Don Henley Inducts Randy Newman into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | 2013 Induction 

I worked on this project with the Rand Corporation. At a small meeting once, the manager told me, “Larry, I’m tired of your sardonic wit”. I started laughing because I realized that is why I love Randy Newman.

Don's induction speech was spot on. He got it just right.

I didn't realise that. You're absolutely right. Zevon should be in any rock and roll museum if it means anything. Next to Randy too.

Imagine if they had got together and written and performed a few songs.

I really thought that Billy Joel beating the drums for his induction would have gotten it done this year.

"But". Never belongs in the same sentence as "I love Randy Newman". Your grievance belongs elsewhere.

@maryclarke959 🌿☘️ I stumbled across this induction video when Randy's masterpiece "Louisiana 1927" called to me tonight. I listened to Aaron Neville's version (be still my heart ❤️) and then googled Randy's version. I love them both and really was glad that Randy included photos showing the devastation caused by the flooding of New Orleans. It's so important that we learn what people have had to overcome . History lessons in school either miss or don't fully convey what people have had to endure. I wasn't aware Randy had written so many songs, so like you, I listened to quite a few. I'm not surprised Don Henley and Randy are friends. They both care about important things that need our attention and use their talents to make a difference. Sorry this turned into a book, Mary! Take good care.

Don Henley is very funny!!

Yeah?

@@connievino4226 Yes, he mentions it in every interview how the end of Toy Story 3 broke him as a person.

Doubt it. Henley doesn't have much of a heart. Randy does.❤

Give him a break!!!!

Welcome to L.A. ;o)

Scary.

Don Henley is a living Legend

Have to agree.

I can hear it on songs like It's Money That I Love, he's also got it on the witty humor presented in most of his songs. I think they're not making a Ragtime Awards anytime soon so it's understandable that he should be recognized somewhere else

You might wanna give a listen to the original version of "Last Night I Had a Dream" from 1968... one of the most aggressive garage rock pieces of the late 1960s. And if you don't consider "Mama Told Me Not To Come" a rock song, that's on you.

What genre would you put him in ? Many of his songs tap into the same root that rock and roll did. He just did it his own way.

A lot of artists have their own unique brand of rock and roll. Randy Newman is no different.

He fused tin pan alley stylings and brill building stuff with rock and soul. Look at his collaboration with Nilsson. Look at harpers bazaar and the everly brothers versions of his songs. Pop at the time was rock, and as a pop songwriter, rock is one of the ingredients he was working with