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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.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, “Short People” was written from the perspective of “a lunatic” who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.
He has been awarded an Academy Award, three Emmys, four Grammy Awards, and the Governor’s Award from the Recording Academy. Newman was inducted into th...
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Top 10 Randy Newman Songs
You've Got A Friend In Me
Short People
Sail Away
We Belong Together
I Love L.A.
Political Science
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)
You've Got a Friend in Me (From Disney/Pixar's ''Toy Story'')
Sail Away - Remastered LP Version
Strange Things
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Top 10 Randy Newman Albums
Sail Away
Rhino Hi-Five: Randy Newman
Good Old Boys
Toy Story
The Best of Randy Newman
Toy Story 3
Trouble in Paradise
Little Criminals
Harps And Angels
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
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