Zócalo Public SquareSinger-Songwriter Randy Newman – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2016/06/30/singer-songwriter-randy-newman/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2016/06/30/singer-songwriter-randy-newman/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2016 07:01:38 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=74796 Celebrated American singer/songwriter Randy Newman—the man behind songs including “I Love L.A., “Short People,” and “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” as well as the scores of many movies, including all three Toy Story films—is a Los Angeles native and the recipient of many honors, including six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards. Before being interviewed by Zócalo publisher and founder Gregory Rodriguez at an event co-presented by UCLA at the Getty Center, Newman talked in the Zócalo green room about his antipathy toward nuts, the last two songs to get stuck in his head (courtesy of The Lovin’ Spoonful and The Beatles), and his affection for the trees in two of L.A.’s toniest neighborhoods.

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