Randy Newman

Randy Newman

Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer and conductor known for his non-rhotic Southern-accented, if not, African-American accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores. His hits as a recording artist include "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 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). Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, Newman began his songwriting career at the age of 17, penning hits for acts such as the Fleetwoods, Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randy Newman has received more than 6,394,160 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Randy Newman is the 381st most popular singer (up from 426th in 2019), the 2,390th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,645th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Singer.