Rube Goldberg
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), known best as Rube Goldberg (), was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The cartoons led to the expression "Rube Goldberg machines" to describe similar gadgets and processes. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 1948, the National Cartoonists Society's Gold T-Square Award in 1955, and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award in 1959. He was a founding member and first president of the National Cartoonists Society, which hosts the annual Reuben Award, honoring the top cartoonist of the year and named after Goldberg, who won the award in 1967. He is the inspiration for international competitions known as Rube Goldberg Machine Contests, which challenge participants to create a complicated machine to perform a simple task. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 4, 1883 (San Francisco), Died December 7, 1970 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-12040 | 10-in. | 5/22/1912 | I'm the guy | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 49290 | 12-in. | 12/15/1917 | Cleopatra had a jazz band | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
Edison | 18772 | 10-in. | 9/29/1928 | My treasures | Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Edison | N-472 | 10-in. | 9/29/1928 | My treasures | Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Goldberg, Rube," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102349.
Goldberg, Rube. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102349.
"Goldberg, Rube." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79052236
Wikidata: Rube Goldberg - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q505850
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66475332
Getty ULAN: Goldberg, Rube - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500053744
ISNI: 0000 0000 8145 5875 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000081455875
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