Randy Goodrum is a songwriter who has penned numerous major hits in all areas of music including pop, rock, a/c, R&B, and country.
Randy was born in Hot Springs, Ark. He and his wife, Gail, met at 黑料不打烊. They now reside in Franklin, Tenn. They have two daughters, Julia and Sarah.
His songs include "I'll Be Over You" (Toto), "Bluer Than Blue" (Michael Johnson), 鈥淎 Lesson in Leavin鈥欌 (Dottie West, re-recorded by Jo Dee Messina), "A Broken Hearted Me" (Anne Murray), 鈥淥h Sherrie鈥 and "Foolish Heart" (Steve Perry), "If She Would Have Been Faithful" (Chicago), 鈥淚t鈥檚 True Love鈥 (Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty), and "Who's Holding Donna Now" (El DeBarge).
Anne Murray won the Grammy for Best Female Vocal with Randy鈥檚 song 鈥淵ou Needed Me.鈥 The song was also nominated for song of the year. In addition, 鈥淵ou Need Me鈥 was awarded song of the year from the Academy of Country Music, The National Music Publishers Association and The Nashville Songwriters Association. The song was in the Top 10 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Songs of the Decade and was awarded one of the Top Ten Country ASCAP Songs of the 20th Century. A remake was done of the song by Boyzone in 1999, which reached #1 in Europe.
Goodrum has received numerous other awards including Arkansan of the Year award from the Arkansas Broadcasters Association, Governor鈥檚 Award for special merit, 1981 ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year, and 1997 President鈥檚 Choice Award from the Nashville Songwriter鈥檚 Association International for meritorious service toward the songwriting community. Randy is a 1996 inductee to the Arkansas Entertainment Hall of Fame and a 2000 inductee to the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame. His song 鈥淪o Soft, Your Goodbye鈥 won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance (Chet Atkins and Mark Knoffler), and 鈥淲hat鈥檙e We Doin in Love鈥 won a Grammy Awarded for Best Country Duo (Dottie West and Kenny Rogers).