Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell

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Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell are American songwriters who wrote numerous pop-rock songs in the 1960s, generally working together.

In 1965, Linzer & Randell wrote and produced most of the songs for a R&B girl group named The Toys, including their Top 20 singles "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!"

The duo wrote several Top 20 songs for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, including "Working My Way Back To You," "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)," and (with Bob Crewe) "Let's Hang On (To What We've Got)." Linzer also co-wrote the group's song "Dawn (Go Away)," and Randell later co-wrote (again with Crewe) Valli's "solo" hit "Swearin' To God."

Among their lesser-known work, Linzer & Randell wrote two songs recorded by The Monkees. They also wrote "Native New Yorker," performed by Odyssey on the soundtrack of the 1978 film Eyes of Laura Mars.

Linzer later co-wrote (with David Wolfert) "I Believe In You and Me," originally recorded in 1982 by The Four Tops. The song was covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of the 1996 film The Preacher's Wife and became a #4 hit single. Linzer also co-wrote the song "Spanish Eyes", which was recorded by the Backstreet Boys on their 1999 album Millennium.