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On 2025-05-23, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-05-23 2:46 p.m., % wrote:
>> .
>> 
>> Roger Nichols, the composer behind some of Carpenters’ greatest hits, 
>> has died at the age of 84. The songwriter was a composer and songwriter 
>> who was behind Carpenters’ biggest hits We’ve Only Just Begun and Rainy 
>> Days and Mondays, and was a frequent collaborator. It was announced that 
>> he died on May 17, but the news was only just made public. Paul 
>> Williams, his songwriting partner of many years, confirmed the news in a 
>> post (Picture: AnythingGoes)
>
> A composer of some of the prettiest and most memorable songs of the 20th 
> century. He will be missed.

From Wikipedia, interesting story about how "We've Only Just Begun" become a 
hit. It was originally written as a jingle for a Crocker Bank ad. 

   Nichols' collaborations with Paul Williams include "We've Only Just 
   Begun" (performed by The Carpenters), which was originally written for a 
   Crocker Bank commercial. They were commissioned to write a jingle after a 
   bank executive heard Nichols' album, and it was composed in a matter of 
   hours on the last day before the deadline. The commercial (sung by 
   Williams) was heard on TV by Richard Carpenter, who believed it had hit 
   potential. According to the documentary Close to You: Remembering The 
   Carpenters, Williams reported that his label-mate Richard called him up 
   and asked if there was a complete song. Williams replied, "We had an 
   additional verse and a bridge, but if we didn't I'd have lied through my 
   teeth. This was a chance to get a Carpenters record which was a big deal 
   in those days. Richard and Karen gave our songs a life."
   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97X9huy7pHQ
    
Richard Carpenter didn't have his sister's voice, but he was pretty creative 
himself.

A&M Records, founded by Herb Albert (The Tijuana Brass) and partner, Jerry 
Moss, is also an interesting story. 

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