Randy Newman
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Birthday: November 28, 1942
Once dubbed the “Susan Lucci of the Oscars,” singer-songwriter-film composer Randy Newman had been one of the most oft-nominated individuals at the Academy Awards without ever having won – that is, till he finally took home the award for his original song, “If I Didn’t Have You” from “Monsters, Inc.” (2001). Prior to courting the Oscars, Newman had been a popular writer of novelty songs that were both sardonic and catchy throughout the 1960s and 1970s. One of his most infamous was “Short People,” which not only became his bi…more