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Paul Williams revealed why he co-wrote The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" even though he didn't want to write it.
The idea of honey-voiced '70s pop icon Richard Carpenter owning a spiked truncheon seems unfathomable.
Coinciding with the 50th Anniversary year of that monumental signing and album debut, We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered, the massively successful touring show based around the ...
The Carpenters took “We’ve Only Just Begun” to #2, and their version remains a classic piece of turn-of-the-’70s kitsch. But maybe that’s not how Natasha Khan hears it.
The We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered show has brought the music of the Carpenters to U.S. audiences since it hit the road in 2013. Conceived by and starring Canadian singer Michelle ...
Roger Nichols, best-known for co-writing such Carpenters hits as “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “I Won’t Last a Day Without You” with lyricist Paul Williams ...
On April 25, “We’ve Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered” will be part of a 50th anniversary celebration when the show returns to the Downey Theatre in Downey, California, hometown of the ...
During a 2018 interview with Teen Vogue, the former Disney star said she was a huge fan of The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun.” “I always wanted to tell people that we were related ...
In a previous commentary, I had compared Trump and his appointees to the Wizard of Oz and having them pull the curtain back. With all the fraud and criminal activity DOGE is exposing, maybe it ...
Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan has cited the Carpenters as an influence on her upcoming new album, The Bride, and she’s paid tribute to the duo by covering their 1970 ballad “We’ve Only Just ...
The Carpenters‘ “We’ve Only Just Begun” turned 50 last month — and now Bat for Lashes has released a dazzling rendition of the classic. Natasha Khan offers a sparse take on the track ...