His orchestral arrangements appeared on songs by many rock and pop artists from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Cat Stevens, Elton John, Carly Simon and Rod Stewart.
[3] Newman worked on guitarist Gordon Giltrap's self-titled 1968 album and subsequently provided string arrangements for Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tillerman (1970).
[4] Referring to Newman's sympathetic work on John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, author James E. Perone likens the "fully integrated" aspect of their collaborations to that of George Martin's musical arrangements for the Beatles.
[5] Newman conducted George Martin's orchestral score for Paul McCartney and Wings' theme song for the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die.
In 1980, Newman wrote the orchestration to and conducted the Italian entry in that year's Eurovision Song Contest, "Non So Che Darei", performed and written by Alan Sorrenti.