"We've Only Just Begun" is a hit single by Carpenters written by Roger Nichols (music), and Paul Williams, an American composer, singer, songwriter and actor, wrote which part of the single?
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We've Only Just Begun "We've Only Just Begun" is a hit single by Carpenters written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). Ranked at No. 405 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", it is frequently used as a wedding song.
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Paul Williams (songwriter) Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter and actor. He is perhaps best known for writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", David Bowie's "Fill Your Heart", and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays", as well as for his contributions to films, such as writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping "Evergreen", the love theme from "A Star Is Born", starring Barbra Streisand, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song; and "Rainbow Connection" from "The Muppet Movie". He also wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for "The Love Boat", with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick.
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Peter Salett Peter Joseph Salett (born May 12, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known as a musician for his song "Heart of Mine" in the movie "Keeping the Faith", his song score for the 2006 film "Down in the Valley", and for co-writing the Dracula puppet musical finale, "A Taste for Love", in the Judd Apatow produced film, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall".
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Close Enough for Love (song) "Close Enough for Love" was the theme song from the 1979 film "Agatha" starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave. The song has since become a jazz standard. It was composed by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Williams.
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Tall Paul "Tall Paul" is a song recorded by Annette Funicello and written by the Sherman Brothers. It marked the first time that a female singer reached a top ten slot for a rock and roll single. It also spotlighted Annette from amongst the other Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club and paved the way for the movie career which followed. Walt Disney personally took notice of the string of chart toppers which the Sherman Brothers were writing for Annette and subsequently asked the songwriters to work for him exclusively. The Sherman Brothers went on to win two Oscars for "Mary Poppins" several years later.
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Stan Jones (songwriter) Stan Jones (June 5, 1914 – December 13, 1963) was an American songwriter and actor, primarily writing Western music. He is best remembered for writing the legendary "", which has been called the #1 Western song ever written.
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Single-O "Single-O" is a song composed by Donald Kahn, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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River Song (Sherman) "River Song" is a song composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman in 1973. It was sung by Charley Pride in the musical motion picture "Tom Sawyer". The song score received a Christopher Award and a nomination for an Academy Award. The song's placement as a "bookend" piece to the motion picture was largely due to the Sherman Brothers' deep involvement with the film, including screenwriters as well as songwriters. The song is featured on the popular music LP, "The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album" which features a total of three Sherman Brothers songs including "River Song."
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I Am a Rock "I Am a Rock" is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first performed by Simon alone as the opening track on his album "The Paul Simon Songbook" which he originally recorded and released in August 1965, only in the United Kingdom. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, as the American folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel, re-recorded it on December 14, 1965, and included as the final track on their album "Sounds of Silence", which they released on January 17, 1966.
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Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "High School Dance" (1957), "Slow Down", "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (1958), "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah" (1959). John Lennon was a fan, and The Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs.
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The Little House We Built (Just o'er the Hill) "The Little House We Built (Just o'er the Hill)" is a song written by Hank Williams and steel guitarist Don Helms. It was recorded and released by honky tonk singer Big Bill Lister in 1951.
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Rick Springfield Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949) is an Australian singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, actor and author, known by his stage name Rick Springfield. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S., for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 U.S. hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two U.S. top 10 albums are "Working Class Dog" (1981) and "Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet" (1982).
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Paul Wright (singer) Paul Wright is an American musician originally from Eugene, Oregon. His debut album, "Fly Away", was recorded in Oregon with Christopher Stevens and released in 2003. He graduated from Northwest Christian University with a degree in Communications after spending a semester studying at the Contemporary Music Center in Martha's Vineyard.
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I Made It Through the Rain "I Made It Through the Rain" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, "Barry". The song was originally recorded by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about a struggling musician who never gives up. Manilow heard the song and revised the lyric with Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman to make the song about the everyday person's struggles, rather than those of a profession.
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Paul Adams (musician) Paul Adams (born August 1951) is an American musician, writer and musical instrument builder.
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Weary Blues from Waitin' "Weary Blues from Waitin'" is a song written by Hank Williams. It was released as a posthumous single on MGM Records in 1953.
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Just Married (song) "Just Married" is a 1958 single by Marty Robbins. The song was written by Barry De Vorzon and Al Allen. The single peaked at number three on the C&W Best Seller charts. "Just Married" also became Marty Robbins' fourth entry on the pop chart, peaking at number twenty-six. "Just Married" reached #1 the Billboard's Top Country Singles charts on 5-26-58(Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944-1988)
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Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" is a song written by Vanda & Young and recorded by New Zealand-born singer songwriter, Mark Williams. The song was released in May 1975 as the second and final single from his debut studio album, "Mark Williams" (1975). The song peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand charts and was the highest selling single by a New Zealand artist in New Zealand in 1975.
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Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs, and for film scores.
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Jesus Is Just Alright "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, "Tellin' It Like It Is".
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Bob &amp; Carol &amp; Ted &amp; Alice Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is a 1969 American comedy drama film directed by Paul Mazursky, written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker, who also produced the film, and starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, and Dyan Cannon. The original music score was composed by Quincy Jones, and featured Jackie DeShannon performing Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and Sarah Vaughan performing "I know that my Redeemer liveth" from Part III of Handel's "Messiah". The cinematography for the film was by Charles Lang. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including ones for Gould and Cannon.
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Ray Whitley (songwriter) Robert Ray Whitley, commonly known as Ray Whitley, (1943-2013) was an American beach music composer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for composing hit songs recorded by The Tams and Guy Darrell, though he also released 14 of his own singles between 1961 and 1970.