In June 1968, “Reprise” label released the debut, self-titled Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks.

Personnel:

• Randy Newman – vocals, piano
• Herb Ellis- guitar
• Larry Knechtel- guitar, bass, keyboards
• Tommy Tedesco- guitar
• Sal Valentino- guitar, vocals
• Don Lanier – guitar
• Louis Morell – guitar
• Frank DeCaro – guitar
• Joe Gibbons – guitar
• Al Casey- guitar
• Mike Deasy, Ron Elliott- guitar
• James Burton- guitar
• Nick DeCaro – piano, accordion
• Gene Garf – piano, organ
• James Rowles – piano
• Michael Lang – piano
• Gary LeVant – harmonica
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Carl Fortina – accordion
• Don Bagley – bass
• Carol Kaye- bass
• Lyle Ritz- bass
• Jim Gordon- drums
• Norman Jeffreis – drums
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Hubert Anderson – percussion
• Ted Nash – saxophone
• Gene Cipriano – saxophone
• Wilbur Schwartz – saxophone
• Thomas Scott – saxophone
• Gordon Pope – saxophone
• William Green – saxophone
• William R. Perkins – saxophone
• Jim Horn- saxophone
• Plas Johnson- saxophone
• Jay Migliori – saxophone
• Sid Miller – saxophone
• Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
• Anthony Terran- trumpet
• Milt Bernhart- trombone
• Robert Knight – trombone
• Richard Hyde- trombone
• Lew McCreary – trombone
• Richard Perissi – French horn
• William Hinshaw – French horn
• James A. Decker – French horn
• David Duke – French horn
• James Getzoff – flute
• Israel Baker- violin
• Harry Bluestone – violin
• William Kurash – violin
• Arnold Belnick – violin
• Jerome Reisler – violin
• Ralph Schaeffer – violin
• Sid Sharp – violin
• Tibor Zelig – violin
• William Weiss – violin
• Leonard Malarsky – violin
• Joseph DiFiore – viola
• Louis Kievman – viola
• Samuel Boghossian – viola
• Leonard Selic – viola
• Harold Ayties – viola
• Jan Hlinka – viola
• Harold Bemko – cello
• Ray Kelley – cello
• Victor Sazer – cello
• Jesse Emrlich – cello
• Armand Karpoff – cello
• David Filerman – cello
• Joseph Tullio – cello
• Frederick Seykora – cello
• Elizabeth Ershoff – harp
• Tommy LiPuma- engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

1. Love Story (You and Me)
2. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
3. Living Without You
4. So Long Dad
5. I Think He’s Hiding
6. Linda
7. Laughing Boy
8. Cowboy
9. Beehive State
10. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
11. Davy the Fat Boy