Randy Brooks (other)
Randy Brooks may refer to: *Randy Brooks (actor) (born 1950), American television and film actor *Randy Brooks (musician) (1919–1967), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader *Randy Brooks, American musician and composer of the 1977 Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is a novelty Christmas song. Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the then-husband-and-wife duo of Elmo Shropshire and Patsy Trigg in 1979. Lyrics The lyrics tell the story of a grand ...

Randy Brooks (actor)
Frederick Randolph Brooks (born January 30, 1950) is an American television and film actor known for his role as L.A.P.D. Detective Holdaway in the 1992 hit cult film ''Reservoir Dogs''. Brooks also starred in the 1988 hit drama film ''Colors''. Brooks is also well known in the soap opera community; he starred on ''Generations'' in 1990 as Eric Royal, on ''The Young and the Restless'' as Nathan Hastings from 1992–95, on '' Another World'' as Marshall Lincoln Kramer from 1994–95, and on ''All My Children'' as Hayes Grady in 1996. He has starred in a couple of short-lived television series, including '' Brothers and Sisters'' in 1979, ''The Renegades'' in 1983, and ''Emerald Point N.A.S.'' in 1983. Brooks has made many guest appearances on many television shows, including '' One Day at a Time'', ''The Fall Guy'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' The White Shadow'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Hunter'', ''21 Jump Street'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Family Law'', and ''J ...
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Randy Brooks (musician)
Randolph E. Brooks (March 28, 1917 – March 21, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Brooks began on trumpet at age six, and by the age of 11 was discovered by Rudy Vallee, and appeared on his Fleischman Hour radio show, and became a permanent member where he played thrilling trumpet solos, but was not allowed to play with the brass section of the band. By the time he was eighteen he was working with Jerry Blane for an entire summer in western New Jersey, followed by Gene Kardos and then Ruby Newman at the Rainbow Room in New York City. He was then hired by Hal Kemp with whom he cut his first records for the Victor label in 1939. After Kemp’s death late in 1940, he stayed with the band when Art Jarrett took leadership of the group. By June 1942, he had moved on to Claude Thornhill, followed a few months later by Bob Allen, but within a year he was playing with Les Brown, before founding his own band in early 1945. John Benson Brooks (no relation) contributed ar ...
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