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Randy Goodrum

key, voc, *1947 US, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Musician / Songwriter of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Charles Randolph Goodrum

Charles Randolph "Randy" Goodrum (born July 7, 1947 in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written (or co-written) numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" (1978) and "Broken Hearted Me" (1979), Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" (1978), England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" (1977), Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" and "Foolish Heart" (1984), DeBarge's "Who's Holding Donna Now", cowritten with David Foster and Jay Graydon, Toto's "I'll Be Over You" (1986) and Chicago's "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (1987). He also co-wrote with Brent Maher a number of Dottie West's hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including her No. 1 Country hit in 1980, "A Lesson in Leavin'". He also has performed as a keyboardist on many reco

Instruments

• Keyboards
• Vocals
• Synthesizer
• Piano
• Backing Vocals

Genres

• Jazz
• Pop
• Rock
• World
• Country

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