn|US-GDP}}).
In 1940, Gutowitz married Sadie Deutsch.{{zwj}}<ref name="Speak">{{Cite news |date=1984-12-30 |title=Long Islanders; Sam Goody: Let the Record Speak |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/30/nyregion/long-islanders-sam-goody-let-the-record-speak.html |access-date=2025-10-28 |newspaper=The New York Times |lccn=sn78004456 |issn=0362-4331 |eissn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522 |language=en}}</ref> They had two{{nbsp}}sons, Howard{{nbsp}}and Barry, and two{{nbsp}}daughters.{{zwj}}<ref name="NYT obit" />
In 2015, for the filming of the HBO television series ''Vinyl'', Martin Scorsese turned the Brooklyn branch of Rough{{nbsp}}Trade into a 1970s Sam{{nbsp}}Goody store.{{zwj}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khomami |first=Nadia |date=2015-07-31 |title=Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger team up for record label drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/31/martin-scorsese-mick-jagger-record-label-drama-tv |access-date=2025-10-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutowitz, Samuel}} Category:1904 births Category:1991 deaths Category:American retail company founders Category:20th-century American businesspeople Category:20th-century people from New York (state) Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:American music industry executives Category:Businesspeople from Manhattan Category:People from Woodmere, New York
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