The songwriter Bob Dylan thought was out of his league: “It doesn’t get any better than that”
A cracking choice.
Randy Newman
The songwriter Don Henley said no one could imitate: “Tremendous skillfulness”
So beautiful and funny at the same time.
‘Dixie Flyer’: Randy Newman’s most autobiographical song
A songbook far better known for character studies.
‘I Love LA’: The overlooked satire in the unofficial Los Angeles theme song
Randy Newman’s 1983 song was never a hit, but wound up an anthem.
The singer Linda Ronstadt said was too hard to emulate: “It has so many layers”
Nowhere near his eccentricities.