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aka: Randall Newman
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GRAMMY award-winning Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores.
Randy Newman‘s best-known songs as a recording artist are “Short People” (1977), “I Love L.A.” (1983), and “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (1995) with Lyle Lovett, while other artists have enjoyed more success with cover versions of his “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (1966), “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” (1968) and “You Can Leave Your Hat On” (1972).
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His 1968 debut album, Randy Newman, was a critical success. Many artists, including Barbra Streisand, Helen Reddy, Bette Midler, Alan Price, Van Dyke Parks, Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Glen Campbell, Cass Elliot, Art Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers, Claudine Longet, Bonnie Raitt, Dusty Springfield, Tom Odell, Nina Simone, Lynn Anderson, Wilson Pickett, Pat Boone, Neil Diamond and Peggy Lee, covered his songs.
His song “You Can Leave Your Hat On” was covered by Three Dog Night, then Joe Cocker, and later by Keb Mo, Etta James, and Tom Jones.
In 1985, Randy Newman performed a set at the first Farm Aid concert that included a duet with Billy Joel on facing grand pianos.
In 2002, Randy Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Monsters, Inc. song “If I Didn’t Have You”, beating Sting, Enya and Paul McCartney.
Randy Newman has been nominated for 22 Academy Awards, winning two times – Best Original Song in 2002 for “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc., and Best Original Song in 2011 for “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3. He has received three Emmys, seven Grammy Awards, and the Governor’s Award from the Recording Academy.
In 2007, he was inducted as a Disney Legend.
In 2010, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2013, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In September 2014, Newman received a Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award and performed at the annual film music gala Hollywood in Vienna for the first time together with his cousin, David Newman.
His discography includes eleven solo studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 15 singles, one musical, and 23 soundtrack albums.
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