Randy Newman
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Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U. <a href="https:/
Key facts
- Born
- Randall Stuart Newman , ( 1943-11-28 ) November 28, 1943 (age 82) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter arranger pianist composer
- Years active
- 1961–present
- Spouses
- Roswitha Schmale ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Gretchen Preece ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
- Children
- 5, including Eric Newman
- Relatives
- David Newman (cousin) Thomas Newman (cousin) Maria Newman (cousin) Joey Newman (cousin) Lionel Newman (uncle) Emil Newman (uncle) Alfred Newman (uncle)
- Genres
- Americana rock pop R&B soul comedy film score
- Instruments
- Vocals piano
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Reprise Walt Disney DreamWorks Interscope Nonesuch Elektra Columbia
- Website
- randynewman .com
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Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, and arranger. Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, he is known for his Americana-inspired songs, non-rhotic Southern-accented singing, and lyrics that are often mordant or satirical and delivered by an unreliable narrator. Since the 1990s, he has worked mainly in film scoring, most popularly for Disney and Pixar.
Newman began his professional career in the early 1960s composing incidental music for television and later penning UK hits for acts such as Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. After he formed part of a creative circle at Warner Bros. Records in 1966, the company released his first solo album, Randy Newman (1968). Other artists subsequently enjoyed chart success with recordings of his "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1967), "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968), and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). His own hits as a recording artist include "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995). Three of his eleven studio albums have charted in the U.S. top 40: Good Old Boys (1974), Little Criminals (1977), and Harps and Angels (2008).
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