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Randy Newman, Music's Most Biting Storyteller, Gets His Own Story Told: Ex-L.A. Times Critic Robert Hilburn on Penning the Singer-Composer's Biography
But the case for Newman as popular music's greatest social ... his father was a very moral person, and I think Randy looked up to that. So that helped too. With the humor… He sang a song to ...
Why Randy Newman Is Least Loved for His Best Work
(Randy’s uncle Alfred Newman alone wrote more than 200 scores ... and remembering it now chokes me up a bit. Not all of ...
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Randy Newman's iconic 'I Love L.A.' opened the Grammys. Here's how the performance came together
Says Griffin Goldsmith: “I grew up a Randy Newman addict — it’s some of the most formative music of my life. But I’m also a massive Lakers and Dodgers fan. I think I went to eight Dodgers ...
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All-Star Rendition of Randy Newman’s ‘I Love L.A.’ Opens Grammys
In 2014, Newman admitted the song was a love letter to Los Angeles, warts and all. “There’s some kind of ignorance L.A. has that I’m proud of. The open car and the redhead, the Beach Boys ...
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10 things we learned from Randy Newman’s Mastertapes
Two Academy Awards, six Grammys, 200,000 (by his own, admittedly shaky, estimation) devoted fans, Randy Newman thoroughly deserves ... “I wasn’t going to go up the Laurel Canyon with Stevie ...
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Dawes Release Grammys Cover of Randy Newman's ‘I Love L.A.' to Benefit Wildfire Relief
A day after performing an all-star version of Randy Newman's 1983 pop classic "I Love ... "Look at this city getting back up off its knees/ Look at these firefighters/ Ain't nothin' like them ...
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At Newman, son of famous coach adds to ‘amazing’ time at school with playoff win vs. PJP II
Randy Livingston Jr. has enjoyed the past two basketball seasons with his father as the head coach. The Newman junior transferred into the school and helped the Greenies to a state championship ...