The album ranges from a full-on Sly Stone homage on the Andra Day duet “Lean on My Love” to the title track’s mutated Chess Records R&B to the entirely unexpected rockabilly romp of “Pinnacle,” with ...

This Talking Heads hit was supposed to be a hybrid of Alice Cooper and Randy Newman, according to songwriter David Byrne.

Randy Newman of the Mississippi County Library System entertains children at Blytheville Public Library by reading "I'm a Shark" while wearing a playful shark hat during storytime.

Randy Schleusener was an excellent guard on those Nebraska teams at the end of the 1970s. He was a team captain as a senior in 1980 and earned All-Big Eight and All-America honors. Equally impressive ...

Randy Newman wrote the song, and Eric Burdon & the Animals recorded the first version of it for their 1967 album, Eric Is Here. However, they didn’t release the song as a single. Decades after Three ...

From 'Toy Story' to 'Monsters Inc' and beyond, Randy Newman has been responsible for some of Disney's best songs.

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song “Political Science” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The legendary singer-songwriter also played a ...

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song “Political Science” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The legendary singer-songwriter also played a ...

The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s classic.

Randy Newman at home in Pacific Palisades in 2017. The musician and songwriter is the subject of a new biography by former Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn.

The musical score of a film can really make it or break it. It can be the difference between making the film a cult classic ...

Randy Newman’s scathing satire of America is his life’s work – and never more relevant than now Over a 60-year career, the singer-songwriter and ‘Toy Story’ composer has chronicled ...