“Aggressively ignorant”: how Don Henley helped Randy Newman write one of his best songs
Don Henley was the ultimate LA artist, but he decided Randy Newman was the man to pen a song about the City of Angels. Read ...
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Randy Newman, Music's Most Biting Storyteller, Gets His Own Story Told: Ex-L.A. Times Critic Robert Hilburn on Penning the Singer-Composer's Biography
For the last 55 years or so, you've had a friend in Randy Newman ... I'm not saying he's the best, but he's the most important songwriter. He changed how songs are written. He made people want ...
Why Randy Newman Is Least Loved for His Best Work
the songs Randy Newman wrote for hit kid-friendly movies—“You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” from Toy Story; “I Love to See You ...
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10 things we learned from Randy Newman’s Mastertapes
But he makes it clear that, while being proud of his work, those songs probably wouldn’t make it on to a Randy Newman solo album ... “I got them for, like, not my best work.” ...
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A half-century of Randy Newman classics
Pianist, composer and singer-songwriter Randy Newman started out writing songs for other artists, and not always with success. Frank Sinatra famously rejected all his musical offerings.