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"Bless the Beasts and Children" is the theme song to the 1971 eponymous film and was performed by the Carpenters. It was featured on the B-side to their hit, "Superstar". Billboard magazine listed the single as “Superstar/ Bless the Beasts and Children” on the Hot 100 after the song gained significant airplay, charting first at number 16 ...
The soundtrack to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children consists of music by The Carpenters, Barry De Vorzon, Perry Botkin Jr. and Renee Armand.It included The Carpenters' "Bless the Beasts and Children" theme song as well as "Cotton's Dream", later known as "Nadia's Theme" from 1976 onwards.
In late July or early August 1976, when ABC's sports summary program Wide World of Sports produced a montage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci's routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics [9] and used "Cotton's Dream" as the background music, the song became more popular; it was subsequently released in a re-edited and lengthened form as "Nadia ...
The main title song, "Bless the Beasts and Children," was recorded by the Carpenters and received an Academy Award nomination. Devorzon composed the tune "It's Christmas Once Again in Santa Barbara," which was re-recorded with various other city names, such as San Francisco and San Diego.
Bless the Beasts and Children may refer to: Bless the Beasts and Children, a 1970 novel by Glendon Swarthout; Bless the Beasts and Children, the 1971 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Bill Mumy; Bless the Beasts and Children, the soundtrack to the film "Bless the Beasts and Children" (song), the theme song to the film ...
D ^ "Bless The Beasts and Children peaked at #67 on 1/15/71 as an A-side, following 13 weeks listed as the B-side of "Superstar". E ^ "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's US success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love ...
The song had a significant impact on the power ballad songs which followed. The album also included the Carpenters' version of the Academy Award-nominated title song from the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children, which had already charted at number 67 on the Hot 100 as the flip side of the duo's version of "Superstar". [citation needed]
"Bless the Beasts and Children † " Perry Botkin Jr., Barry De Vorzon: Bless the Beasts and Children soundtrack, 1971; later appeared on A Song for You: 3:15: 11. "It's Going to Take Some Time † " Carole King, Toni Stern: A Song for You: 2:57: 12. "The Rainbow Connection ‡ " Kenneth Ascher, Williams: As Time Goes By: 4:36: 13. "Only ...