I may have liked Randy Newman’s work even before I heard a note of his music. Newman happened to be on the cover of the very first issue of Rolling Stone I bought when I was twelve years old back in 1972. Since my music listening at the time was limited to Top 40 radio and albums by the Beatles and Who, I’d never heard of most of the musicians written about in the magazine, much less Randy Newman, but I read the issue from beginning to end anyway. I still remember reading that
RANDY NEWMAN: LETTER FROM THE FAT BOY
I may have liked Randy Newman’s work even before I heard a note of his music. Newman happened to be on the cover of the very first issue of Rolling Stone I bought when I was twelve years old back in 1972. Since my music listening at the time was limited to Top 40 radio and albums by the Beatles and Who, I’d never heard of most of the musicians written about in the magazine, much less Randy Newman, but I read the issue from beginning to end anyway. I still remember reading that