The song Paul McCartney wrote to emulate Randy Newman
Randy Newman is often cited by many artists as a guiding light for songwriting. For Paul McCartney, one song in particular ...
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Top 10 Artists You Didn't Know Wrote Broadway Songs
From pop icons to rock legends, we're diving into the surprising world of musicians who've written Broadway musicals.
The anthem Randy Newman called “ignorant and proud of it”
With a storied songbook of acerbic characters and mordant societal critique, songwriter Randy Newman highlighted one hit of his for its "ignorant" front.
Randy Newman’s iconic ‘I Love L.A.’ opened the Grammys. Here’s how the performance came together
The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s ...
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42 Years Later, One Grammys Supergroup Just Rebooted an Underrated Classic
And if you didn't recognize that track, it's actually a killer Randy Newman song from 1983. That song is "I Love L.A." which was the first track on Newman's album Trouble in Paradise. SATURDAY ...
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New tourism commercial remixes “I Love L.A.”
A new commercial by the Los Angeles Tourism Commission remixes a classic song in hopes of reinvigorating tourism. The ...
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From a Text to Opening the Grammys: Inside Dawes’ All-Star Performance of ‘I Love L.A.’
As Goldsmith says, “How do we make sure we’re honoring this moment? There’s, like, an edginess to Randy Newman songs that would draw more attention to it in a way that would just not be helpful.
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Randy Newman's iconic 'I Love L.A.' opened the Grammys. Here's how the performance came together
“This song breaks so many pop-songwriting rules ... 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 ...