- 2006: Scored the Disney/Pixar film "Cars"; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song for Our Town, which was sung by James Taylor
- 2003: Was nominated for a grammy for his contribution on the soundtrack "Seabiscuit"
- 2002: Picked up two Oscar nominations (his 15th and 16th) for the original score to the animated "Monsters, Inc." and the song "If I Didn't Have You" from the same film; won Best Original Song Academy Award
- 2001: Earned 14th career Academy Award nomination for the song "A Fool in Love" from the film "Meet the Parents"
- 1999: Penned the lively score for the animated sequel "Toy Story 2"; also wrote songs including "When She Loved You" for which he was nominated for an Academy Award
- 1998: Earned three Oscar nominations for Best Song ("That'll Do"), Best Musical or Comedy Score ("A Bug's Life") and Best Dramatic Score ("Pleasantville")
- 1997: Fired by director Wolfgang Petersen after completing score for "Air Force One"; Newman's work replaced by Jerry Goldsmith score
- 1996: Picked up ninth Academy Award nomination for the score to the animated film "James and the Giant Peach"
- 1995: Provided the song score to the first all-computer-generated animated motion picture "Toy Story"; nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Musical or Comedy Score and Best Song ("You've Got a Friend")
- 1995: First composition for the musical theater, "Faust", opened in September; concept recording released simultaneously; project put on hold after second production in Chicago met with mixed reviews; Newman wrote the book as well as the music and lyrics
- 1994: Received Best Song Academy Award nomination for "Make Up Your Mind" from the film "The Paper", directed by Howard
- 1990: Racked up fifth Oscar nomination for the dramatic score to "Avalon", helmed by Levinson
- 1989: Garnered Best Song nomination for "I Love to See You Smile" from "Parenthood", directed by Ron Howard; song later used in toothpaste commercials
- 1986: Co-scripted (with Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels) "Three Amigos!", as well as writing its songs; also appeared as a singing bush
- 1984: Provided the lush underscore for "The Natural", directed by Barry Levinson; earned third Academy Award nomination
- 1981: Composed film score for Milos Forman's "Ragtime"; received Oscar nominations for Best Original Score and Best Song ("One More Hour")
- 1977: First commercial success with the song, "Short People"; led to first gold record for the album "Little Criminals"
- 1971: Contributed an original song to "The Pursuit of Happiness"
- 1971: Wrote first film score for Norman Lear's "Cold Turkey"
- 1970: Began touring and performing in concert
- 1970: Conducted music for film, "Performance"; movie not released until 1972
- 1970: First US hit with Three Dog Night's recording of "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
- 1968: First of own songs he recorded, "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" and "Beehive State"; debut album, "Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun"
- 1967: Joined Reprise Records as a recording artist
- 1964: Contributed first song ("Look at Me", co-written with Bobby Darin) to a Hollywood film ("The Lively Set")
- 1964: Worked at the TV music library at 20th Century Fox; wrote music cues and themes for series produced by the studio, most notably "Peyton Place"
- 1962: First TV credit, penned an untitled saxophone instrumental for an episode of "Dobie Gillis"
- 1962: First recorded song, "They Tell Me It's Summer", a B side sung by the Fleetwoods
- 1960: At age 17, became a $150-a-month contract song writer for Metro Music (part of Liberty) (date approximate)
- 1959: Wrote first songs at age 15 (date approximate)
- 1956: Began studying music theory (date approximate)
- 1950: Started taking piano lessons at age six (date approximate)
- 1948: Family settled in Los Angeles
- Suffered from Epstein-Barr Syndrome
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