Songwriters Denny Randell and Biddy Schippers on ActorsE Chat

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Denny Randell and Biddy Schippers have been a part of some of the most influential groups in the 20th century.  They were on ActorsE Chat sharing their experiences as well as their projects in the industry.  Tune in here for an amazing interview which will let you have an insight into the music industry you have not thought of before.

Gaudio’s associate, Al Kasha, introduced Randell to lyricist Sandy Linzer. The duo wrote several Top 10 songs for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, including “Working My Way Back to You” (also a hit for The Spinners in 1979, and in Ireland for Boyzone in 1994), “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)”, and, with Bob Crewe, “Let’s Hang On!”. Randell and Crewe later co-wrote Valli’s solo hit “Swearin’ To God”.

In 1965, Randell and Linzer wrote and produced most of the songs for the R&B girl group, The Toys, including their singles A Lover’s Concerto (adapted from Minuet in G major, a classical music piece), and “Attack!” Another Toys recording written by the duo, Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby, was later covered by the garage band ? and the Mysterians and, in 1998, was a #14 hit when covered by Smash Mouth. They also had a hit with Jay and the Techniques’ “Keep the Ball Rollin’”.

Linzer and Randell wrote two songs recorded by The Monkees, “I’ll Be Back Up On My Feet” and “The Day We Fall in Love”, and “Penny Arcade” by The Cyrkle. They later wrote “Native New Yorker”, performed by Odyssey on the soundtrack of the film Eyes of Laura Mars; it was later featured in the film The Nanny Diaries and the final year of HBO’s Sex and the City. Other co-writes include “Breakin’ Down The Walls Of Heartache”, a major UK hit in 1968 for Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon, and Samantha Sang’s 1978 chart hit “You Keep Me Dancin’”.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Randell worked in A&R for several companies, including Epic, RCA, and Frank Zappa’s DiscReet Records, for whom he produced Tim Buckley’s album Sefronia. He also produced the Iron Butterfly album Scorching Beauty. Later in the decade, he co-wrote and arranged the album Get Dancin’ by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes. In 1980 he co-wrote the Star Wars-themed album Christmas in the Stars, which featured singer John Bongiovi (later Jon Bon Jovi).

In 1985, he teamed up with songwriter and singer Biddy Schippers and formed the duo Randell & Schippers, who recorded a number of successful electronic dance tracks including Alice in Wonderland. The pair later married. In recent years they have worked together on the GI Jams project, which aims to develop and spotlight songwriting talents in the U.S. military.

Denny was born in New York city and then settled in Maryland.  He learned to play accordion as well as piano at any early age.  He also started to publish songs and then came to the attention of a major music company in New York.  He as then brought on as a staff music writer.

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