Goodwin, George

George Goodwin was a radio station director during the 1940s through the 1960s. He is best known with inventing the first Tune-Dex cards, a series of 3" by 5" cards with lyrics, melodies and chord symbols for musicians so they could carry more music aroundvwith them. Due to poor health, he retired in 1963 and died in 1965.

Sources:

Cal McKinley Collection of Tune-Dex Cards, 1943-1950. MS-00616. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Haley, Melissa. “Tune-Dex Cards,” 2015. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87w6hqj/.