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"We've Only Just Begun" is a single by the Carpenters, written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It was ranked at No. 414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." [2] It also became Carpenters' second consecutive top-five single in the Billboard Hot 100.
Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter , John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark , et al.
Carpenters Won Record of the Year "(They Long to Be) Close to You" Nominated Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals: Nominated Song of the Year "We've Only Just Begun" Nominated Best Contemporary Song: Nominated 1972: Album of the Year Carpenters: Nominated
It remained at #1 for four weeks and became one of the Carpenters' most iconic songs. Richard devoted the song to Karen. [5] "We've Only Just Begun", composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, first appeared in a 1970 Crocker-Citizens Bank commercial that depicted a married couple beginning their life together. In August 1970, it became ...
Both "We've Only Just Begun" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You" have been honored with Grammy Hall of Fame awards for recordings of lasting quality or historical significance. [225] The Carpenters' album and single sales total more than 90 million units making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. [226]
The track "Ticket to Ride", a Beatles song that later became the album's title track, was released as the Carpenters' first single; it reached No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. [40] Their next album, 1970's Close to You, featured two hit singles: "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". They peaked at No. 1 and No. 2 ...
The way I see it… we’ve only just begun.” Released in 1996, sports comedy Happy Gilmore follows an ice hockey player with anger management issues who realises he can channel that anger ...
Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [6] the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae (née Burnside), a homemaker. [1]One of his brothers was John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969. [7]