The banner on the back of Randy Newman’s eponymous 1968 debut album claimed he’d created "something new under the sun." The songwriter behind "Rednecks," "Sail Away" and "I Think It’s Going to Rain Today" has done that again and again, and he’s been awarded handsomely for it after a notoriously long dry spell. "I don’t want your pity!" he joked when he received a standing ovation for earning his first Oscar, finally, in 2002.
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