The singer, songwriter, and composer Randy Newman had a fascination with the legend of Faust that approached obsession.

These four famous songs were actually inspired by serial killers. And some of them require a bit of reading between the lines to get it.

Randy Newman is often cited by many artists as a guiding light for songwriting. For Paul McCartney, one song in particular was an aim to emulate Newman.

For the last 55 years or so, you've had a friend in Randy Newman, if you have a thing for songs that offer eviscerating, uncompromising, even devastating dissections of the human condition and the ...

The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s classic.

"Randy Newman is a unique and brilliant songwriter, composer, and performer whose body of work has proven him to be an artist ...

With his distinctive voice, he has often been described as a whiny singer. But his unconventional humor and gently biting descriptions often bring a smile to one's face. Since he has always ...