BeebRock - The BBC4/BBC3/BBC2/BBC1 Music Programmes thread

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Funny you should say, when this started i was asking myself if Sedaka had anything to do with "We've only just begun" (y'know, from Happy Gilmore ;-) ). That was the carpenters, though, wasn't it?

She did have a remarkable voice.

The song was originally recorded by Smokey Roberds, a friend of Nichols, under the name "Freddie Allen".[1] It debuted in a wedding-themed television commercial for Crocker National Bank in California in the winter of 1970 with Williams on vocals. Hal Riney, founder of the San Francisco-based advertising agency Hal Riney & Partners, commissioned the song to help Crocker appeal to young people. The song played over footage of a young couple getting married and just starting out. Direct reference to the bank was left out, in part to make the song more marketable. The commercial was very popular and Crocker National's business flourished.


Richard Carpenter saw the commercial and guessed correctly that it was Paul Williams (both of them were under contract to A&M records). Carpenter ran into Williams on the record company's lot and asked if a full-length version was available. Although it had only two verses and no bridge, Williams confirmed that there was a bridge and an additional verse, forming a complete song; he and Nichols went on to write them. Carpenter selected the composition for the duo's third single and included it on the LP Close to You.

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

A documentary about Carole King would've been far better. Probably the most underrated singer/songwriter of the past 50 years.