Randy Goodrum Foolish Heart:From Ark to Nashville to 80's

[tater1977]

SONGCRAFT: Spotlight on Songwriters
Randy Goodrum

Ep. 24 podcast - Randy Goodrum
Foolish Heart: From Arkansas to Nashville to 80's Pop Superhero

http://www.songcraftshow.com/randy_goodrum


Songcraft chats with Randy Goodrum about how his Arkansas roots shaped his musical personality, what it was like playing in a jazz band with a future American president, why there's always been more to Nashville's music community than country, and the experience of collaborating with Steve Perry, Steve Lukather, and David Foster.

Randy Goodrum spent his formative years playing in a jazz band with future President Bill Clinton, before going on to write a ton of #1 pop and adult contemporary hits, including Michael Johnson’s “Bluer Than Blue,” Steve Perry’s “Foolish Heart,” Toto’s “I’ll Be Over You,” El DeBarge’s “Who’s Holdin’ Donna Now,” and Anne Murray’s “You Needed Me,” which earned Goodrum a Grammy nomination and became the ACM Song of the Year. Additionally, he wrote Chicago’s “If She Would Have Been Faithful,” Steve Perry’s “Oh Sherrie,” and “A Lesson in Leavin’,” which was a #1 country hit for both Dottie West and Jo Dee Messina. In 1981 Randy won six ASCAP awards in a single year and was named ASCAP country songwriter of the year. His music has been recorded by Gladys Knight, Reba McEntire, Ray Charles, Michael McDonald, Al Jarreau, Chet Atkins, Natalie Cole, The Commodores, Kansas, Dusty Springfield, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Michael Bolton, Isaac Hayes, Tammy Wynette, and many others. Goodrum was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.

[tater1977]

http://www.songcraftshow.com/randy_goodrum

re/ writing FH and OS with Steve
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[scarab]

His collaboration with Kansas. Kind of poppy but great no less.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohkoIhRJlfI

[perryfan61]

Interesting... Thanks for the link. "Voice like an angel" he says of SP... can't get a better recommendation than that!!

[Arkansas]

Yes, very cool story. I posted about this a few yrs ago. There's YT video in the link.
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later~

[Gina3008]

Randy Goodrum is a music writer extraordinaire! His span of music genres is totally amazing. He crossed over into so many areas of music and made it seem effortless to do so. That is pure talent. I loved his comments re Steve Perry's angelic voice and would forever wish to hear of him and Steve collaborating again.