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He wrote “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)” for the former Animals singer Eric Burdon in 1966.

Later on, Wells said that Newman had called him and said, “I just want to thank you for putting my kids through college.” But Three Dog Night’s version of “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)” didn’t just get Randy Newman paid.

He’s a cult figure who is somehow synonymous with both bemused misanthropy and with Pixar.

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At this point, Randy Newman had yet to release any solo material.

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Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and f… Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. It was covered by Tribes, John Farnham & Tom Jones, Lou Rawls, Brinsley Schwarz and other artists. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. There’s a case to be made that Randy Newman is the greatest ironist in the history of American pop music, a form of music not exactly known for its irony. By the time the song is over, it’s possible to imagine that the narrator has shaken off his hang-ups, that he’s shrugged and joined the party, just as so many other people had learned to do by 1970.At first, Newman didn’t like the idea of a zero-gravitas pop group like Three Dog Night covering his song.

Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward Americ… Get track

(That’s not perfume he’s smelling.)

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The song Mama Told Me Not to Come was written by Randy Newman and was first released by Eric Burdon and The Animals in 1966.

Of the group’s three singers, he was both the rawest and the silliest.

As he did so often, Newman was taking on a character.

Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' version also hit No.