Thankfully we "lucked into" several very strong songs. 
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"With the success of "Close
To You" and "We've Only Just Begun" our
schedule was not quite as relaxed as it had been before. I did not
have as much time to write or listen to material. Thankfully we
"lucked into" several very strong songs. "For All We Know" was one of them. Karen and I were in Toronto to open the show for Engelbert Humperdinck. We had one night off before opening and our manager Sherwin Bash suggested that we see the film "Lovers and other strangers". We enjoyed the film and noticed the song "For All We Know" which we recorded upon our return home. ( It subsequently won an Oscar for Best Song of 1970 ). "Rainy Days And Mondays" - Nichols and Williams sent a "demo" of this song to us. Two listenings and we decided that it was perfect. "Superstar" - I came home from the studio one night and heard a then relatively unknown Bette Midler performing this song on the "Tonight Show". I could barely wait to arrange and record it ( it remains one of my favorites ). The "Carpenters" album features "Hideaway", a beautiful song by Randy Sparks. Randy is best known for his group "The New Christy Minstrels" and another of his songs "Today". Before Karen and I started out on our own, we were in a group I had formally called "Spectrum". Randy hired us (a very rare booking) to perform at his club "Ledbetters". He opened the show and "Hideaway" was one of the songs he sang. We liked it immediately and never forgot it. "One Love" is a song John and I wrote in 1967 while we were employed at Disneyland. Originally called "Candy" it was written for a waitress in "Coke Corner" who caught all four of our eyes. This album closed with a touching Felice Mancini lyric (Sometimes) written for her parents and set to music by her father, Henry." Talkin' to myself and feelin' old Sometimes I'd like to quit Nothing ever seems to fit Hangin' around Nothing to do but frown Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down. |
A&M Records Inc. 13 May 1971 |