Randy Goodrum is a songwriter who has penned standards (YOU NEEDED ME, FOOLISH HEART), NUMBER ONE RECORDS (OH SHERRIE, BLUER THAN BLUE),
and numerous major hits in all areas of music - pop, rock, a/c, r&b,
and country. Randy is always associated with a unique style and
outstanding execution whether in songwriting, producing, or performing.
Along with writing the recent European smash hit song, ALL OVER AGAIN (Ronan Keating), Randy enjoys other recent successful hit songs, such as, YOU NEEDED ME (Boyzone, #1 in Europe), and A LESSON IN LEAVIN' (Jo
Dee Messina, #2 for 7 weeks and top 10 for over 4 months), co-written
by Goodrum, Randy's hits have produced a song book of modern standards
including YOU NEEDED ME (Anne Murray), BLUER THAN BLUE Michael Johnson), OH SHERRIE (Steve Perry), I'LL BE OVER YOU (Toto), A BROKEN HEARTED ME (Anne Murray), WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW (DeBarge), FOOLISH HEART (Steve Perry), NOW AND FOREVER (Anne Murray), IT'S SAD TO BELONG (England Dan and John Ford Coley), and BEFORE MY HEART FINDS OUT (Gene Cotten).
Randy has also penned these hits: NOW AND FOREVER (YOU AND ME) (Anne Murray), IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL (Chicago), LESSON IN LEAVIN', I'M GONNA PUT YOU BACK ON THE RACK, LEAVING'S FOR UNBELIEVERS (Dottie West), WHAT'RE WE DOIN' IN LOVE (Kenny Rogers and Dottie West), IT'S TRUE LOVE (Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty), SHE'S MINE (Steve Perry), IF I HAD MY WISH TONIGHT (David Lasley), TELL ME TOMORROW (Angela Bofill), SILHOUETTE (Randy Goodrum), THE FOOL IN ME (Sonny James), FOOLISH HEART (Sharon Bryant), FALLIN' IN LOVE (Sylvia), I WILL IF YOU WILL (John Berry), MELANIE (Toto), and 20-20 (George Benson).
Randy has also had songs recorded by such diverse artists as: Phoebe
Snow, Tammy Wynette, Russ Malone, The Raybon Brothers, Gladys Knight,
Reba McEntire, Brian Kennedy, Earl Klugh, Alabama, Johnny Lange,
Avalon, Christopher Cross, John Berry, Bryan White, Ray Charles, Steve
Wariner, Chakka Kahn, Russ Taff, Glen Medeiros, Patty Austin, Mark
Knopfler, Rick Trevino, David Benoit, Dave Grusin, Judy Collins, Ronnie
Milsap, Helen Reddy, Bobby Caldwell, Amy Grant, Lori Morgan, Michael
McDonald, K.T. Oslin, Rita Coolidge, Al Jarreau, Chet Atkins, Natalie
Cole, Floyd Cramer, Princess Vaughn, The Commodores, Olivia
Newton-John, B.J. Thomas, Kansas, Maura O'Connell, Billy Joe Walker,
Dusty Springfield, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Bill Medley, Debby
Boone, Teddy Pendergast, Michael Bolton, David Pack, The Imperials,
David Gaither, Chesney Hawkes, Bill LaBounty, Billy Joe Walker, Roger
Whitaker, Agnetha Faltskog, The Jefferson Starship, Deodato, James
Galway, Isaac Hayes, Millie Jackson, Ferrante and Teichner, Peobo
Bryson, Jeffrey Osborne, Wendy Moten, Stacy Lattisaw, Rick Price,
Amanda Stott, Tommy Emmanuel, and the list goes on and on.
Goodrum has also had a considerable number of songs appear in major motion pictures and TV such as: 3 songs in STIR CRAZY (Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor), 1 song in BACK TO SCHOOL (Rodney Dangerfield), 1 song in COWBOY (Ted Dansen), 1 song in WHY WOULD I LIE (Lisa Eicher), 2 songs in the 2001 release called PRANCER 2, 1 song in CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE, 3 songs in HEAVENLY KID, and 1 song, IF YOU BELIEVE, in the motion picture titled PRANCER RETURNS, which
was awarded 2001 Best Original Song In A Motion Picture at the Variety
Video Awards. Randy received a Cable Ace Awards Nomination for Song of
the Year in 1994 for a song in the Cable T.V. hit series, Roundhouse.
Goodrum co-wrote with Dave Grusin the theme for the daytime T.V. Drama,
ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
Randy had the honor of having his song MILLENNIUM
performed live on ABC as part of their marathon Millennium 2000
coverage. Randy has also recently completed work on two major hit T.V.
projects produced by Smith/Hemion: 2 musicals for CBS TV entitled
Snowden On Ice, and Snowden's Raggedy Ann and Andy's Traveling Holiday
Show. Goodrum wrote all the songs for these holiday specials. He
produced vocals and tracks on Amy Grant, Olivia Newton-John, Lou Rawls,
B.J. Thomas, and Anne Murray for these projects.
Goodrum wrote the song, WE'RE NOT THROUGH
specifically for Al Gore's 2000 Presidential Campaign and was
privileged to have it performed at the 2000 Democratic Convention in
Los Angeles. Randy also wrote songs for the '92 and '96 Clinton/Gore
'Campaigns including CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, which was the closing theme of the '92 Democratic Convention and REUNION,
which was the theme for President Bill Clinton's First Inaugural Gala.
Randy also had the privilege of performing the song himself as the
opening act of a show that featured Michael Jackson, Aretha
Franklin, Barbra Streisand, and many others. Later Goodrum wrote an
unforgettable duet for Kenny Rogers and Trisha Yearwood called, TOGETHER, AS ONE which was featured in the '96 Inaugural Gala of President Clinton.
As a producer, Goodrum has worked with many major artists representing
a full range of musical diversity including Olivia Newton-John, Steve
Perry, Michael Bolton, B. J. Thomas, Lou Rawls, Kenny Rogers, Tommy
Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Glen Meideros, Steve Lukather, and Dottie West.
A solo record by Steve Perry on SONY Records, released on Dec. 15, 1998
includes eleven new Goodrum co-writes and co-productions. The first single
off of that album was simultaneously released titled When You're In
Love For The First Time; co-written and co-produced by Randy. Goodrum
also has three songs on the most recent TOTO album, released worldwide titled, MIND FIELDS. Randy has recently finished producing an album on the MEMPHIS HORNS, titled, PERKIN' IT UP.
Three of the songs from this project have already been featured in
major TV and Movie projects. A release date has not been set for the
CD.
Randy has performed on keyboards on hundreds of
recording sessions with such legendary artists as Chet Atkins, Roy
Orbison, Dionne Warwick, Steve Perry, Earl Klugh, DeBarge, Al Jarreau,
Steve Wariner, and George Benson.
Among Goodrum's numerous awards he has received
for his work: In Oct. of 2000 Randy's career-long dream was realized as
he was inducted into the prestigious Nashville Songwriters Hall Of
Fame. Goodrum has won dozens of ASCAP Songwriter and Publisher Awards
for his many hits throughout his prolific career. In 1981 he won six
ASCAP Awards in a single year, and was named ASCAP Country Songwriter
of the Year, having already received a Grammy Nomination for YOU NEEDED ME as Song of the Year. YOU NEEDED ME was
also Song Of The Year for The Academy of Country Music, The National
Music Publishers Association, and The Nashville Songwriters
Association. Goodrum's song, NOW AND FOREVER (YOU AND ME), recorded by Anne Murray was 1986 ASCAP Country Song Of The Year. YOU NEEDED ME
was awarded one of the Top 10 ASCAP songs of the Decade as well as
being awarded one of the Top Ten Country ASCAP Songs of the Twentieth
Century.
Other interesting achievements associated with Randy's songs: SO SOFT, YOUR GOODBYE (Grammy Awarded to Chet Atkins and Mark Knoffler for Best Country Instrumental Performance), YOU NEEDED ME (Grammy for Best Female Vocal to Anne Murray), WHAT'RE WE DOIN IN LOVE (Grammy Awarded to Dottie West and Kenny Rogers for Best Country Duo). ARKANSAN OF THE YEAR award
from the Arkansas Broadcasters Association, induction into the Hot
Springs High School Hall Of Fame, in 1996 Randy was inducted into the
Arkansas Entertainment Hall Of Fame as well as receiving the Governor's
Award for special merit, and in 1997 he received the President's Choice
Award from the Nashville Songwriter's Association International for
meritorious service toward the songwriting community.
Randy has served as President, Secretary, and
Chairman of the New Technology Committee of the Nashville Songwriters
Association International as well as on the boards of The Nashville
Songwriters Foundation, The National Academy of Songwriters, the
Georgia Songwriters, and the ASCAP Songwriter Advisory Boards of
Nashville and L.A.
Goodrum has traveled abroad many times in recent
years for various writing and production projects and continues to do
so regularly. Not mentioned in this bio are the numerous foreign
recordings Randy has received and continues to receive on his catalog
of songs. Goodrum's most recent solo albums are: SOLITARY NIGHTS (GRP), FOOL'S PARADISE (Polydor), CARETAKER OF DREAMS,AN EXHIBITION, and WORDS AND MUSIC
(Polydor KK). He continues to have a wide variety of activity with
recent cover recordings of new songs by Reba McEntire, Russ Malone,
Alabama, Ronan Keating, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Johnny Lange, Amanda Stott, Sat-R-Day,
Boyzone, Jo Dee Messina, Ronnie Milsap, Amy Grant, Avalon, and Toto.
Late breaking news:
Randy has been appointed A&R director/consultant for a new Japanese based record company, Ride Records. He will oversee creative matters with regard to coordinating record projects for their roster. The first artist, currently in production and scheduled for early 2008 release is the incomparable Steve Lukather, a founding member and mainstay of the group Toto. Goodrum is in the planning stages of an album featuring several of Randy?s hits that will be out in 2008, as well. More on that as time progresses.
Another wonderful announcement is that Randy and his longtime friend and fellow songwriter/producer/artist, Jay Graydon have teamed up over the last year and formed a group and are in the processing of mixing their project. Also, more on that later.
A few of Randy's hits ...
Randy's had songs recorded by such diverse artists as:
Chet Atkins
Al Jarreau
Natalie Cole
The Commodores
Olivia Newton-John
B.J. Thomas
Phoebe Snow
Tammy Wynette
Steve Perry
Chicago
El DeBarge
Anne Murray
Boyzone
Russ Malone
Reba McEntire
Michael Johnson
Jefferson Starship
Lou Rawls
Oscar Peterson
Brian Kennedy
Earl Klugh
Alabama
Johnny Lange
Avalon
Christopher Cross
John Berry
Bryan White
Ray Charles
Steve Wariner
Chakka Kahn
Russ Taff
Glen Medeiros
Patty Austin
Mark Knopfler
Rick Trevino
David Benoit
Dave Grusin
Judy Collins
Ronnie Milsap
Helen Reddy
Bobby Caldwell
Amy Grant
Lori Morgan
Michael McDonald
K.T. Oslin
Rita Coolidge
Floyd Cramer
Princess Vaughn
Kansas
Maura Connell
Billy Joe Walker
Dusty Springfield
Vince Gill
Trisha Yearwood
Bill Medley
Debby Boone
Teddy Pendergast
Michael Bolton
David Pack
The Imperials
David Gaither
Chesney Hawkes
Bill LaBounty
Billy Joe Walker
Roger Whitaker
Agnetha Faltskog
Deodato
James Galway
Isaac Hayes
Millie Jackson
Ferrante and Teichner
Peobo Bryson
Jeffrey Osborne
Wendy Moten
Stacy Lattisaw
Rick Price
Amanda Stott
Tommy Emmanuel
Rebecca Lynn Howard
Ashley Geary
The Raybon Brothers