Biography

Randy Newman was an anomaly among early-'70s singer/songwriters. Though he was slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, his music owed more to New Orleans R&B and traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic style that alternated between sweeping, cinematic pop and rolling R&B, which were tied together by his nasty sense of humor. Where his peers concentrated on confessional songwriting, Newman drew characters, creating a world filled with misfits, outcasts, charlatans, and con men. While Newman's records consistently received strongly positive reviews, he made his money through composing film scores for movies like Ragtime and The Natural. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

• Click on the track to launch in Spotify

• A A Fool In Love

• A Piece Of The Pie

• Baltimore

• Bless The Children Of The World

• Christmas In Cape Town

• Dig A Little Deeper

• Dixie Flyer

• Down In New Orleans

• Feels Like Home

• Glory Train

• God's Song (that's Why I Love Mankind)

• Golden Gridiron Boy

• Gone Dead Train

• Guilty

• Harps And Angels

• Have You Seen My Baby?

• I Love L.a.

• I Miss You

• I Think It's Going To Rain Today

• I Want You To Hurt Like I Do

• If I Have You (for Film Monsters, Inc.)

• I'm Dead (but I Don't Know It)

• I'm Your Puppet

• Introduction/i Love To See You Smile

• It's Money That I Love

• I've Got My Mojo Working

• Leatherheads, Film Score~dodge

• Leatherheads, Film Score~the Princeton Tiger

• Life Has Been Good To Me

• Little Criminals

• Livin' Without You

• Living Without You

• Lonely At The Top

• Louisiana 1927

• Love Story (you And Me)

• Mama Told Me (not To Come)

• Marie

• Meet The Fockers, Film Score~going Up The Country (written By Alan C. Wilson)

• Meet The Fockers, Film Score~meet The Fockers

• Meet The Fockers, Film Score~suspicious Mind

• Monsters, Inc., Film Score~if I Didn't Have You

• New Orleans Wins The War

• Old Kentucky Home

• Political Science

• Poor Me

• Potholes

• Ray Laid Low

• Rednecks

• Sail Away

• Sandman's Coming

• Seabiscuit, Film Score~a Nice Ride

• Seabiscuit, Film Score~call Me Red

• Seabiscuit, Film Score~main Title

• Seabiscuit, Film Score~red's First Win

• Seabiscuit, Film Score~seabiscuit

• Short People

• Sigmund Freud's Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In American

• Song For The Dead

• Suzanne

• The Man I Love, Song (from Strike Up The Band, 1st Version; Orig. Composed For Lady, Be Good!)

• The Story Of A Rock & Roll Band

• The World Isn't Fair

• Toy Story 3~garbage?

• Vine Street

• William Brown

• Ya Ya

• You Can Leave Your Hat On

• You've Got A Friend In Me

Discography

• Click on the album to launch in Spotify

• Live in London

  Nonesuch

  2011

• The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 2

  Nonesuch

  2011

• Harps and Angels

  Nonesuch

  2008

• The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1

  Nonesuch

  2003

• Bad Love

  Dreamworks SKG / Geffen

  1999

• Randy Newman's Faust

  Reprise

  1995

• Randy Newman's Faust: Words & Music

  Reprise

  1994

• Land of Dreams

  Reprise

  1988

• Trouble in Paradise

  Warner Bros. / Reprise

  1983

• Born Again

  Warner Bros. / Reprise

  1979

• Little Criminals

  Warner Bros. / Reprise

  1977

• Randy Newman Live

  Warner Bros.

  1971

• 12 Songs

  Reprise

  1970

• Randy Newman

  Warner Archives / Warner Bros.

  1968