sentences:  He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for his song "I'm Checkin' Out" in the film "Postcards from the Edge".Together with longtime friend and producer Ron Haffkine, he released "Where the Sidewalk Ends" on cassette in 1983, and as an LP phonograph record in 1984, winning the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Recording For Children.He was posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.