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The song had been written in 1970, he says, before people of vaguely that persuasion took power. "It was pre-Reagan, and even Reagan, in retrospect, wasn't that far to the right in many ways. The right to me means, 'We're not going to help people who might need help.' They might deny this and say, 'Do you think we have no hearts? Do you think we don't care?' and I would say, 'Yeah, I do think that.' Stafford, David; Stafford, Caroline (2016). Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong: The Life and Music of Randy Newman. Omnibus Press. pp.7–87. ISBN 9781468313802. Randy Newman rescheduled ‘An Evening with Randy Newman’ live, in concert 2022 European Tour dates. They’re now on for 2023.

All Songs Considered (August 4, 2008). "Guest DJ Randy Newman". NPR. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011 . Retrieved September 19, 2011. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004) Newman was born to a Jewish family on November 28, 1943, his father's 30th birthday, [9] in Los Angeles. He is the son of Adele "Dixie" ( née Fuchs/Fox; August 30, 1916 – October 4, 1988), a secretary, and Irving George Newman (November 28, 1913 – February 1, 1990), an internist. [10] He lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a small child and spent summers there until he was 11 years old, when his family returned to Los Angeles. The paternal side of his family includes grandparents Luba ( née Koskoff) (July 21, 1883 – March 3, 1954) and Michael Newman (Nemorofsky) (1874–1948), and three uncles who were Hollywood film-score composers: Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman, and Emil Newman. [11] Newman's cousins, Thomas, Maria, David, and Joey, are also composers for motion pictures. He graduated from University High School in Los Angeles. He studied music at the University of California, Los Angeles, but dropped out one semester shy of a B.A. [12] In June 2021, he finally completed his degree at UCLA. [13] a b c "Randy Newman". Salon.com. August 24, 1999. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014 . Retrieved February 11, 2014.a b Edgers, Geoff (October 10, 2016). "Randy Newman's first new song in years is about bare-chested Vladimir Putin". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 12, 2016.

White, Timothy (December 9, 2000). "Randy Newman's America: A Portrait of the Artist". Billboard. Vol.112, no.50. p.16. ISSN 0006-2510. In 2011, Newman endorsed jazz singer Roseanna Vitro's album, The Randy Newman Project ( Motéma Music, 2011). [22]

Gussow, Mel (March 15, 1982). "A Revue Built From Newman's Music". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016 . Retrieved February 12, 2017. After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, Newman launched into recording as a singer and pianist in 1968 with his self-titled album Randy Newman. Throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s he released several acclaimed albums such as: 12 Songs, Sail Away, Good Old Boys, Little Criminals, Born Again, Trouble in Paradise, Land of Dreams, and Bad Love. In October 2016, Newman released the song "Putin". The Washington Post wrote: "inspired by the Russian leader's penchant for bare-chested photo ops and a geopolitical approach that's somewhat short of soft and cuddly, Newman has crafted a song that tells Putin's story from multiple perspectives." [29] Newman explained that the song was from a new album that would be released in 2017, but he was putting out this song early because "I think that people will lose interest after this surfeit of political talk and attention after the election.... I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens. I'm curious to see how the thing is received." [29] The song earned Newman a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals. [30]

You can't write a hooray, chamber-of-commerce song, like New York, New York or I'll Take Manhattan, about an American city now - or you can only if the character is misguided or over-enthusiastic, as in my song Birmingham ("the greatest city in Alabam"'). I like that, when a person thinks that Slough is the greatest city in the country... I once played a concert there for the BBC that was free and I didn't sell it out!" He laughs out loud at the idea of not selling out a free concert. "I never have been able to make it to Manchester or Birmingham [the English one]. My one trip to Manchester left promoters dying along the wayside." A revue of Newman's songs, titled Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong, was performed at the Astor Place Theatre in New York City in 1982, and later at other theaters around the country. The New York cast featured Mark Linn-Baker and Deborah Rush, [36] and at one point included Treat Williams. [37] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Randy Newman Biography". Allmusic. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021 . Retrieved March 28, 2020.Bloom, Nate (February 18, 2011). "Jewish Stars 2/18". Cleveland Jewish News. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019 . Retrieved January 5, 2018. In 2003 Newman's song " It's a Jungle Out There" was used for season 2 of the USA Network's show Monk; it won him the 2004 Emmy Award for Best Main Title Music.

To me, the justification for a white person to use that word is a very narrow window," he says. "I thought I needed it for the song, but I was never that comfortable with it. I don't like writing it down, I don't like saying it and I hate hearing it, but not in the context of the song. It still isn't OK for any white person to say the word, almost never." He has been married twice and has five children; both families have had to get used to appearing either clearly or obliquely in his music. One of the most haunting songs on Bad Love is I Miss You, which contains the lines: "It's a little bit cold/For all those concerned/But I'd sell my soul and your souls for a song... " Dunne, Sara. "Randy Newman and the Extraordinary Moral Position", Popular Music and Society, xvi (1992), 53–61, doi: 10.1080/03007769208591487 a b "Chronology". Randynewman.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012 . Retrieved July 29, 2011.In the mid-1960s, Newman kept a close musical relationship with the band Harpers Bizarre, best known for their 1967 hit version of the Paul Simon composition " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)". The band recorded six Newman compositions, including "Simon Smith" and "Happyland," during their short initial career (1967–1969). BBC/MMVIII, under license to Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. He has scored nine Disney- Pixar animated films, including all four Toy Story films (1995–2019), A Bug's Life (1998), both Monsters, Inc. films (2001, 2013), and the first and third Cars films (2006, 2017), as well as Disney's James and the Giant Peach (1996) and The Princess and the Frog (2009). His other film scores include Cold Turkey (1971), Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Awakenings (1990), Cats Don't Dance (1997), Pleasantville (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), and Marriage Story (2019).